REFINING
Biblical dream symbol meaning
How refining appeared in your dream
Gold melting in intense heat, impurities rising to the surface — God refining your faith and character through trials, purifying you as precious metal
Revelation 3:18Malachi 3:3
Walking through fire that doesn't burn, a refiner watching closely nearby — God's presence sustaining you through purifying trials, refining your faith through difficulty
Malachi 3:3Deuteronomy 4:20
Silver or gold being purged of dross in a furnace, becoming brilliant — Purification of your character and spirit, removal of impurities through God's process
1 Chronicles 28:181 Chronicles 29:4Malachi 3:3
World's pressures and hardships working like fire on precious metal — Worldly circumstances serving as instruments of your spiritual purification and growth
Deuteronomy 4:20Revelation 3:18
Possible biblical meanings
Purifying (1 Chronicles 28:18; 1 Chronicles 29:4)·Purging (Malachi 3:3)·Trial of faith (1 Peter 1:7; James 1:2-3)·Often the world is used to purify us (Deuteronomy 4:20)·God is with you through the fire (Isaiah 43:2; Psalm 23:4)·God is refining you as gold (Revelation 3:18)·1 Chron. 28:18; 29:4 (1 Chronicles 28:18; 1 Chronicles 29:4)·Mal. 3:3 (Malachi 3:3)
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