🕊️ The Figurative Fire, Incense Censer, and Pot — Discovering Spiritual Truth in God’s Word

November 08, 2025

How the Word brings judgment, prayer, and community to life


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Explore Lesson 7 of the Shincheonji Online Bible Seminar: “The Figurative Fire, Incense Censer, and Pot.” Discover how fire, incense, and the pot symbolize God’s Word, prayer, and the true church that purifies and refines believers.


Many Bible readers encounter expressions like fire, incense, and a pot—but what do they truly mean?
In Lesson 7 of the Shincheonji Online Seminar Series, the speaker uncovers the spiritual significance behind these figures, revealing how they represent judgment, prayer, and the community of faith in God’s work.

🔥 The Figurative Fire — Judgment and Cleansing Through the Word

Fire appears throughout Scripture as a symbol of both purification and judgment.
As written in Jeremiah 23:29, “Is not My word like fire?” The Word of God burns away falsehood and sin, separating truth from deceit. Jesus’ words at His first coming acted as this spiritual fire—judging hypocrisy, refining faith, and saving the righteous.
This same Word continues to judge and purify hearts today, proving that God’s “fire” is not physical destruction, but the truth that gives life.

🕊️ The Figurative Incense Censer — Prayers Rising from a Heart Filled with the Word

In Revelation 8:5, the censer filled with fire symbolizes a person who carries God’s Word.
The incense represents the prayers of believers, and its smoke the heartfelt communication rising to heaven.
As John 15:7 teaches, “If My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given to you.”
True prayer, the seminar explains, is born from understanding and faith in the Word—not from ritual, but from relationship.

🍯 The Figurative Pot — The Church Where Truth Is Taught

Finally, the “pot” represents a spiritual organization that nurtures believers with its teachings.
Some pots, filled with greed and falsehood, mislead God’s people. But the holy pot holds pure truth—where believers are refined through God’s Word.
The message challenges us to ask: Am I in the pot of truth or deception?
Only the pot filled with the Word of life becomes the true temple of testimony where God dwells.


Through these three figures—fire, censer, and pot—the seminar reveals how the Word continues to burn, rise, and refine.
It invites listeners to move beyond symbolism and experience the living Word that judges, purifies, and unites believers in truth.

👉 Watch the full seminar here: https://www.youtube.com/live/60pZa64Zuew?si=Vg1D39CJszAZrTKP

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