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catch on fire, and turn the Church into a refining furnace to
purify His people.

Conclusion
God does not want ugly brown stones adorning the walls of
His house. He wants lovely, pure stones, glorious stones of fire,
chips of frozen rainbow. He wants a people of peace, a rainbow
people, who respect the Noahic covenant and thus love His
world and will not destroy it. Christians are the rainbow warbow
of the Prince of Peace, bringing peace to the world of humanity
in the Gospel.
But also, the fact that the High Priest carried the gemstones
on his heart means that we as God’s gemstones are always next
to the heart of Christ. We may feel like ugly gray rocks that have
been cast aside; but we know in faith that God carries us on His
heart, and we are of infinite value to Him.