"BTW, if you know Handel's Messiah, the seventh movement "He Shall Purify" speaks to it, as well as the alto air about the refiner's fire."
That purification is to occure NOW - in this life!
Matthew 3:11
... he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:"
1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Knowing God MEANS being put in the fire because if you align with His cause the world will naturally hate you. Additionlly, in the light of His holiness you will soon come to hate yourself!
Hebrews 12:29
For our God is a consuming fire.
Even Paul makes it clear that our suffering is only for the present time!
Romans 8:18
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
You've made up your mind not to investigate anything we have related. This volleying ends for me here.
Indeed "Sola Scriptura" -- ONLY the Word of God can be trusted.