Have you forgotten: "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission." Hebrews 9:22, KJV
I have not forgotten. I also know that the Law specified that some things, mostly metal, were to be purged with FIRE.
Your own church teaches that Jesus the Christ has much to do after His ascension...yes?
I've not forgotten it at all, you have. According to you---it need never have been shed if the fire cleanses the sinner---the shed blood of Christ has nothing to do with the cleansing fire. The blood was never accepted, His forgiveness never asked for---your claim is that the fire takes away the sin, not the blood of Jesus. There is no blood in the fire. So Jesus never had to die, all He ever had to do is dump everyone through the fire and spared Himself all the suffering. His gift of eternal life with Him is offered to those who accept His blood offering. They never have and the fire will consume them because they have no protection from it. After their resurrection comes the judgment---the first thing they do is try to attack the city of God---obviously they have not accepted the blood and the fire comes down from heaven and devours them. It is not a cleansing fire for them, there has been no blood involved at all. Your theory is totally wrong and completely does away for the need to have the blood of Jesus for the fire will cleanse them anyway----Totally wrong, totally against what scripture says and is misleading many people into not accepting salvation now and having the Holy Spirit do the overcoming of sins in their life now. You can only enter into God's presence if you are sinless.
The work of Jesus Christ now is that of the High Priest---the High priest is the one that sprinkled the blood for the forgiveness of sins. His work is applying that shed blood to each sinner before God as their names that are in the Book of life comes up. If the blood has been accepted---the name is not blotted out, if it has not---the name is blotted out.
Rev_3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Rev 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Luk 10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Rev 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Exo 32:32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
Exo 32:33
And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
What you have failed to understand is that everyone's name has been entered into the book of life---
But it is those that have rejected God's free grace and His blood---their names are blotted out of the book of life. It is only the blood that covers our sins so our names are not blotted out. The fire will not cleanse anyone---the blood of Jesus does and His devouring fire will not hurt the saved--only the lost, those whose names have been blotted out of the book of life.
It is not the vain philosophies of men that will give understanding of the bible---but the bible itself.
When Jesus returns the 2nd time the decision of who is saved and who is lost has already been made.
Rev_22:12 And, behold, I come quickly;
and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
There is no more time after death to change ones mind. The work of Jesus will have been finished and everyone's decision will have been final.
Rev_16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
Rev_21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
and when Jesus says it is done---His work is finished---He co9mes for those that are written in the book of life--- when the work is done---it is final. Our characters have been set---
Rev_22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.