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My thoughts on the fire of God as used as a word in the bible is that when the Burning bush passage illustrates the fire of God, it is a gentle fire that does not consume the bush God is inhabiting. As the psalms progress, there's a passage that says "our God is a consuming fire" Jeremiah takes this further to say a fire that is like a hammer that breaks the rocks to pieces.
In the new testament, I see the disciples asking if they should call down fire from heaven on the crowds like Elijah did, Jesus replied implying an unclean spirit in them. I also see the flaming tongues of fire gently resting on those in the upper room at pentecost. I also see Peter speaking of a fervent heat that will melt everything in creation in the judgment.
So in the end perhaps this is the kindness and the severity of God?
During times of distress, and also the judgment the fire is seen as a destructive. However, when first discovered, gentle, and not consuming.
In the new testament, I see the disciples asking if they should call down fire from heaven on the crowds like Elijah did, Jesus replied implying an unclean spirit in them. I also see the flaming tongues of fire gently resting on those in the upper room at pentecost. I also see Peter speaking of a fervent heat that will melt everything in creation in the judgment.
So in the end perhaps this is the kindness and the severity of God?
During times of distress, and also the judgment the fire is seen as a destructive. However, when first discovered, gentle, and not consuming.
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