He rained (down) fire over them when God judges the nations.
That is, the flesh may be physically burnt. Is God burning them alive? :flamebreath:
And ,
Ezekiel 21:32 You will be fuel for the fire, your blood will be shed in your land, you will be remembered no more; for I the LORD have spoken.
How does the fire here become a purifying fire?
And,
Luke 9:54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them...
How can fire from heaven, destroy human life?
Luke 9:55 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
There is natural fire in the natural world, and there is Godfire in the supernatural world. In no case is there Hellfire. God intends it for purification, but sometimes and for His purposes, God will kill with fire in the natural world. He states that He will restore the fortunes of even the children of Sodom.
Hi,
As I understand, you are seeking to understand His character in the light of the severe judgments language in the Bible?
What I found very helpfull lately is to listen to some messages by Santo Calarco, like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35vDN3Rbcrw&list=PLsYXTnSrLttbPkthAx-u2JPKZBSV01ZQh&index=3
He deals with a lot of this stuff.
No directly addressing your question but here you find what many other usages of fire mean: http://radical-reaction.com/MyChristianSites/LoL/index.html
Quote from: Abigail on June 12, 2017, 10:30:42 PM
Hi,
As I understand, you are seeking to understand His character in the light of the severe judgments language in the Bible?
Yes dear friend. How else can I understand?I try to look at everything and understand everything.
Thank you for links.
People's perception can change.
For example,
One day it was a speech like this with a person,
Why does God create people that He knows will go to hell?
He says,
"Because the evil ones serve as tools for the saints to mature.
God wants to save everyone but god's wants will not change it.
There is a human will and human desire. "
This view made sense to me at that time. Because, God says he does not want to upset people, but he upsets them. (Sometimes, I am still dealing with these verses)
But now, I would like to tell him something different,
' If bad people are a tool for saints,
Haven't you been so bad once upon a time ?
God can use a bad person who can finally get rid.
Does this person need to be always (endless) bad? Everyone is already doing evil. '
Blessing