The Fire of God

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John the Baptist was

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.” -   Matthew 3:3


John said:

“I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I’m not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Matthew 3:11-12

“For our God is a consuming fire.”
Hebrews 12:29

• When the Lord made His Covenant with Abraham He revealed Himself as a burning torch (Genesis 15:17-18).
• God revealed Himself to Moses through the Burning Bush (Exodus 3:2-14).
• The children of Israel were led through the wilderness by the presence of God manifested by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
• When King David built an altar to the Lord and offered sacrifices, calling on the Lord, God answered him from Heaven by sending fire on the altar (I Chronicles 21:26).

“When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from Heaven and consumed the burnt offering on the sacrifices: and the Glory of the Lord filled the temple.”
2 Chronicles 7:1

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