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However, given the fire is a sign of God's presence, he who is a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:29) the miracle appears to point to a greater miracle: God, in grace, is with his covenant people and so they are not consumed. The current symbol of the Reformed Church of France is a burning bush with the Huguenot cross.
Origen explained the refining metaphor in response to a philosopher named Celsus who accused Christians of representing God as a merciless tormentor armed with fire. [29] In the view of Origen: Our God is a 'consuming fire' in the sense in which we have taken the word; and thus he enters in as a 'refiner's fire' to refine the rational nature ...
Deuteronomy 4:24 "For the LORD your God is a consuming fire" Deuteronomy 6:4 "The LORD our God, the LORD is one" Psalms 84:11 "For the LORD God is a sun and shield" 1 John 1:5 "God is light; in him there is no darkness at all" 1 John 4:8 "God is love" Aquinas discussed this as analogia nominum (analogy of names). Exodus 3:14 "I am who am"
(Acts 2:3,4) The fire represents the presence of God in the life of His people (the church) through the Holy Spirit. Fire lights up, warms up, purges, and purifies. It is the symbol of the uncompromising God. For our God is a consuming fire. [12]
That is not reasonable. What then? It follows that you receive the fire first due to the wood, and the hay and the stubble. For to those able to perceive, our God is said to be in reality a consuming fire." [67] Origen also speaks of a refining fire melting away the lead of evil deeds, leaving behind only pure gold. [68]
Fire, especially in the form of a candle flame, represents both the Holy Spirit and light. These symbols derive from the Bible; for example from the tongues of fire [27] that symbolized the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, and from Jesus' description of his followers as the light of the world; [28] or God is a consuming fire found in Hebrews 12. [29]
Remember what God did unto Pharaoh and unto all Egypt, so shall God do unto all thine enemies, for God it is He which goeth over thee, He is a consuming fire, He shall destroy them, and He shall bring them down before thy face quickly. 9:3: גם את ה..צרעת ישלח אלהם בם עד אבד יאבד הנסתרם הנשארם מלפנך
The demiurge is also [32] described as having a fiery nature, applying the words of Moses to him: "the Lord our God is a burning and consuming fire". Hippolytus claims that Simon used a similar description. [33]