People who met God in the fire in the scriptures

By: Shaila T | April 25, 2021 1. Abraham met God in the fire. His vision of the smoking firepot and a blazing torch convinced him that his love covenant with God was ratified. 2. Moses met God in the fire. He was changed in a day, when God spoke to him from the flaming bush. Later he received the ten laws on a mountain covered with fire. 3. All Israel met God in the fire. They were led through the wilderness by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire at night. 4• David met God in the fire. One day, as he knelt before God in worship, the fire of God miraculously consumed his sacrifice. 5.Solomon met God in the fire. When he dedicated the temple with his hands raised to God in prayer, fire came from heaven and burned the offering. God’s presence was so overwhelming that the priests were unable to perform their duties. 6.• Elijah met God in the fire. When he challenged the prophets of Baal to a showdown at Mount Carmel, the fire of God consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and even the water in the trench. 7.• Isaiah met God in the fire. He was never the same once the angel pressed a white-hot coal of God’s holiness against his lips. 8.• John the Baptizer met God in the fire. He announced,“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who . . . will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” 9• The entire early church met God in the fire. On the day of Pentecost they were covered with what appeared to be flames of fire. 10• Paul met God in the fire. It was from a blinding flash of light that God said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.”11 Later, the apostle warned, “Do not put out the Spirit’s fire.” 12.• John, on the Mediterranean island of Patmos, met God in the fire. When he saw the exalted Christ, his Lord was on fire from head to toe. Christ’s eyes were like flames of fire, His feet glowed as in a furnace, and His face shone like the sun in all its brilliance. 13.• The writer of the book of Hebrews met God in the fire.Point-blank he declared, “Our ‘God is a consuming fire.’ Category: Faith Bible Tags: shaila Touchton, faith Bible, God of fire