Fire appears in the Bible a lot.

• God is like a refining fire (Malachi 3:2).
• His word is like a fire and like a hammer that breaks the rock (Jeremiah 23:29). Three friends of Daniel spent some time in a fiery furnace.
• Elijah called down fire on the men sent to arrest him (2 Kings 1:10, 12).
• James and John wanted to call down fire on the Samaritans (Luke 9:54).
• Tongues of fire appeared over 120 people in the upper room on Pentecost (Acts 2:3).
• And during the Exodus God appeared as a pillar of fire at night (Exodus 13:21-22).

Fire can symbolize destruction of evil, refinement of believers like gold, finishing of believers like pottery, the presence of God, the action of the Holy Spirit and much more.… Read the rest