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Flame of fire

Is the chosen symbol of the holiness of God (Ex. 3:2; Rev. 2:18), as indicating “the intense, all-consuming operation of his holiness in relation to sin.”

In the Bible

9

Verses where Flame of fire is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Acts 7:30

    After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

  • Exodus 3:2

    There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

  • Hebrews 1:7

    Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”

  • Isaiah 4:5

    Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,

  • Isaiah 29:6

    you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.

  • Joel 2:5

    With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.

+3 more verses naming Flame of fire.

Scripture on Flame of fire

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Flame of fire references

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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Public-domain text. Modernized only where archaic spelling impedes reading; original facts preserved. Verify against an authoritative modern reference before quoting.