I Kings 19:12
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After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.
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It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
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.
“For our God is a consuming fire.”
Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.