Psalms 97:3
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Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.
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Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
“For our God is a consuming fire.”
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.
For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.