Hebrews 12:29

For our God is ‘a consuming fire.’

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For our God is a consuming fire.

In Context

28Therefore, let us, who have received a kingdom that cannot be shaken, be thankful, and so offer acceptable worship to God, with awe and the deepest respect.

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Cross References

Psalms 97:3Fire goes before him, and blazes around his steps,

Hebrews 10:27there is only a fearful anticipation of judgment, and a burning indignation which will destroy all opponents.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:19-29

Nature of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: 20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: 21 And so terrible was the sight, that… Read the whole commentary →

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