Our God is a Consuming Fire Hebrews 12:29

According to the writer of Hebrews, “we receiving a kingdom which cannot be move” are to “have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear”. In chapter twelve and verse twenty-nine of Hebrews the writer concludes “our God is a Consuming Fire” where we read:

For our God is a consuming fire.

The verse begins, “For our God...”. The writer began with the word, “For” which means “even as, indeed, seeing then, no doubt, verily and therefore” “our God” which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit”. The writer referred to the only One and True God.

The verse goes on to say, “...is a consuming fire”. The writer continued with the words, “is a consuming” or “devouring” “fire” which means “fiery lightning”. God is like a “devouring” “fire”.

When we consider these words in Hebrews, we understand that nothing is able to stand before the power of God. God is able to “consume” or “devour” everything He desires, and anything which is undesirable, He may remove. Jesus, God's only begotten Son, is the only holy and righteous person to approach Almighty God, and because He went before His Father on our behalf, we have access to God. Thanks be to Jesus who provided our entrance into heaven without being “consumed” by God's powerful “fire”.

Next time we begin a new chapter and see the writer exhort his readers to “Let brotherly love continue”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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