Ancient Fire
Fire is very important for human survival and progress. Interpreting from our species’ best-seller book, I have noticed these reports about Fire in what we call History and Progress. To whit:
When the Creator evicted Adam and Eve from Eden, He placed angels with a “flaming” sword at the entrance to the garden. This is disciplinary tactic on the Lord’s part because the humans had proven themselves incapable of coping with the Paradise they had had in Eden.
Ever since that time, Fire has been a deterrent for people.
But strangely enough, Fire has also proven to be a source of amazing progress.
Later, much later in human history, when the people whom Creator had chosen to be released from slavery were escaping from Egypt, The Lord—his initials are YW— provided a pillar of Fire to guide the Hebrew escapees away from their enslavement.
Later, much later, the Lord’s prophet, Elisha was reported to have eluded his bellicose pursuers by driving a chariot of Fire. This is the first historical instance I know of that mentions combustion-fired transportation (haha!) The later historical development was the combustion-fired engine that Henry Ford and other inventors utilized to make cars, beginning in the twentieth century of our era.
Years after the Hebrews’ had escaped slavery in Egypt and established a kingdom of their own, Prophet/Historian Malachi mentioned the purifying property of Fire when he reported on Creator’s power to purify the minds and hearts of His people through the “Fire” of tribulations and troubles.
So we find, in history, that people who are tribalized, then made literate and civilized, can discern and detect the dual purpose of fire. One purpose is to strike fear into the hearts and men, and for YW to punish them for evil deeds. Another purpose is to domesticate the fire by directing it toward useful applications.
The later industrial application of that heating-up phenomenon came in with use of fire to smelt metal, a heating process by which precious metals were purified from other elements.
As history rolled on, fire—or water that was boiled by the fiery application of heat, when carefully handled and transferred to a liquid, was also shown to be an effective disinfectant, because it could be used to rid objects of lethal infections, which were later identified as diseases or germs.
In the aftermath of Jesus’ earthly ministry of teaching, preaching and conquering death by allowing death to hold him on a cross and then in a tomb until. . . on the third day, He overcame death; He demonstrated for us who believe in Him that we will also overcome death in a place called heaven, if we are willing to believe in His power to do so.
40 days after Jesus’ ascension—after his conquest of death itself—those disciples who had followed Him for three years were given a divine sign when tongues of fire manifested above their heads as they were being sent out by the Spirit of the Lord to spread the good news far and wide. . . and ultimately to all the tribes and peoples of this world.
You might say that the Good News of Jesus’ conquest over death spread like wildfire thoughout history and the geography of this globe.
His disciples’ fiery manifestation of divine anointing and power was a confirmation that a fundamental change had taken place in human history, because the thirty years of Jesus’ ministry and His Conquest of death changed the world forever, as the good news was spread from continent to continent, city to city, town to town; communities everywhere were enabled to make use of fire for purposes of creation, transportation, industry and staying warm in winter.
Soon after Jesus’ disciples had found their way back to bold ministry—although now without His physical presence— Christian faith was ignited all over the world.
In order to signify that salvation that purified the hearts of men and women everywhere, Jesus’ disciple instituted baptism by water.
This brings me to what will be my next explication about these elements, fire, water and air.
So the next instalment of “Fire and Water” treatise is in the works. Stay tuned.
King of SoulFire is very important for human survival and progress. Interpreting from our species’ best-seller book, I have noticed these reports about Fire in what we call History and Progress. To whit:
When the Creator evicted Adam and Eve from Eden, He placed angels with a “flaming” sword at the entrance to the garden. This is disciplinary tactic on the Lord’s part because the humans had proven themselves incapable of coping with the Paradise they had had in Eden.
Ever since that time, Fire has been a deterrent for people.
But strangely enough, Fire has also proven to be a source of amazing progress.
Later, much later in human history, when the people whom Creator had chosen to be released from slavery were escaping from Egypt, The Lord—his initials are YW— provided a pillar of Fire to guide the Hebrew escapees away from their enslavement.
Later, much later, the Lord’s prophet, Elisha was reported to have eluded his bellicose pursuers by driving a chariot of Fire. This is the first historical instance I know of that mentions combustion-fired transportation (haha!) The later historical development was the combustion-fired engine that Henry Ford and other inventors utilized to make cars, beginning in the twentieth century of our era.
Years after the Hebrews’ had escaped slavery in Egypt and established a kingdom of their own, Prophet/Historian Malachi mentioned the purifying property of Fire when he reported on Creator’s power to purify the minds and hearts of His people through the “Fire” of tribulations and troubles.
So we find, in history, that people who are tribalized, then made literate and civilized, can discern and detect the dual purpose of fire. One purpose is to strike fear into the hearts and men, and for YW to punish them for evil deeds. Another purpose is to domesticate the fire by directing it toward useful applications.
The later industrial application of that heating-up phenomenon came in with use of fire to smelt metal, a heating process by which precious metals were purified from other elements.
As history rolled on, fire—or water that was boiled by the fiery application of heat, when carefully handled and transferred to a liquid, was also shown to be an effective disinfectant, because it could be used to rid objects of lethal infections, which were later identified as diseases or germs.
In the aftermath of Jesus’ earthly ministry of teaching, preaching and conquering death by allowing death to hold him on a cross and then in a tomb until. . . on the third day, He overcame death; He demonstrated for us who believe in Him that we will also overcome death in a place called heaven, if we are willing to believe in His power to do so.
40 days after Jesus’ ascension—after his conquest of death itself—those disciples who had followed Him for three years were given a divine sign when tongues of fire manifested above their heads as they were being sent out by the Spirit of the Lord to spread the good news far and wide. . . and ultimately to all the tribes and peoples of this world.
You might say that the Good News of Jesus’ conquest over death spread like wildfire thoughout history and the geography of this globe.
His disciples’ fiery manifestation of divine anointing and power was a confirmation that a fundamental change had taken place in human history, because the thirty years of Jesus’ ministry and His Conquest of death changed the world forever, as the good news was spread from continent to continent, city to city, town to town; communities everywhere were enabled to make use of fire for purposes of creation, transportation, industry and staying warm in winter.
Soon after Jesus’ disciples had found their way back to bold ministry—although now without His physical presence— Christian faith was ignited all over the world.
In order to signify that salvation that purified the hearts of men and women everywhere, Jesus’ disciple instituted baptism by water.
This brings me to what will be my next explication about these elements, fire, water and air.
So the next instalment of “Fire and Water” treatise is in the works. Stay tuned.