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THE SPIRITUALITY OF FIRE

The pagans thought of a cycle of destruction by fire and renewal, destruction by fire and renewal. The monotheistic Zoroastrians thought of fire strictly as a purification. But the Jews and early Christians associated fire with the destruction of the wicked and then the one-time new creation of the new heaven and earth.

(Source: Witherington)

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