Bible Dictionary: Fire: The Church Destroying Her Enemies

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Obadiah 1:18
And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD has spoken it.
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The Security of the Church
... heresy, I will invent another mode of destroying her." And I ... Church includes in it
EVERY MEMBER OF THE CHURCH. ... that trusted in God, if the fire have proclaimed ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/the security of the church.htm

A vision of the Latter-Day Glories
... be overwhelmed and buried in the all-destroying avalanche, and ... shall be as stubble,
and the fire shall consume ... to come to the mountain of his church, on which ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/a vision of the latter-day.htm

The Bishops of the Church that Evinced by their Blood the ...
... and Nilus, [2561] with others, suffered death by fire. ... to the final triumph of the
Church over her ... was necessary in that direction, destroying some churches ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xiii the bishops of the.htm

Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity Enemies of the Cross of Christ ...
... persecutor of the congregation, or Church, of Christ. ... be announced and the fire rises,
the ... utterly abolish earthly righteousness, destroying physical appetites ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/twenty third sunday after trinity.htm

The Persecutions of the Church.
... for the wicked, whereof you know not; the fire of a ... with the odious task of oppressing
and destroying the most ... 302:2] but the hardships of the Church did not ...
/.../killen/the ancient church/chapter ii the persecutions of.htm

A Discourse
... tells her that her cedars are designed for fire; unto which ... fortitude, which God
has put upon the church in the ... her, as if she was for destroying kings, for ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a discourse.htm

England's Strength
... be to His holy name) with fire unquenchable, which ... we are Englishmen, members of
Christ's Church of England ... their trees, plundering their towns, destroying in a ...
/.../kingsley/sermons for the times/sermon xiv englands strength.htm

On Proverbs. From the Commentary of St. Hippolytus on Proverbs.
... In destroying man by these actions, sin never varies, but ... of regeneration, and like
water and fire, never says ... behind her, so neither does the Church, which is ...
/.../on proverbs from the commentary.htm

The Prophet Joel.
... his spiritual vision as an all-destroying swarm of ... circumstance, that God's judgment
upon His Church is a ... concerning Nineveh: "There shall the fire devour thee ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/the prophet joel.htm

Panegyric on the Splendor of Affairs.
... also they destroyed, [2868] burning with fire the sanctuary ... bride, the sacred and
holy Church, this bridesman ... despoiled her, but a certain destroying demon and ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter iv panegyric on the splendor.htm