When I read the piece about holy fire and the men who replecated it, it made me think of this passage of scripture:
So Moses and Aaron went to see Pharaoh, and they performed the miracle just as the LORD had told them. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his court, and it became a snake. Then Pharaoh called in his wise men and magicians, and they did the same thing with their secret arts. Their staffs became snakes, too! But then Aaron's snake swallowed up their snakes. Pharaoh's heart, however, remained hard and stubborn. He still refused to listen, just as the LORD had predicted.
Ex 7:10-13
So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them. As Pharaoh and all of his officials watched, Aaron raised his staff and hit the water of the Nile. Suddenly, the whole river turned to blood! The fish in the river died, and the water became so foul that the Egyptians couldn't drink it. There was blood everywhere throughout the land of Egypt. But again the magicians of Egypt used their secret arts, and they, too, turned water into blood. So Pharaoh's heart remained hard and stubborn. He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had predicted.
Ex 7:20-22
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron to point his shepherd's staff toward all the rivers, canals, and marshes of Egypt so there will be frogs in every corner of the land." Aaron did so, and frogs covered the whole land of Egypt! But the magicians were able to do the same thing with their secret arts. They, too, caused frogs to come up on the land.
Ex 8:5-7
So a man can go on TV and produce what he calls Holy Fire. Big Wow. I have spoken with people also who have been at the Church with their own candles brought from America and when it lit before them there was no question that what they saw was real. The flame they said did not burn at all.
It just simply comes down to this, those who want to believe will, and those who do not will not.
Which requires more faith, holy fire or that bread and wine actually become the flesh and blood of Jesus.
Robert
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