fire from heaven
Celestial destructive judgment
Fire from heaven is divine punishment or supernatural destruction sent from above.
The phrase originates in biblical accounts where God rains fire on the wicked—Sodom and Gomorrah, the prophets of Baal.
It suggests judgment that comes suddenly, devastatingly, and from a power beyond human reach: They expected fire from heaven to strike down the blasphemer.
Extended uses describe any overwhelming force that seems to come from nowhere.
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- thunderboltElectric sky discharge with boom
- divineOf or from gods
- divine wrathSacred punishment from above
- wrath of GodSupreme being's anger
wrath · smite · rain down · judgment · apocalypse · Old Testament · meteor · Elijah · prophecy · celestial · destruction · holy · vengeance · act of God · plague · miracle · Zeus · punishment
- supernatural phenomenalevitation, telekinesis, telepathy, teleportation, apparition
- Biblical Weatherrain, hail, storm, thunder, lightning
- Elijahmantle, whirlwind, ascension, ravens, Mount Carmel
- Biblical KingsDavid, King Solomon, Solomon, King Saul, Hezekiah
fire from heavennatural disaster
Catastrophic environmental event
coincidence · wildfire · spontaneous combustion · human agency · arson
fire from heavenmanna from heaven
Unexpected divine provision
divine mercy · living water · divine protection · saving grace · answered prayer
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