FIRE

(See also Burns; Fire Holders; Fireworks; Lake of Fire)

100-year-old fire extinquished (China): g96 8/22 28

ancient reverence: g89 3/8 25-26

ancient transport: w17.01 32

appreciation for Awake! articles on: g95 11/8 30

Australia:

Canberra (2003): g04 3/8 25

bellows: it-1 282

Bible usage: it-1 832-834

bushfires: g93 10/8 31

harm versus benefits: g02 9/22 24-27

causes:

crows: g99 11/22 28

smoking: g95 3/22 28

Easter:

‘blessing of the new fire’: g86 3/22 7

bonfires: g86 3/22 8

experiences:

cat saves kittens: g97 6/22 30; g96 9/22 24-25

ferryboat aflame: w05 7/1 8, 11-12

Kingdom Hall torched (Korea, 1992): g93 4/22 25-27

Kingdom Hall torched (Papua New Guinea): yb11 122-123

Kingdom Hall torched (Russia, 2008): yb09 27

extinguishing fires:

campfires: g03 12/8 28

choosing an extinguisher: g01 1/22 24-27

water can replace halon: g97 8/8 28

fire storms from bombing: g86 5/22 3

forest fires: w04 6/1 13; g98 10/22 28; g98 11/8 28

caused by lightning: g99 4/8 14

caused by people: g 8/12 29

effect on animals: g03 8/8 30

effect on atmosphere: g98 5/8 10-11

funeral burnings: w87 2/1 3-4

homes: g91 8/8 31

“burglar bars” perilous: g86 6/22 30

Israel (ancient):

fire signals: w07 11/15 14

fuel: it-1 875

illegitimate fire: it-1 1174

miraculous fire consumes offerings: it-1 711, 833, 949; lfb 112-113; ia 87-88, 90-91; w08 1/1 19-21

pillar of fire leading Israel: w24.06 4, 6; it-2 643; w11 4/15 3-4

library of the National Academy of Sciences, USSR: g88 7/22 30

matches: g90 9/22 26-27

phlogiston theory: g93 5/22 13

safety: g17.5 5; g01 1/22 27

avoiding smoke: g90 5/22 20

fireplaces: g03 11/8 29

in a crowd: g90 5/22 19-20

when cooking: g99 8/8 30; g98 12/8 28-29

South African gold mine: g87 2/8 30

symbolic: it-1 833-834; g86 8/8 18-19

baptism with fire (Mt 3:11; Lu 3:16): ijwbq article 110; it-1 254; rs 57-58

beast out of earth ‘makes fire come out of heaven’ (Re 13:13): w22.05 10; w09 2/15 3

“everlasting fire” (Mt 25:41): w08 11/1 5, 7; re 294-295

“fire of the spirit” (1Th 5:19): w23.06 12-13

‘fire will prove what sort of work’ (1Co 3:13): w98 11/1 10-12; w98 12/15 30; w91 7/1 27

“glassy sea mingled with fire” (Re 15:2): it-2 426; re 216-217

‘heavens and earth reserved for fire’ (2Pe 3:7): ijwbq article 141; it-1 834; wp17.1 14; w13 1/1 5; w12 2/1 25; rs 113-115, 436

‘hurled to earth’ (Re 8:5): w09 1/15 32; re 131-132

Jehovah a consuming fire: it-1 833-834

“mingled with blood” (Re 8:7): re 133-134

“salted with fire” (Mr 9:49): it-1 834; it-2 842-843

“tongue is a fire” (Jas 3:6): w15 12/15 18-19; w12 8/15 20-21; w97 11/15 16-17

tongue ‘sets wheel of natural life aflame’ (Jas 3:6): it-2 475

“tormented with fire and sulphur” (Re 14:10): re 210-211

symbolic of—

destruction: it-1 254, 617, 834

refining: it-1 834

torch: it-2 1115