{"id":22299,"date":"2024-12-22T10:24:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T10:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=22299"},"modified":"2026-09-19T21:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T21:28:56","slug":"bible-dreams-explosions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/bible-dreams-explosions\/","title":{"rendered":"Er zijn geen explosies in de Bijbel \u2014 en God was niet in het vuur"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>There are no explosions in the Bible. Gunpowder reached the Mediterranean world more than a thousand years after the last book was written, and Scripture has no word for a blast. What it has instead is a great deal of sudden, loud, terrifying force \u2014 and one famous passage arguing that God was not in any of it. The loud things in Scripture Sinai is the loudest. Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are no explosions in the Bible. What it has is Sinai, Carmel and Korah \u2014 and a passage saying God was not in the fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[224],"class_list":["post-22299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-biblical-dream-interpretation"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22022,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/bible-smoking-dreams\/","url_meta":{"origin":22299,"position":0},"title":"Smoking in a Dream: Not a Sin, Not a Spiritual Sign","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"december 20, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Bible gives a dream of smoking no spiritual meaning, and it is no sin. 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