The Fire (part II)

By Odon Bulamba

The light mentioned in Genesis is not the sun, light never burns or dries out anything but the sun does. What is the sun? The sun is round; it doesn’t have a beginning or an end like Jesus who is the Alpha and Omega. Is the sun round? Do you know where the sun starts and ends? What colour is the sun? God is the beginning and end of everything and He is the God of every race. If you are yellow you will find your colour in the sun, if you are black you will find it in the sun and those who are violet will also see their colour in the sun. Our God is a God of unity and He unites all races together under Himself. The sun never goes down so it is up to us to raise our eyes towards the sun. We have to obey the first command, which means to obey God who is over us, as David said when he didn’t know where to find help, he had to raise his eyes towards God. That is why Christians pray with their hands raised and look upward, it doesn’t mean they are looking at the ceiling but it means that God is over them.

We all know that the sun is far from us but any eye can see it, even those who are blind can feel the sun’s rays, and it means that everyone knows that God exists. To see Him or not you can feel it in yourself and if your body doesn’t feel it then your soul will.

Many Christians today, instead of comparing God’s presence in our lives we compare each other physically, for example we say that Oscar is more handsome then Michael, but if you compare Oscar’s soul to Michael’s how many times does Michael pray more than Oscar, and this is why the church today loses its light.

While the sun burns it doesn’t only touch the skin but the flesh also. It means that the sun is not limited to the skin. Many people try to get a nice tan in the summer to improve their appearance, but can a black man get a tan? What we as Christians should do is get a tan spiritually. Physically we want our skin to change colour but we don’t want our soul to change. When you have a tan everyone can see it, but our souls also need the blood of Jesus so God can see us, and the soul that doesn’t receive blood for purification will become pale. While the sun is here let’s work because nobody wants to work at night.

What kind of fire represents the sun? The sun represents God who gathers all the Christians under Him and He keeps giving us grace. The light that burns in our hearts exposes our sins through our conscience. The Bible says in the book of Joel that the sun will be transformed, so what will the sun be transformed into? What will the moon be like? Joel 2:31, the sun will be turned into darkness and the moon to blood. One day we will look for the word of God but we will not be able to find it, it means that this light will be turned into darkness and purification won’t exist anymore. The precious blood of Jesus will not work and our conscience won’t have time to remind us of our sins because when the sun stops burning that is when grace will finish. So this is the first category of fire, a fire that hasn’t been created by anyone except God, and nobody knows when He started or when He will finish.