Genesis 1:2:  And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

 

Jeremiah 4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

 

 He "formed it to be inhabited"

 

Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the Lord That created the heavens; God Himself That formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, He created it not in vain, He formed it to be inhabited: “I am the Lord; and there is none else.

Isa 30:27      Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with His anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: His lips are full of indignation, and His tongue as a devouring fire:

     This is the "last trump" event the apostle Paul spoke of;

 

 1 Cor.15:52, In a moment, In the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

 

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign forever and ever.

 

Zechariah 14: Read All:

 

Hebrews 12:29. For our God is a consuming fire.

 

Daniel 3: Read All.

 

Deut.4:31 For the Lord thy God is a merciful GOD; He will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He swore unto them.

 

That also is the seventh angel sounding when our Lord Christ Jesus will return to this earth  All alive on earth in the flesh at that time will be 'changed' instantly, "in the twinkling of an eye"
     For those in Christ, this event is the consuming fire of The Holy Spirit from GOD which is His Covering over us. To fear It is to be in ignorance of GOD as a Spirit.

 

 (John 4:24),

 

 For it is Christ's two-edged Sword Which will cut down all lies and falsehoods, and devour those works off this earth which are not built upon His Foundation. His Spirit is both a literal Fire, and a Spiritual Fire, for "God our is a consuming fire"
     God's spiritual example of this event is written for us, with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego being cast into the hot fiery furnace heated 'seven times' greater than necessary. Nebuchadnezzar looked over into that fiery furnace and saw a fourth Man alongside Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Our Lord Christ Jesus was that fourth Man with them, and they were not harmed. Their clothes didn't even smell of smoke when they came out of that hot fiery furnace. Our Lord promised that He would never forsake nor leave us if we do not forsake Him. Christ Jesus is 'Immanuel' 'God with us'. So we have no reason to fear this event, as long as we put our trust in Him.
     But the false servants of the king of Babylon (Satan's future role) were incinerated just being