"And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him (Moses), in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush, and he looked, and behold the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed." _Again_, "The cloud of the Lord was upon the Tabernacle by day, and a fire was upon it by night in sight of all the house of Israel." _Again_, "And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire upon the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel." Now let us consider this element in its offices when controlled by the Great Jehovah. Judges, xiii. 20: "For it came to pass when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar." Here there was no delusive manifestation, but the actual _flame of fire_, ascending upward toward heaven; even to the _Sun_ its original source. We will now turn to the Book of the Second Kings, and--in our mind's eye--join the prophets "as they walked and talked with Elijah" and witness one of the most sublime scenes the eye of man has ever beheld: "And it came to pass as they still went on and talked, that behold there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." Was there not a startling, and sublime revelation, that this element controlled, can be suited, even to our enjoyment of _happiness_ when the great change comes; when this mortal shall put on immortality? In the Book of Malachi--the last of the Old Testament scriptures--we hear the voice of Him who had promised deliverance, speaking to us through His prophet: "Unto you that fear my name, shall the _Sun_ of righteousness arise." Thus we see that the promised Messiah was spoken of as a _Sun_. Turning to the record of the New Testament, we find the Saviour's advent into this world signaled by a brilliant "Star," emblematical of the _Sun_, shining in all its splendor, brilliancy, and beauty, and leading the wise men to where lay the "Infant of days"--the veiled "Star," or _Sun_, of light and immortality. At a later day, behold Him manifesting His veiled brightness, as he stood "_transfigured on the Mount_" before Peter, James and John, when "_His face did shine as the Sun, and His raiment white as the light_." But we deem it unnecessary to dwell upon all the symbols of _fire_, _heat_, and _light_, so clearly representative, which may be found interspersed throughout the Old, and the New Testament pages. We will catch up a few others as we pass along, before, in mind, taking our stand with John, the revelator, on the Isle of Patmos. St. Paul tells us,--