looked at more "fire" passages in the Bible:
Exodus 3:2
And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed.
Exodus 13:21
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night
Exodus 24:17
The sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Exodus 40:38
For the cloud of the LORD was above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
1 Kings 18:24
Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God who answers by fire, He is God.” So all the people answered and said, “It is well spoken.”
Isaiah 66:16
For by fire and by His sword The LORD will judge all flesh; And the slain of the LORD shall be many
Isaiah 66:24
“ And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
Jeremiah 4:4
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, And take away the foreskins of your hearts, You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury come forth like fire, And burn so that no one can quench it,Because of the evil of your doings.”
Jeremiah 5:14
Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts: “ Because you speak this word, Behold, I will make My words in your mouth fire, And this people wood, And it shall devour them
Zephaniah 3:8
] “ Therefore wait for Me,” says the LORD, “ Until the day I rise up for plunder; My determination is to gather the nations To My assembly of kingdoms, To pour on them My indignation, All My fierce anger; All the earth shall be devoured With the fire of My jealousy.
Zechariah 3:2
And the LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?”
Malachi 3:2
“ But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire And like launderers’ soap.
Acts 2:18-20
New King James Version (NKJV)
18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
And they shall prophesy.
19 I will show wonders in heaven above
And signs in the earth beneath:
Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD
there seems to be two types of fire from God:
1. that consumes and destroys evil forever (God's anger and jealousy) (hell fire, everlasting fire, etc)
2. one that burns and purify God's people (God's mercy and grace) (pillar of fire, burning bush, refiner''s fire, etc
I don't know always thought of fire as light and we know that God's Holy Spirit is our light and guide...