Is lightning fire and will the earth beast call lightning (fire?) down from Heaven?

[jpb1991]

Revelation 13:13 states "And the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people" (Berean Study Bible). Could this fire be lightning, actual fire, or both?

[Omegaman 3.0]

It seems to me, that the text is not that elaborated upon, to go beyond what the text says, seems irresponsibile to go beyond that. However, if you go to http://biblehub.com/greek/pur_4442.htm  you can see how the Greek word for fire there, is used in other parts of scripture. Looks pretty much like fire to me!

[missmuffet]

Hi jbp and welcome to Worthy

Revelation 13:13 is the first miracle accomplished by the false prophet. It may be an imitation of Pentecost(Act 2:3), or similar to Elijah's miracles(2 Kings 1:10-12), or the destructive fire coming out of the mouths of the two witnesses (Revelation 11:5). We see from the Scriptures that the devil does have power to do miracles and that by their use he deceives people into worshiping the beast.