[Dr. Eckleburg]

But there persists something in mankind that likes the authority to try and "call fire down from Heaven" and just will not accept that Jesus did a complete and finished work.

Yep. Some people enjoy being authoritarians.

Did you ever see that old Cary Grant movie, "None but the Lonely Heart?"

In it, Grant says most people like to be led around by someone else, and instead he's "looking for a dog that does not seek a master."

Our only master is Jesus Christ. And we are led by His will, and not our own clever choice to follow Him or the many false facsimiles put in our way.

[Quix]

Heartily agree about Jesus and authority.

However, it seems clear from Revelation and other prophetic books that the end times will see fire called down by many believers.

I think that time will be more dramatic than all God's doings of the past combined, except for The Cross and The Resurrection.

And those only because of who Christ was and is.