If your soul is fire, then fire does not harm you.
That is the end result of soul cleansing and spiritual growth.
To a soul that has not grown, they fear the fire will kill them and the fear tortures them.
I have watched people run from the room in torture when all I did was say a silent prayer for them and they didn’t even know I said it.
This is the reason God is Light.
The reason the tares in the wheat will be burned in the end times.
That the three guys in the OT survived when thrown in the furnace.
God appeared as the burning bush.
This stuff is all real and experiential if you grow spiritually.
We are having global warming and the sinners are afraid of it as it is caused by the increased presence of the Holy Spirit, Jesus, and God.
Take a look at the behavior of the global warming proponents and you understand why they fear God.