How many times have we heard 'those who are not saved' will suffer ETERNAL TORMENT in the lake of fire? Would you believe that is NOT WRITTEN anywhere? I remember the first time I found out, I WAS angry, upset, incensed. Even people who know NOTHING else, seem to all know that. I was about to learn yet ANOTHER lesson...that 'meat' is so hard to chew sometimes especially when all you know is milk.
Rev 20:10 tells us
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Hopefully all can agree what we read here is
The Devil has been cast into the lake of fire and brimstone
the lake of fire and brimstone is where the false prophet and the beast were cast.
AND THE DEVIL shall be tormented forever,
Do we know anything else from what is written here? I don't, do you?
When we began to learn the words of God we learned,
Psalm 37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
the wicked PERISH, by being consumed, turned into smoke, ascend up and away
No mention of eternal suffering in the lake of fire.
SO WHERE did it come from?
It didn't come from here
Revelation 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Revelation 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
IN the presence of the Lamb and the holy angels, WOULD REQUIRE THEY BE WATCHED FOREVER, if indeed they were to NOT BE CONSUMED but again
Revelation 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
WE know from the PSALM that the wicked perish BY BEING consumed into smoke. Here AGAIN, we are told THE SMOKE of their torment goes up for ever and ever.
Is there ANY CONSCIOUSNESS IN SMOKE? No.
Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
So we see SPECIFICALLY who 'for ever and ever, day and night' is referring to. If we go past this and APPLY it to souls, IS THAT GODS TRUTH or our own?
I believe it would be our own because when you combine that information with
Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Revelation 21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
Revelation 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Revelation 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
I can't find a single verse that states souls themselves will be tormented, just the smoke left from the consuming of them, which ascends up forever.
Have I missed any important SCRIPTURES, anything WRITTEN that changes any of this THAT isn't just conjecture or assumption?
“Have I missed any important SCRIPTURES, anything WRITTEN that changes any of this”
yes you missed what the judge of all
Mankknd said regarding his return and the day of judgement of all mankind
“When
the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: and
before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
….. Then shall
he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: And
these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.”
Matthew 25:31-32, 41, 46 KJV
If you just read the context of this
“And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice,
If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: and
the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and
they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.”
Revelation 14:9-11 KJV
That’s clearly talking about people who serve Satan
thier torment, they have no rest day or night
if you have no rest ever this should end the idea that we’re just snuffed out
of course this is one of those subjects people don’t change thier mind about even when Jesus said things plainly we tend to break down berses that seem to only support what we already think but objectively anyone that read this stuff would come to the same conclusion
yet we die on earth our living soul gets judged. And we’re going one of two destinations this spiritual teaching about the afterlife is pretty basic
“And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.”
Luke 16:22-24
one man does and is taken into the kingdom after his body died and was buried he is alive with Abraham
another man died and was buried and he was alive in hell being tormented conscious and aware of his torment
Jesus doesn’t teach erroneous things whether one says “ this is an actual account of two men “ or one says “ this is a parable “ doesn’t matter a Lara me is a spiritual teaching the subject here shows us two places men go after they die one place is torment the other peace
Jesus isn’t going to use erroneous examples in his teachkngs
there’s an eternal home for Gods people after we leave this world and there’s an eye rub Al home for satans people after they leave this earth
children of God follow Christ home and children of the devil follow his parts home it will not be pretty for those who serve Satan on earth they will share in his inheritance just as Gods children will share in his
This earth is only temporary there is eternity afterwards