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i was reading in another thread where the lake of fire was mention, having questions and not wanting to highjack the other thread, thought i would ask the questions in a new thread. i want to take them one at a time for clarity to each:
i read in Rev20: 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
would it be safe to assume that the lake of fire is where the eternal punishment will take place?
i was reading in another thread where the lake of fire was mention, having questions and not wanting to highjack the other thread, thought i would ask the questions in a new thread. i want to take them one at a time for clarity to each:
i read in Rev20: 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
would it be safe to assume that the lake of fire is where the eternal punishment will take place?
Our version of "Hell" is not the same as The Lake of Fire. The Lake of Fire/second death is corrective not eternal and endless.
I understand second death literally, I think human beings will die there, I think 2 Peter 3:7 might refer to the lake of fire.
By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
However I believe that second death is not everlasting, 1Co 15:21-26
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Our version of "Hell" is not the same as The Lake of Fire. The Lake of Fire/second death is corrective not eternal and endless.
So what is this Jesus is speaking of?
Matthew 18
8If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.
I believe the Lake of Fire is the second death . . . and that it is literal . . and everlasting. After it is destroyed, no more sin or death . . . nothing unholy will be allowed to enter the city . . . Lake of Fire is the permanent second death . . equal to Cease to Exist . . . forevermore.
8If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.
What he is saying is clean up your life while you're alive....pick up your cross daily and follow him....be perfect as the Father is perfect...before you leave this physical life because if you don't you will be punished and purified of all sin after. Is Jesus not the refiners fire? We are all tried in the fire during our lives....some of us learn the lesson while alive and then some of don't and pay the consequences later on.
What he is saying is clean up your life while you're alive....pick up your cross daily and follow him....be perfect as the Father is perfect...before you leave this physical life because if you don't you will be punished and purified of all sin after. Is Jesus not the refiners fire? We are all tried in the fire during our lives....some of us learn the lesson while alive and then some of don't and pay the consequences later on.
What does ashes mean?
What does perish mean?
What does devoured mean?
What does slain mean?
What does destroyed mean?
What does die mean?
What does unquenchable fire mean? What does everlasting/eternal mean . . . What does unquenchable fire mean??
What he is saying is clean up your life while you're alive....pick up your cross daily and follow him....be perfect as the Father is perfect...before you leave this physical life because if you don't you will be punished and purified of all sin after. Is Jesus not the refiners fire? We are all tried in the fire during our lives....some of us learn the lesson while alive and then some of don't and pay the consequences later on.
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