The Smoke of their Torment goes up forever and ever..... IF SOMEBODY is tormented, they are CONSCIOUS of it.. Gehenna fire will be the Eternal State of the devil and his angels, Non Elect, and the damned, The wicked who never tasted the Grace of God, but tried to climb up some other way.. so you have a Lake of Fire that Burns you and does not consume you... and where the Worm dieth not... Supernatural place.. the fire that burns, yet does not Consume? Remember Moses and the bush that burned yet was not consumed? mmmmmmmm there you have it..
Gehenna fire or hell fire, is real... is it loving? its the end result of disobedience... 2nd death, God didnt have to come here and Save, thru His Son's appeasement on the tree, but He did, because He was loving and GOOD.. He could of let all of us , end up there... but that is not the case.. Love was manifested at the Cross, to keep some from Gehenna Fire... indeed.. Narrow is the Way.. Broad is the Way to destruction.. and there be MANY that will be there... Going to be alot of 'good people' in Gehenna fire.. unfortunately their goodness, wasnt enough to TRUMP the Righteousness of Christ.. this they 'thought' or were deceived into believing.. because their minds were blinded.. God is dealing with the issue of Sin.. and in the New Heavens and New Earth, He will have no part in it... Hades is emptied, its occupants judged and place in Gehenna Fire, Hades itself is tossed in there, Death itself will be there along with sin, the Devil and the non elect Angels..... the New Heavens and New Earth.. will be just as it was suppose to be in the Original Eden, before the tempter seduced Eve.... all things are Made New by the Sacrifice of the Son, His Appeasement on the Tree, and His Resurrection which Paves the way for New Life, New Heavens and New Earth!, where God literally dwells amongst His People as it was in the Original Eden before the fall.. God's Spirit is Here on this earth, Its n the Heavens, its also In Hades.... one thing... Gehenna Fire... God will NOT BE THERE... absent, forever... no coming out and having milk and cookies and conversing with Him.. nope.. those there will 'know' where they are..
Gehenna fire or hell fire, is real... is it loving? its the end result of disobedience... 2nd death, God didnt have to come here and Save, thru His Son's appeasement on the tree, but He did, because He was loving and GOOD.. He could of let all of us , end up there... but that is not the case.. Love was manifested at the Cross, to keep some from Gehenna Fire... indeed.. Narrow is the Way.. Broad is the Way to destruction.. and there be MANY that will be there... Going to be alot of 'good people' in Gehenna fire.. unfortunately their goodness, wasnt enough to TRUMP the Righteousness of Christ.. this they 'thought' or were deceived into believing.. because their minds were blinded.. God is dealing with the issue of Sin.. and in the New Heavens and New Earth, He will have no part in it... Hades is emptied, its occupants judged and place in Gehenna Fire, Hades itself is tossed in there, Death itself will be there along with sin, the Devil and the non elect Angels..... the New Heavens and New Earth.. will be just as it was suppose to be in the Original Eden, before the tempter seduced Eve.... all things are Made New by the Sacrifice of the Son, His Appeasement on the Tree, and His Resurrection which Paves the way for New Life, New Heavens and New Earth!, where God literally dwells amongst His People as it was in the Original Eden before the fall.. God's Spirit is Here on this earth, Its n the Heavens, its also In Hades.... one thing... Gehenna Fire... God will NOT BE THERE... absent, forever... no coming out and having milk and cookies and conversing with Him.. nope.. those there will 'know' where they are..
Take Revelation 14:11 KJV as an example.
Should the English words "for ever" (or "forever") be read literally meaning an endless state?
Well, I heard a pastor once say that the best way to interpret the Bible is to let the Bible do the interpreting for you. What I am I talking about? Well, the Bible tells us that the phrase "smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever" is a metaphorical phrase from Isaiah 34:10 KJV which says that the smoke of Edom went up forever and ever. Yet is the city of Edom burning today? No, of course not. So we then realize that this phrase is speaking metaphorically.
In other words, the word "forever" (and it's related words) does not always mean forever in the Bible. “Forever” can have a temporal sense. For what do you make of the following verses below that say that "forever" (or it's related words) is not forever?
• In Gen.13:15 the land of Canaan is given to Israel “forever”.
• The Law is to be a statute “forever” (Ex.12:24; 27:21; 28:43).
• Sodom's fiery judgment is "eternal" (Jude 7) until -- God "will restore the fortunes of Sodom" (Ezek.16:53-55).
• Israel's "affliction is incurable" (Jer.30:12) until -- the Lord "will restore health" and heal her wounds (Jer.30:17).
• The sin of Samaria "is incurable" (Mic.1:9) until -- Lord "will restore ... the fortunes of Samaria." (Ez.16:53).
• Ammon is to become a "wasteland forever" and "rise no more" (Zeph.2:9, Jer.25:27 until -- the Lord will "restore the fortunes of the Ammonites" (Jer.49:6).
• An Ammonite or Moabite is forbidden to enter the Lord's congregation "forever" until -- the tenth generation (Deut.23:3):
• Habakkuk tells us of mountains that were "everlasting" until -- they "were shattered" Hab.3 3:6).
• The Aaronic Priesthood was to be an "everlasting" priesthood (Ex.40:15), that is-until-it was superceded by the Melchizedek Priesthood (Heb.7:14-18).
• Many translations of the Bible inform us that God would dwell in Solomon's Temple "forever" (1 Kings 8:13), until -- the Temple was destroyed.
• The children of Israel were to "observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant" (Exodus 31:16)-until -- Paul states there remains "another day" of Sabbath rest for the people of God (Heb. 4:8,9).
• The Law of Moses was to be an "everlasting covenant" (Lev.24:8) yet we read in the New Covenant the first was "done away" and "abolished" (2 Cor. 3:11,13), and God "made the first old" (Hebrews 8:13).
• The fire for Israel's sin offering (of a ram without blemish) is never to be put out. It shall be a "perpetual" until -- Christ, the Lamb of God, dies for our sins.
Hell. We now have a better covenant established on better promises (Lev. 6:12-13, Heb. 8:6-13).
• God's waves of wrath roll over Jonah "forever" until--the Lord delivers him from the large fish's belly on the third day (Jonah 2:6,10; 1: 17); Egypt and Elam will "rise no more" (Jer.25:27) until -- the Lord will "restore the fortunes of Egypt" (Ez.29:14) and "restore the fortunes of Elam" (Jer.49:39).
• "Moab is destroyed" (Jer.48:4, 42) until--the Lord "will restore the fortunes of Moab" (Jer.48:47).
• Israel's judgment lasts "forever" until -- the Spirit is poured out and God restores it (Isa.32:13-15).
• The King James Bible, as well as many others, tells us that a bond slave was to serve his master "forever" (Exodus 21:6), until -- his death.
• “Eternal” (Greek aionia, αιονια) is sometimes used of a limited (not endless) period of time. But the most common use is illustrated in II Cor.4:18 where it is contrasted with “temporal” and in Philemon 15 where it is contrasted with “for a while.”
Source Used:
http://www.apttoteach.org/Theology/E...f/911_Hell.pdf