he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Luke 3:17
burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire
matt 3:10
collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned
matt 13:30
As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire
matt 13:40
such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned
John 15:6
5 examples of the lost being taken, and burnt up, not tormented eternally.
This is not human reason, this is scripture.
Other examples are weeping and nashing of teeth, awaiting destruction, and
being thrown into the eternal fire. Our experience of fire is it burns things up
and destroys them. So every mention of being thrown into the fire can be taken
as meaning this, unless otherwise stated.
Luke 3:17
burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire
matt 3:10
collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned
matt 13:30
As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire
matt 13:40
such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned
John 15:6
5 examples of the lost being taken, and burnt up, not tormented eternally.
This is not human reason, this is scripture.
Other examples are weeping and nashing of teeth, awaiting destruction, and
being thrown into the eternal fire. Our experience of fire is it burns things up
and destroys them. So every mention of being thrown into the fire can be taken
as meaning this, unless otherwise stated.
I would also turn your attention to the phrase "unquenchable fire" which is in reference to those who are in it. Otherwise, if everyone is burned up in the lake of fire on contact, once the last person is thrown in there would be no reason to keep the fire's going.
"Depart from Me you curst into everlasting fire, prepared for Satan and his angels." Rev.20:10 states that Satan is cast into the Lake of fire where the beast and the false prophet will have been thrown and they will be tormented day and night forever and every, as will all those who have rejected Jesus Christ and who's names will have not been written in the book of life. Everyone, including Death and Hades, will exist in torment in the lake of fire.
Also, your claim that fire burns everything up is true here in the physical world, but there is a certain rich man who would disagree with you of whom he himself said, "I am in torment in this flame." He's in Hades, which is a temporary place of punishment until the great white throne judgment and he wasn't burned up, but is still there suffering the same torment.
We always have to consider all scripture regarding any given subject. And regarding this subject we have the descriptive words of everlasting, eternal, forever and ever, no rest day or night and the smoke of their torment rising forever and ever. These alone should give us the understanding that God's punishment for sin against and eternal and Holy God, is never ending. There is no scripture that directly states that punishment is temporary. On the contrary, it is referred to as everlasting, forever and ever, eternal.
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