DAILY BIBLE LESSON
PEOPLE WILL NOT BURN FOREVER IN HELL FIRE.

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Commonly used scripture verses that mainstream Christianity uses to support this 'eternal hell fire' teaching of theirs.

VERSE USED - 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.'

Did you know that this verse in Revelation is taken from Isaiah? ... Isaiah 34:8-10 ...'For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.'

Do you see what Isaiah is saying about 'hell fire'? 'The STREAMS turn into pitch. The DUST turns into brimstone. The LAND becomes burning pitch.' He is talking about EARTH. Hell fire will be ON EARTH! And we know earth will be made new (Isaiah 66:22; 2 Peter 3:13), which means that hell fire CANNOT BURN FOR ETERNITY!!

Do you know what 'for ever' in Revelation 14:11 means? It means 'for an unbroken age'. Now if the lost burn in the lake of fire in an unquenchable fire and they 'burn up' in that fire and are totally consumed. Would that also mean they are 'tormented' in that fire for an 'unbroken age'? Yes of course. You see, the whole meaning of this 'everlasting fire' is that the lost will burn CONTINUOUSLY for whatever length of time they have been allotted by God UNTIL the fire has done it's job of destroying them.

Does this verse say that the wicked will be resurrected and thrown into the fire to burn for evermore? No, it says that they are raised to everlasting contempt. Now if God destroys them completely in the lake of fire and they die, never to live again, could this also mean 'everlasting contempt'? Yes or course. So we can disregard this verse as 'evidence'.

VERSE USED - Matthew 18:8-9 ...'Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.'

This is an interesting one. The mainstream teaching says that it is the so called 'eternal souls' of the lost which burn in hell for all eternity. And yet Jesus clearly says in the verses above that the lost will be cast into 'hell fire' WHOLE BODIED, which He confirms in Matthew 5:29. So it is not just the 'soul' of someone which gets cast into the fire. The lost are cast into the lake of fire at the end with their whole bodies. And what happens to a body when it is cast into fire? It 'burns up' (Malachi 4).

But what about the fact that it says 'everlasting fire'? The BIG misunderstanding with this is the MEANING of everlasting fire. Please think about this. Did Jesus say that the lost will 'BURN FOR ALL ETERNITY'? No He didn't. He said that they will be cast into a fire that would be 'everlasting'. If someone burns up and dies in that fire, never to live again, would that fire to them be 'everlasting'? Of course it would! It is the RESULT of the fire that is everlasting!

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