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Where does the Bible teach that the fate of the wicked is eternal life in a place of torment?

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    No where. No where. No where.

  • Dalan
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    The current theology tends to come from the concept that at the Great White Throne Judgment, Satan and his fallen angels are thrown into the lake of fire to burn in torment forever. Then those who did not follow Torah and have the testimony of the Messiah will be cast into the lake of fire with Satan.

    That is when they stop thinking. Satan is a spirit, he can't die in the same sense as we can. It's like throwing a diamond into the fire, it doesn't melt or denigrate. If you throw a block a wood in, it will be totally consumed by the fire. It's the same fire, just the properties of the subjects are different.

    The wicked or lawless ones will parish.

    Aren't we told that the penalty for sin is death, not eternal torment?

  • 8 years ago

    There is no eternal life in a place of torment for humans as they are burned up in the flames to become ashes. The lake of fire is for the devil & the beast & false prophet who will burn forever being fallen angels. Rev 20:10

    People get the wrong concept from Matt 25:41 Yes the fire is prepared for the devil & his angels & yes it will burn forever, but mankind not being immortal will not burn forever.

  • Ryenic
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    Sorry, eternal torment is nowhere, nada, nil, naught, zilch, zip, zero, times in the Bible. Why? Because it's a false God dishonoring and God awful teaching.

    Just think about the foolishness of it: If God keeps people in hell alive and conscious for eternity for no other reason than to suffer unimaginable agony, then God would also have to protect them from burning to death (fire disintegrates) and He would have to give these undeserving souls his greatest gift; everlasting life (the same gift He's giving to those who praise Him). Why? Because to torture them forever, he would have to protect them (a loving thing to do) and keep them alive forever (give them his greatest reward; everlasting life). So, he would be loving and cruel at the same time? That just doesn't make sense!

    Also, keep in mind that they would have to be immortal souls/spirits (flesh and blood would just burn and disintegrate). Well, Spirits are not affected by fire, fire is earthly; it needs oxygen to survive just like we do; fire doesn't affect the spirit realm! (Read the account in the Bible of how a spirit protected Daniel and his companions from burning in a fiery furnace (Dan. 3:1-28; particularly verses 26 and 27); not even one hair of theirs was burned.

    Also, a study of the Bible clearly reveals that God's personality wouldn't even included burning people in a Hell for eternity. He even said this to a nation who were burning their own children: "And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart." (Jeremiah 7:31)

    From the very beginning God told Adam: "For dust you are and to dust you will return.” (Genesis 3:19) He never told Adam he would be going to Heaven, nor to Hell, but back to the dust where he came from. The scriptures also state: “The wages sin pays is death.” (Romans 6:23) So, the punishment for sin is death, not burning in Hell.

    The Bible also states that: "For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing." Or, as another translation puts it, "...the dead are unconscious." (Ecc. 9:5) So, those who die wouldn't even know they were being tortured if they went to a burning Hell. Once again, just does make any sense.

    Please do the research and seek truth.... God DOESN'T torture people! The eternal Hell fire doctrine is a lie and ploy to keep the masses down and a tool of the Devil to keep people from wanting to worship God, and its working like a charm. Many, many people don't believe in God or want to worship God, because this false doctrine makes God appear to be cruel, unloving, and sadistic.

    Please learn the truth, and the truth will set you free from this outright lie...

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    The wicked will be destroyed in the lake of the fire.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    The Bible describes hell as a terrifying and horrible place. Hell is described as “eternal fire” (Matthew 25:41), “unquenchable fire” (Matthew 3:12), “shame and everlasting contempt” (Daniel 12:2), a place where “the fire is not quenched” (Mark 9:44-49), and “everlasting destruction” (2 Thessalonians 1:9). Revelation 20:10 describes hell as a “lake of burning sulfur” where the wicked are “tormented day and night forever and ever.” Obviously, hell is a place we should avoid.

    Why does hell even exist, and why does God send some people there? The Bible tells us that God “prepared” hell for the devil and the fallen angels after they rebelled against Him (Matthew 25:41). Those who refuse God’s offer of forgiveness will suffer the same eternal destiny of the devil and the fallen angels. Why is hell necessary? All sin is ultimately against God (Psalm 51:4), and since God is an infinite and eternal being, only an infinite and eternal penalty is sufficient. Hell is the place where God’s holy and righteous demands of justice are carried out. Hell is where God condemns sin and all those who reject Him. The Bible makes it clear that we have all sinned (Ecclesiastes 7:20; Romans 3:10-23), so, as a result, we all deserve to go to hell.

    So, how can we not go to hell? Since only an infinite and eternal penalty is sufficient, an infinite and eternal price must be paid. God became a human being in the Person of Jesus Christ (John 1:1, 14). In Jesus Christ, God lived among us, taught us, and healed us—but those things were not His ultimate mission. God became a human being so that He could die for us. Jesus, God in human form, died on the cross. As God, His death was infinite and eternal in value, paying the full price for sin (1 John 2:2). God invites us to receive Jesus Christ as Savior, accepting His death as the full and just payment for our sins. God promises that anyone who believes in Jesus (John 3:16), trusting Him alone as the Savior (John 14:6), will be saved/ go to heaven.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    " 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:" (Matt 25.41)

    There is also the passage cited by scooterpoop, and many others besides.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I don't think it does.

    But just to play Devil's advocate, the parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man can be said to imply it.

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