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Join me on this journey. Let's seek the truth together! 💡 Proverbs 8:34-36 Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts. For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh. But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.” Psalm 84: 11 For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly. 12 Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you. 1 John 5:5 Now who is the one overcoming the world, except the one believing that Jesus is the Son of God.
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Thursday, 23 July 2026

Mark 9:44 — What Did Jesus Mean by "Their Worm Does Not Die"?

Infographic examining Mark 9:44 and Jesus' statement, "Their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched," comparing Isaiah 66:24, Gehenna, and the wider biblical testimony about the fate of the wicked.


Mark 9:44 — What Did Jesus Mean by "Their Worm Does Not Die"?

Quick Facts

One of the most frequently quoted passages used to support the doctrine of eternal conscious torment is Mark 9:44.

Jesus said:

"Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched."

Many Christians believe this means:

  • the soul can never die,

  • the wicked will consciously burn forever,

  • and hellfire never comes to an end.

But is that what Jesus intended?

When we examine the Old Testament passage Jesus was quoting, the meaning becomes much clearer.

Jesus was quoting Isaiah 66:24, where the prophet describes the dead bodies of God's enemies, not immortal souls suffering endlessly.

Understanding Isaiah's prophecy helps us understand Jesus' warning about Gehenna, God's final judgment, and the destruction of the wicked.


Mark 9:44 — What Did Jesus Mean by "Their Worm Does Not Die"?

Part 3

What Did Jesus Mean?

Jesus warned His listeners:

Mark 9:43–48

"It is better for you to enter life crippled than, having two hands, to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire... where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched."

For many centuries this passage has been understood as describing never-ending torment.

However, before reaching that conclusion, we should ask an important question.

Where did Jesus get these words?

The answer is found in the book of Isaiah.


Jesus Was Quoting Isaiah

The expression:

"their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched"

is not original to Mark.

Jesus is quoting directly from:

Isaiah 66:24

"They shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against Me; for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched..."

Notice something often overlooked.

Isaiah does not describe living people suffering in torment.

He describes:

dead bodies.

The worms feed upon corpses.

The fire consumes corpses.

The passage presents a picture of complete judgment upon God's enemies.


What Is Gehenna?

Jesus repeatedly warned about Gehenna.

The Greek word appears twelve times in the New Testament.

Originally, Gehenna referred to the Valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem.

During Israel's history this valley became infamous because children were sacrificed there to pagan gods.

Later it became associated with uncleanness, refuse, and judgment.

By the time of Jesus it had become a powerful symbol of God's final judgment upon the wicked.

Strong's Concordance defines Gehenna as:

"Gehenna, a valley west and south of Jerusalem; also a symbolic name for the final place of punishment of the ungodly."


Can the Soul Be Destroyed?

Jesus Himself answered this question.

Matthew 10:28

"Fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna."

Notice carefully.

Jesus does not say God preserves the wicked forever in torment.

He says God is able to destroy both body and soul.

This agrees with:

"The wages of sin is death."
(Romans 6:23)

and

"The lake of fire... is the second death."
(Revelation 21:8)

Throughout Scripture, the final penalty is consistently described as death, destruction, and perishing, not eternal life in suffering.


An Unquenchable Fire

Jesus also spoke of:

"the fire that is not quenched."

An unquenchable fire does not mean a fire that burns forever.

It means a fire that cannot be extinguished until it has completely accomplished its purpose.

The Old Testament repeatedly uses this language.

When God warned Jerusalem of judgment, He spoke of an unquenchable fire (Jeremiah 17:27).

That fire eventually burned out after consuming what it was sent to destroy.

The emphasis is upon the certainty of judgment, not endless burning.


The Worm That Does Not Die

What about the worm?

Isaiah answers that question.

The worms are feeding upon:

the dead bodies of God's enemies.

The point is not that the worms are immortal.

Rather, nothing prevents them from completely consuming the corpses.

Likewise, the fire cannot be extinguished before the judgment is complete.

Together, the worms and the fire portray total destruction.


Isaiah's Context

The wider context confirms this interpretation.

Isaiah describes Yahweh coming in judgment.

Isaiah 66:15–16

"For behold, Yahweh will come with fire... by fire Yahweh will execute judgment... and the slain of Yahweh shall be many."

Then, after God's judgment has been completed, Isaiah concludes:

"They shall look upon the dead bodies..."

The prophecy begins with divine judgment.

It ends with the corpses of those judged.

Nothing in the chapter suggests immortal souls suffering forever.


Mark 9 and Isaiah 66 Agree

Jesus was not introducing a new doctrine.

He was using Isaiah's imagery to warn His hearers about the seriousness of rejecting God's Kingdom.

His warning concerns:

  • God's coming judgment,

  • Gehenna,

  • destruction,

  • and exclusion from eternal life.

The language is symbolic but the warning is real.


The Bible's Consistent Teaching

The Bible repeatedly describes the final fate of the wicked using words such as:

  • perish

  • destroy

  • consume

  • ashes

  • second death

For example:

Psalm 37:20

"The wicked shall perish... they shall vanish like smoke."

Malachi 4:1–3

"They shall be ashes under the soles of your feet."

Romans 6:23

"The wages of sin is death."

Revelation 21:8

"The lake of fire... is the second death."

These passages present a consistent picture of God's final judgment.


Conclusion

When Jesus warned about Gehenna, He quoted directly from Isaiah 66:24.

Isaiah was describing the dead bodies of God's enemies, not immortal souls enduring endless torment.

The worms and the fire symbolise God's complete and irreversible judgment.

Jesus' warning harmonises with the rest of Scripture, which repeatedly teaches that the final penalty for sin is death, destruction, and the second death.

The hope of the Gospel is therefore not escape from everlasting torment, but the gift of everlasting life, which God promises to all who believe in His Son.

As Jesus declared:

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that everyone believing in Him should not perish but have eternal life."
(John 3:16)

The contrast is clear:

  • the righteous receive eternal life;

  • the wicked perish.


Mark 9:44 — What Did Jesus Mean by "Their Worm Does Not Die"?

The hope held out by Scripture is not the natural immortality of the soul, but the resurrection of the dead through Jesus Christ and the gift of immortality that God alone can bestow.


Revelation 14:11 — Does "Forever and Ever" Really Mean Forever?

Revelation 20:10 — Does the Devil Burn Forever?

Part 4: Matthew 25:46 — What Did Jesus Mean by "Eternal Punishment"?


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Saturday, 21 May 2022

The Christian deception of Matthew 10:28!

Matthew 10:28!

Berean Literal Bible

And you should not be afraid of those killing the body but not being able to kill the soul. Indeed rather you should fear the One being able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.


Most of Christianity believe and teach the SOUL is another part of the body that lives on and survives DEATH, and never dies.

And this verse, saying: Man can KILL the (BODY) but not (KILL) the (SOUL), is also used to support the false Christian doctrine of life after death, that Jesus was teaching when the BODY is killed, the (SOUL) does not DIE, but lives on for ever and ever, fully knowing, conscious, with awareness, memory and feeling.

That false teaching of the SOUL being alive after death is a contradiction to the whole bible, as we read in verses like Ecclesiastes 9:5, saying in the Berean Study Bible: For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

I confess, I was one of most who was deceived by The Trinitarian deception of life after death.

I was one of most who taught this false doctrine, saying the soul is a separate part of our body that survives the DEATH of the BODY, and lives on in Heaven or HELL.

Now I finally know the truth, which is now obvious, please may I share with you this simple teaching by Jesus, by showing you the simple Biblical Facts!

Let us first examine the Greek word for destroy:

Strong's Concordance

apollumi: to destroy, destroy utterly

Original Word: ἀπόλλυμι

Part of Speech: Verb

Transliteration: apollumi

Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ol'-loo-mee)

Definition: to destroy, destroy utterly

Usage: (a) I kill, destroy, (b) I lose, mid: I am perishing (the resultant death being viewed as certain).

apollumi: to destroy, destroy utterly.png

As we see, there is nothing saying destroy means to keep alive, but as we read: (the resultant death being viewed as certain).

Firstly, the first part of Jesus statement saying: And you should not be afraid of those killing the body but not being able to kill the soul, is referring to ALL humans, and is the first DEATH.

The fearful part is the end of the statement by Jesus saying: Indeed rather you should fear the One being able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna, and is referring to the UNSAVED, non believers, and is the second DEATH Revelation 20:14 The Final Judgment!

And we will see in the actual words of Jesus in the end of the verse, how Jesus Himself (DESTROYS) the Christian doctrine of the lost SOUL living on for ever.

Let us now look at some very obvious and simple facts here in Jesus words that plainly and clearly demonstrate how the SOUL is not a part of the body that survives and lives on after the body is killed.

The fact that Jesus said GOD is able to (DESTROY) both soul and body in Gehenna proves the place Gehenna, which is HELL, the lake of fire is a place of total destruction and alienation for BOTH the soul and the body in Gehenna HELL, which explains why Jesus said: this is the second death, and is told in Revelation 20:14 The Final Judgment!

11 And I saw a great white throne and the One sitting on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened.

And another book was opened, which is the one of life. And the dead were judged out of the things having been written in the books, according to their deeds. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them; and each of them were judged according to their works.

14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone was not found having been written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

Secondly, if (DESTROY) did not mean alienation, as many Christians seem to think, that then would simply mean the body would live on forever also, and not BURN up in Gehenna HELL, and not be (DESTROYED).

So therefore as Jesus says BOTH BODY and SOUL is (DESTROYED), that proves the Christian teachings of the lost SOUL burning for ever and ever in HELL, is clearly another false doctrine.

Here are some more obvious facts to consider!

Jesus did not say (ONLY) the body, and not the SOUL, but BOTH, BODY and SOUL.

There is no mention by Jesus saying the SOUL cannot die, or that the SOUL is immortal.

KILL, never ever means the opposite EVERLASTING LIFE, as most Christians mostly teach and believe the LOST are not KILLED but live for ever in the LAKE of Fire.

DESTROY, SECOND DEATH, never ever means eternal life for the lost burning in the lake of fire for ever and ever, as taught by most Christians.

And the fact we are clearly told that BOTH BODY and SOUL is able to be (DESTROYED), agrees with the whole  Bible, saying DEATH means DEATH/alienation, as in Romans 6:23 Berean Literal Bible

For the wages of sin is DEATH, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And  James 4:12 confirms Jesus teachings, by saying: There is one Lawgiver and Judge, the One being able to save and to destroy.

Did you notice how James 4:12 tells us (The ONE) able to save and to destroy.

We know the Father and the SON act as ONE, as (The ONE) able to save and to destroy. Isaiah 33:22

World English Bible For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.

Now, with all that in mind, please see in John 3:17 tells us:

For God did not send His Son into the world that He might judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

John 8:15

You judge according to the flesh; I am judging no one.

John 12:47

And if anyone hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.

The SOUL is simply the (LIVING/LIFE) of a person.

We know this because Adam was not given a SOUL, but when GOD breathed into His nostril the breath of life, Adam became a LIVING SOUL.

Let us quickly check this out!

Let's turn to Genesis 2:7 World English Bible:

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living (SOUL).

As we clearly read, MAN was not given a SOUL, but became a living (SOUL).

And I now understand correctly what the (SOUL) is: which is (The LIFE). 

To finally understand this simple truth, I had to unlearn what I had previously learned, to re-learn what's now so obvious to know!

Please may I now tell you what I re-learned and believe about what the (SOUL) actually is?

Well, the FLESH is the (BODY).

And the (SOUL) is the (LIFE) of the person.

And when the BODY has the breathe of life, the TWO together make a (LIVING SOUL), and that's why Adam became a (LIVING SOUL): and man became a living (SOUL) Genesis 2:7.

And when a person has died, they are a DEAD SOUL/PERSON.

This explains why we read in: Ezekiel 18:20 World English Bible The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.  

Did you see that - The soul who sins, he shall die:   

We do not read in the word of GOD what most of today's Christian's wrongly believe, preach and teach, that the SOUL NEVER DIES! 

But as Jesus said the lost (BODY and SOULMatthew 10:28 will be raised from the dead Revelation 20:12, to be judged and utterly, DESTROYED, obliterated, and ANNIHILATED, when the SOUL/LIFE/BREATH of the person will DIE for ever!!

Revelation 20: The Final Judgment 

11 And I saw a great white throne and the One sitting on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened.  And another book was opened, which is the one of life. And the dead were judged out of the things having been written in the books, according to their deeds. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them; and each of them were judged according to their works.  14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone was not found having been written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

My Conclusion:

Is there anything more fearful, then discovering you was wrong and deceived, when a day will come when you unbelievers will wake up from being asleep in the gave, and now face your judgment by being told the truth, that you will be punished and destroyed, loosing your SOUL (LIFE) for ever, and ever in the Fires of HELL, being (DESTROYED), and separated from our loving Father and creator forever?

All because we would not leave our sinful life, believe and put our trust in our heavenly Father and creator who proved His divine love to save us by giving His only Begotten SON not to condemn us but save us with everlasting life in a perfect new world to come, with Christ the perfect King, Mediator and brother, and coming Prince of Peace.

The fearful truth is how most of the human race refuse to believe this shocking truth of how GOD is able and will raise all the dead to a day called judgement day, also known as the great and fearful day of the Lord: 2 Corinthians 5:10

Berean Literal Bible

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ, that each may receive back the things done through the body according to what he did, whether good or evil.

As most of the human race are foolish and rebellious, and do not know the ONE TRUE GOD, Or His One True Christ, they therefore have no idea of GOD's power, which explains why The ONE TRUE GOD is the ONE and ONLY person called GOD ALMIGHTY!

A Call to Persevere

(Jude 1:17-23)

19 Therefore, brothers, having confidence for entering the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way, which He dedicated for us through the veil that is His flesh, 21 and having a great priest over the house of God, 22we should draw near with a sincere heart, in full assurance of faith, our hearts having been sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our body having been washed with pure water.

23 We should hold fast to the confession of our hope, unwavering; for the One having promised is faithful. 24And we should think toward stirring up one another to love and to good works, 25not forsaking the assembling together of ourselves as is the custom with some, but encouraging one another, and so much more as you see the Day drawing near.

26 For if we sin willingly after we are to receive the knowledge of the truth, no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment and fury of fire being about to devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone having set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercies on the basis of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment do you think will he deserve, the one having trampled upon the Son of God, and having esteemed ordinary the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and having insulted the Spirit of grace?

30 For we know the One having said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 31 it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

32 But remember the former days in which, having been enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, 33this indeed, being made a spectacle both by revilings and tribulations; now this, having become partners of those passing through them thus. 34 For both you sympathized with the prisoners and you accepted the plundering of your possessions with joy, knowing yourselves to have a better and abiding possession.

35 Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36For you have need of endurance, so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise. 37 For

“Yet in a very while little, the One coming will come, and will not delay.

38 But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he might shrink back,

My soul does not take pleasure in him.”

39 But we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of faith to the preserving of the soul.

Don't be like most where: There will be weeping and gnashing of the teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you are being cast out. Luke 13:28

But be wise like the few, and be saved forever: For God so loved the world that He gave the only begotten Son, so that everyone believing in Him should not perish, but should have eternal life. John 3:16.

I am Simon Brown.

Cross References

Job 34:11

For according to a man's deeds He repays him; according to a man's ways He brings consequences.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man will come in His Father's glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.

Matthew 25:32

All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Acts 10:42

And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.

Romans 2:5

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

Romans 2:16

on the day when God will judge men's secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.

Romans 14:10

Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God's judgment seat.

Hebrews 10:31 Berean Literal Bible

it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Ephesians 4:9

Berean Literal Bible

Now what is "He ascended," except that He also descended into the lower regions of the earth?

Luke 12:5

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who has authority, after the killing, to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I say to you, fear Him.

Matthew 28:18

Berean Literal Bible

And you should not be afraid of those killing the body but not being able to kill the soul. Indeed rather you should fear the One being able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Ezekiel 31:14

World English Bible

to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up on their height, [even] all who drink water: for they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with those who go down to the pit.

Cross References

Matthew 11:23

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

Ephesians 4:9

What does "He ascended" mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?

Numbers 16:30

But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt."

Numbers 16:33

They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.

Psalm 63:9

But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.

Psalm 82:7

But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall."

Ezekiel 26:20

then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.

Berean Literal Bible

Greetings from Jude

(James 1:1-1)

1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James,

To those called, having been loved in God the Father and having been kept in Jesus Christ.

 2 Mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.

God's Judgment on the Ungodly

(Genesis 4:1-7; Romans 2:1-16)

3 Beloved, using all diligence to write to you concerning our common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith having been delivered once for all to the saints. 4 For certain men came in stealthily, those having been designated long ago unto this condemnation, ungodly ones changing the grace of our God into sensuality and denying our only master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

5 Now I want to remind you, you having known all this, that Jesus, having saved at one time a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward He destroyed those not having believed. 6 And the angels not having kept their own domain, but having abandoned the own dwelling, He keeps in eternal chains under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day; 7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having indulged in sexual immorality and having gone after strange flesh, in like manner with them are set forth as an example, undergoing the penalty of eternal fire.

8 Yet likewise also these dreaming ones indeed defile the flesh, and set aside authority, and blaspheme glorious ones. 9But Michael the archangel, when he was reasoning with the devil, disputing about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring against him a blasphemous judgment, but he said “The Lord rebuke you.” 10 But these indeed speak evil of whatever things they have not seen; and whatever things they understand naturally, as the irrational animals, in these things they corrupt themselves. 11Woe to them, because they have gone in the way of Cain, and rushed for profit to the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

12 These are the hidden reefs, feasting together with you fearlessly in your love feasts; shepherding themselves; clouds without water, being carried about by winds; autumnal trees without fruit, twice having died, having been uprooted; 13 wild waves of the sea, foaming out of their own shame; wandering stars, to whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved to the age.

14 And Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied as to these, saying: “Behold, the Lord has come amidst myriads of His holy ones, 15 to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly concerning all the works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and concerning all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”

16 These are grumblers, discontented, following after the own lusts; and their mouth speaks great swelling words, flattering faces for the sake of profit.

Cross References

Matthew 10:15

Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

Romans 2:5

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

2 Peter 2:9

if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

Jude 1:13

They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

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Wednesday, 30 December 2020

Part 3. The true meaning of Mark 9:44, Mark 9:46,Mark 9:48.

Mark 9:44, Mark 9:46,Mark 9:48,

For part 1 THE FALSE TEACHINGS OF BURNING IN HELL FIRE DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER, Revelation 14:11?

For part 2 The true meaning of Revelation 20:10.

Part 4. The true meaning of Matthew 25:46

And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life."

Part 5 Scriptures Proving THE UNSAVED Will Not Have ETERNAL LIFE ROASTING IN HELL FIRE FOR EVER AND EVER.

Welcome to Part 3. The true meaning of Mark 9:44

King James Bible

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Very sadly modern Christianity does not represent true Christianity from the time of Jesus and the disciples.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1.

The TRINITY faith is terribly confused and is bursting with countless false teachings, and Bible contradictions and false modern Bible translations.

Here is another misunderstanding and false teaching within the TRINITY faith.

Mark 9:44

There are Trinitarians who believe Mark 9:44 which says: Where their (worm) dieth not, and the fire is not quenched, means: their (worm) is the soul of a person that survives death and does not die.

They continue to believe: and the fire is not quenched, means the unsaved will BURN in FIRE FOR EVER and EVER, and they will never die.

Let's clear up another Christian confusion and discover the true meaning of Mark 9:44 which says: Where their (worm) dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

There are many quotes in the new testament taken from the old testament, just like Matthew 1:23 which is a quote from Isaiah 7:14 for Jesus as Immanuel.

However many Christians are again confused with the words saying: God with us, in the end of Matthew 1:23 and wrongly believe God with us, is Jesus as GOD, when God with us simply means, God with us is actually  ''Yahweh'' The One True ALMIGHTY GOD of Israel was with His people by and THROUGH, DWELLING with His SON Jesus.

Just as Isaiah 8:8: the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.” Just as Isaiah 8:9: for God is with us, which is the same as Matthew 1:23 "God with us."

Now here is an obvious fact.

If Jesus was meaning in Mark 9:44 what most Christians believe that their (worm) is the soul of a person that survives death and NEVER DIES, then this belief contradicts the whole Bible, and Jesus own teachings, who tells us GOD will DESTROY, meaning (PUT TO DEATH) the sinners, the unsaved, and the wicked as He tells us in Matthew 10:28 because the penalty of SIN is DEATH Romans 6:23, NOT eternal life in the lake of fire, which Jesus confirmed was the SECOND DEATH Revelation 21:8

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and having become abominable and murderers and the sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their portion is in the lake burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

DEATH means ANNIHILATION, and NOT ETERNAL LIFE, which is so simple and obvious to understand, and yet most of Christianity do not understand this simple fact.

There should not be any contradictions in the Bible, and if there is, then it should raise a red flag, proving there is something wrong, or we are not correctly understanding one or more of the Bibles teachings, probably because we have been deceived by false teachers.

The shocking truth is, as the TRINITY faith is full of Bible contradictions, this is obvious proof on its own that the TRINITY faith is a false religion, believing in a false Gospel, teaching Jesus is GOD, when the truth is instead Jesus is the SON of His One True GOD John 10:36.

According to the Trinity faith, both the saved and the unsaved who have died, have not died, but are still alive in heaven of Hell, when the truth is instead all the DEAD are at present ASLEEP: 

For this we declare to you in the word of the Lord, that we the living, remaining unto the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those having FALLEN ASLEEP.  1 Thessalonians 4:15.

Let's now see what the true meaning of Jesus teaching: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. Mark 9:44

To understand what Jesus meant by saying Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched Mark 9:44, we need to dig deeper into the Bible and travel back through the old testament and discover the meaning of Gehenna.

The Englishman's Concordance tells us there is 12 Occurrences with the word Strong's Greek: 1067. γέεννα (geenna)

I will now pull out all the verses with the word (Gehenna).

Matthew 5:22: "....whoever shall say, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into Gehenna."

Matthew 5:29: "....it is better for you that one of the parts of your body perish, than for your whole body to be thrown into Gehenna."

Matthew 5:30: "....better for you that one of the parts of your body perish, than for your whole body to go into Gehenna."

Matthew 10:28: "....rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul [Greek: ψυχή] and body in Gehenna."

Matthew 18:9: "It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than with two eyes to be thrown into the Gehenna...."

Matthew 23:15: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you... make one proselyte...twice as much a child of Gehenna as yourselves."

Matthew 23:33, to the Pharisees: "You serpents, you brood of vipers, how shall you to escape the sentence of Gehenna?"

Mark 9:43: "It is better for you to enter life crippled, than having your two hands, to go into Gehenna into the unquenchable fire."

Mark 9:45: "It is better for you to enter life lame, than having your two feet, to be cast into Gehenna."

Mark 9:47: "It is better for you to enter the Kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes, to be cast into Gehenna."

Luke 12:5: "....fear the One who, after He has killed has authority to cast into Gehenna; yes, I tell you, fear Him."

Another book to use the word Gehenna in the New Testament is

James 3:6: "And the tongue is a fire,...and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by Gehenna."

And the Strong's Concordance tells us the meaning of Gehenna:

geenna: Gehenna, a valley W. and South of Jer., also a symbolic name for the final place of punishment of the ungodly

Original Word: γέεννα, ης, ἡ

Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine

Transliteration: geenna

Phonetic Spelling: (gheh'-en-nah)

Definition: Gehenna, a valley west and South of Jerusalem, also a symbolic name for the final place of punishment of the ungodly

Usage: Gehenna, and originally the name of a valley or cavity near Jerusalem, a place underneath the earth, a place of punishment for evil.

(a transliteration of the Hebrew term, Gêhinnōm, "the valley of Hinnom") – Gehenna, i.e. hell (also referred to as the "lake of fire" in Revelation).

Gehenna ("hell"), the place of post-resurrection torment (judgment), refers strictly to the everlasting abode of the unredeemed where they experience divine judgment in their individual resurrection-bodies. Each of the unredeemed receives one at the Great White Throne Judgment (Rev 20:11-15), i.e. a body that "matches" their capacity for torment relating to their (unique) judgment.

Gehenna, Hell,Lake of fire,

From studying I have read In the beginning the word Gehenna came from the valley of Hinnom where evil kings of Israel sacrificed their children to their gods.

And in later times we know Gehenna became a dump outside a valley of Jerusalem, where dead animals and bodies were burned.

The word Gehenna has become a symbolic name for the final place of punishment of the ungodly, called the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:15

And if anyone was not found having been written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

Let's now look at the verses in question: Mark 9:44,46,48, King James Bible,

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Mark 9:44 & 9:46.

KJV: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. .. (Both verses identical to each other, and to 9:48, which is still in the main text)

Reason: Both verses 44 and 46 are duplicates of verse 48, which remains in the text. Verses 44 and 46 are both lacking in א,B,C,L,W,ƒ1, and some mss of the ancient versions, but appear in somewhat later sources such as A,D,K,θ, some Italic mss and the Vulgate. It is possible that verse 48 was repeated by a copyist as an epistrophe, for an oratorical flourish.[18] The UBS text assigns this omission a confidence rating of A. Lincoln H. Blumell, A Text-critical comparison of the King James New Testament with certain modern translations, Studies in the Bible and Antiquity, vol. 3 (2011) page 86.

From my research and understanding, Jesus was referring to God's Judgment against the Wicked seen in Isaiah 66:

15 For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

16 For by fire will Yahweh execute judgment, and by his sword, on all flesh; and the slain of Yahweh shall be many.

17 "Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves [to go] to the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating pig's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together," says Yahweh.

18 "For I [know] their works and their thoughts: [the time] comes, that I will gather all nations and languages; and they shall come, and shall see my glory. 19 "I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the islands afar off, who have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 They shall bring all your brothers out of all the nations for an offering to Yahweh, on horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says Yahweh, as the children of Israel bring their offering in a clean vessel into the house of Yahweh. 21 Of them also will I take for priests [and] for Levites," says Yahweh.

22 "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me," says Yahweh, "so your seed and your name shall remain.

23 It shall happen, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me," says Yahweh.

24 "They shall go forth, and look on the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they will be loathsome to all mankind."

Conclusion:

The words by Jesus saying: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched Mark 9:44, is simply a future prophecy of destruction of the unsaved as we read in Isaiah 66:15

For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

16 For by fire will Yahweh execute judgment, and by his sword, on all flesh; and the slain of Yahweh shall be many.

Bible scholar Sr Anthony Buzzard told me:

The worms are simply those eating the dead carcases of the wicked. The Day of the Lord is the same event as the Parousia.

God will resurrect the dead saints and reward all the true people of God with immortality.

The wicked will be Burned UP and disappear as smoke Ps 37

So as we have seen, the Trinitarian doctrine who believe Mark 9:44 which says: Where their (worm) dieth not, and the fire is not quenched, they say means: their (worm) is the soul of a person that survives death and does not die, but burns for ever and ever, is wrong, but is instead figurative of a place of punishment and destruction.

I have added the whole verse that Jesus quoted from below:

Isaiah 66:

Rejoice with Jerusalem

7 "Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she delivered a son.

8 Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth?" says Yahweh: "shall I who cause to bring forth shut [the womb]?" says your God.

10 "Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;

11 that you may nurse and be satisfied at the comforting breasts; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory."

12 For thus says Yahweh, "Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and you will nurse. You will be carried on her side, and will be dandled on her knees.

13 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem."

14 You will see [it], and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass: and the hand of Yahweh shall be known toward his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.

God's Final Judgments against the Wicked

15 For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

16 For by fire will Yahweh execute judgment, and by his sword, on all flesh; and the slain of Yahweh shall be many.

17 "Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves [to go] to the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating pig's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together," says Yahweh.

18 "For I [know] their works and their thoughts: [the time] comes, that I will gather all nations and languages; and they shall come, and shall see my glory. 19 "I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the islands afar off, who have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 They shall bring all your brothers out of all the nations for an offering to Yahweh, on horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says Yahweh, as the children of Israel bring their offering in a clean vessel into the house of Yahweh. 21 Of them also will I take for priests [and] for Levites," says Yahweh.

22 "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me," says Yahweh, "so your seed and your name shall remain.

23 It shall happen, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me," says Yahweh.

24 "They shall go forth, and look on the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they will be loathsome to all mankind."

Please go to Part 4. The true meaning of Matthew 25:46

And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life."

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For part 1 THE FALSE TEACHINGS OF BURNING IN HELL FIRE DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER, Revelation 14:11?

For part 2 The true meaning of Revelation 20:10.

Part 4. The true meaning of Matthew 25:46

And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life."

Part 5 Scriptures Proving THE UNSAVED Will Not Have ETERNAL LIFE ROASTING IN HELL FIRE FOR EVER AND EVER.

The FALSE DOCTRINE About A Separable Immortal (SOUL).




Monday, 7 December 2020

THE FALSE TEACHINGS OF BURNING IN HELL FIRE DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER, Revelation 14:11?

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In this article:

Firstly, is HELL REAL?

Part 1. The true meaning of Revelation 14:11

King James Bible

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.

Part 2. The true meaning of Revelation 20:10

King James Bible

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

For Part 3. The true meaning of Mark 9:44, and 9:48.

King James Bible

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Part 4. The true meaning of Matthew 25:46

And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life."

Part 5 Scriptures Proving THE UNSAVED Will Not Have ETERNAL LIFE ROASTING IN HELL FIRE FOR EVER AND EVER.

We look at the countless scriptures teaching how GOD will NOT BURN the lost FOREVER, and EVER, but how GOD will KILL and DESTROY the lost FOREVER and EVER, implying utter destruction.

For the wages of sin is (DEATH), but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23

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Firstly, is HELL REAL?

Let us not deceive ourselves, HELL is the lake of FIRE called Gehenna, which has not yet come, but WILL COME on judgment day, called the great day of the Lord Joel 2:11: World English Bible

Yahweh thunders his voice before his army; for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?

HELL Gehenna, the lake of FIRE will be for people who do not repent or obey GOD's commands, or who do not follow Jesus teachings, and a place where sinners and the ungodly and the WICKED will be punished, Revelation 20:15

And if anyone was not found having been written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

 Michael's Deliverance and the End Times

(Revelation 1:1-3)

Daniel 12:

1"At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book. 2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever. 4 But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run back and forth, and knowledge shall be increased."

Many people may say, yes but I have never done anything that is evil, which may well be true, not understanding that Jesus said: The one not being with Me is against Me, and the one not gathering with Me scatters. Matthew 12:30.

As we see we are either for GOD and Jesus or against them, there is no middle ground.

Revelation 21:8

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and having become abominable and murderers and the sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their portion is in the lake burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." 

Surrender Your life To God and His Son.

Let us believe, repent and humble and deny ourselves and follow Jesus and be saved, for this is why GOD has sent and sacrificed His Only Begotten Son Jesus, not to condemn us, but to save us, because Jesus payed the price for our sins on the cross, proving GOD's love:

John 3:16:

For God so loved the world that He gave the only begotten Son, so that everyone believing in Him should not perish, but should have eternal life.

Why was Jesus crucified?

1 Corinthians 15:57

But thanks be to God, the One giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 1:10

and now having been made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, having abolished death and having brought to light life and immortality through the gospel,

GOD desires ALL to repent and be saved 2 Peter 3:9 - 13

The Day of the Lord

(Zephaniah 1:7-18; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)

9 The Lord does not delay the promise, as some esteem slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar, and elements will be dissolved, burning with heat, and the earth and the works in it will not be found.

11 All these things being dissolved in this way, what kind ought you to be? In holy conduct and godliness, 12  expecting and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens will be dissolved, being set on fire, and the elements are melting, burning with heat. 13 But according to His promise, we are awaiting new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

Part 1. The true meaning of Revelation 14:11

King James Bible

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.

There is a most horrible doctrine taught within the Trinity and the Oneness Pentecostal faiths, teaching and believing the lost will BURN IN HELL FIRE DAY AND NIGHT FOR EVER AND EVER who will NEVER DIE.

Even when my wife Emma and I were deceived Trinitarians for 10 years, we NEVER did believe in such a horrible doctrine taught by most Christians saying our righteous GOD will not destroy the lost and wicked, but will instead TORTURE and BURN our lost loved one's in FIRE FOREVER and EVER.

How could GOD possibly be righteous by NOT destroying and killing and removing the ungodly and wicked from His amazing perfect Kingdom to come?

Psalm 104:35

Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah! 

How could GOD's new and perfect world to come, be a perfect world to come, when there are people in PAIN, BURNING IN HELL FIRE DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER.

By the fact GOD will remove and destroy rebellious people who would not put their trust in GOD and His SON, is what will make a perfect world to come.

It is obvious to see how this false teaching of the lost BURNING IN PAIN IN HELL FIRE DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER, contradicts the whole Bible, that says there will be NO MORE pain or suffering ever again as we are told in Revelation 21:4 There will be no more death' or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

This is what makes our GOD righteous, by the fact He will reward the righteous people, and He will Kill and remove the people from His creation who refuse to believe and repent and accept GOD's love, forgiveness, mercy and grace, that comes through His SON Jesus.

Ezekiel 18:21

But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

In fact it was an absolute abomination to our GOD that people burned their baby sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods Molech, Deuteronomy 12:31.

In fact our righteous GOD rightly demanded that such evil people be put to death and be rightly KILLED, which is precisely what happened. Leviticus 20:2

And yet most of Christianity teach GOD will be worse by keeping the lost BURNING IN HELL FIRE DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER.

How did most of Christianity become so deceived, to actually believe and teach a righteous GOD will TORTURE people in FIRE FOREVER and EVER?

Its time for the TRUTH.

Please may I now reveal the TRUTH, and show you the Biblical facts revealing how our righteous GOD Yahweh is truly JUST and WORTHY by showing you how the Scriptures do not contradict by saying in one hand the lost will be destroyed and DIE, or in the other hand the lost will NOT DIE, but instead will have ETERNAL LIFE in HELL FIRE.

Instead we will see how all Scriptures teach the same thing, and see the plain and simple truth, by seeing how GOD will reward the righteous, with EVERLASTING LIFE, and punish the wicked in EVERLASTING FIRE that DESTROYS FOREVER and EVER, which Jesus called the SECOND DEATH, revealing GOD's absolute righteousness.

Follow me in my research, and discover what I discovered!

Pray, Ask, Seek, and you will find said Jesus, Matthew 7:7.

Well, that's what I did, and look at what I found.

I found out how the most popular verse used to teach the lost will BURN IN HELL FIRE DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER is in Revelation 14:11, and is completely misunderstood.

Let's have a look at Revelation 14:11.

New International Version

And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name."

The first and obvious fact is seen in the many false translations that most Christians are using.

Revelation 14:11.

Notice in the false translations below which all say: for ever and ever.

New International Version

And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name."

New Living Translation

The smoke of their torment will rise forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name.”

English Standard Version

And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”

Berean Study Bible

And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”

Now notice the CORRECT translation of Revelation 14:11


Correct translation of Revelation 14:11.

Berean Literal Bible

And the smoke of their torment goes up to (ages of ages) and those worshiping the beast and its image have no rest day and night, and if anyone receives the mark of its name."

Did you notice the different words saying (ages of ages) and NOT forever and ever?

Because most Christians read the false translations saying: And the smoke of their torment will rise FOREVER and EVER, they therefore misunderstand and think John is teaching the lost will BURN IN HELLFIRE DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER.

Instead of looking in the Greek text and seeing and understanding the different words say (ages of ages) and NOT forever and ever.

Now when we seek we find that the CORRECT words saying: And the smoke of their torment goes up to (ages of ages) means in the Strong's Concordance:

(ages of ages),

Definition: a space of time, an age

Usage: an age, a cycle (of time), 

So far what we have seen in the correct translations is how the lost will BURN for (ages of ages), in other words in a cycle (of time), which I am sure means will burn until they are consumed and destroyed.

Notice in our English, how we still use the words (ages), in phrase's like (I took ages), or (I waited ages), or (I slept for ages), or (they took ages), which is as we all know a phrase that means it took a long time.

And yet in the phrase's there is no exact time given.

We see in the Dictionary the meaning of (ages):

(ages):

Our English word (ages), used in our phrase's today, seem to perfectly fit with the Greek word used in the correct translations of Revelation 14:11 saying: And the smoke of their torment goes up to (ages of ages).

And as we have seen in the Strong's Concordance the meaning of the word (aión) is: a space of time, an age a cycle (of time), which is identical to our English word (ages), in our phrase's like (I took ages), or (I waited ages), or (I slept for ages), or (they took ages), which is as we all know a phrase that means it took a cycle of time, but the exact time is never given.

This adds up to why Jesus said in Matthew 10:15: Truly I say to you, on the day of judgment, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and of Gomorrah than for that city.

Sodom and Gomorrah
Is this the remains of Sodom and Gomorrah?

Because of what Jesus said in Matthew 10:15 that  it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and of Gomorrah, HOW could or would the punishment be DIFFERENT for the people of the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, if the teachings of all the lost will BURN in HELL FIRE day and night forever and ever was correct?

Here's something worth thinking about.

According to the teaching that the lost will BURN in HELL FIRE day and night FOREVER and EVER, this would simply mean the good Samaritan who did not give his life to Jesus, or the many sincere people who have never ever committed evil crimes, who may have done many good deeds in their life's, will receive the SAME punishment of  BURNING in HELLFIRE day and night FOREVER and EVER, as the people who have committed EVIL CRIMES, which contradicts what we read in Revelation 20:12 saying: And the dead were judged out of the things having been written in the books, according to their deeds.

Question:

If the lost, the EVIL, and the good Samaritan who did not believe in Jesus, are all thrown in the SAME FIRE, and if it were true that the lost will BURN in HELL FIRE day and night FOREVER and EVER, then what would be the point of being judged according to their works, Revelation 20:13, if all the lost, good or bad, still receive the SAME punishment of BURNING in HELL FIRE day and night FOREVER and EVER.

However, the correct translations saying the lost will BURN for (ages of ages), in other words will burn in a cycle (of time), now adds up perfectly with what we read in Revelation 20:13 saying: the lost will be judged according to their works.

In other words the lost will each burn in a cycle (of time), according to their works, just as punishment will be: more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, Matthew 10:15.

Remember that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were already DESTROYED by FIRE, so could this be WHY it will be: more tolerable for the land of Sodom and of Gomorrah, on the day of judgment Matthew 10:15?

Sodom and Gomorrah

DISCOVERED - HISTORICAL EVIDENCE OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH.

We also know Sodom and Gomorrah and the people there are NO LONGER BURNING, and the people were completely destroyed, as an example of what is coming to the ungodly, as we read in 2 Peter 2:6

and He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, having reduced them to ashes, having set an example of what is coming on the ungodly.

Sodom and Gomorrah documentary by Simon Brown.

We see in Jude 1:7 how the penalty of sin is eternal fire, which does not mean the fire never goes out, but instead means the fire destroys eternally and permanently.

just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having indulged in sexual immorality and having gone after strange flesh, in like manner with them are set forth as an example, undergoing the penalty of eternal fire.

As Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed, and the people that lived there are not still alive burning, physically or spiritually, but are dead and gone as an example, then we know for sure the eternal fire means to destroy eternally and permanently.

It seems obvious to me that if HELL is going to be more bearable for the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, then that must be proof of the TEACHINGS OF BURNING IN HELLFIRE DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER for the lost is false.

Sodom and Gomorrah

But please hold on, as I have saved the best until last!

What have we seen so far?

We have seen by examining the correct translation of Revelation 14:11 does not have the words saying (forever and ever), which deceives us into believing (NEVER ENDING).

But instead the correct translation of Revelation 14:11 has the words saying (ages of ages), meaning (a cycle of time).

And as the correct translation of Revelation 14:11 says (ages of ages), meaning (a cycle of time), that alone proves there is an END.

Because (a cycle of time) is a short part of time, that does not go on FOREVER and EVER.

Hebrews 1:2

Now we understand (ages of ages), means (a cycle of time), that comes to an END.

What about the words we have not examined?

What did John mean in the rest of the verse of Revelation 14:11 saying:

And the smoke of their torment goes up to ages of ages and those worshiping the beast and its image have no rest day and night, and if anyone receives the mark of its name." Berean Literal Bible

There will be no rest day or night Revelation 14:11, seems to still imply the lost will  BURN IN HELL FIRE DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER.

So what did John mean by saying: And the smoke of their torment goes up, and those worshiping the beast and its image have no rest day and night,

Friends, the simple answer is given in Isaiah 34:10.

Let me please UNCOVER and share this hidden treasure with you.

Notice in both verses of Revelation 14:11 and Isaiah 34:10, by me adding the verses side by side:

Revelation 14:11

And the smoke of their torment goes up to ages of ages and those worshiping the beast and its image have no rest day and night, and if anyone receives the mark of its name." 

Isaiah 34:10

It won't be quenched night nor day. Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation, it will lie waste. No one will pass through it forever and ever.

Did you see what I saw?

We can all see something very obvious.

Revelation 14:11 says: And the smoke of their torment goes up, have no rest day and night,

And Isaiah 34:10 says:

It won't be quenched night nor day. Its smoke will go up forever. 

The question is, what is Isaiah 34:10 about?

Well in the Trinitarian Commentaries which I have added, give us some useful information about what  Isaiah 34:10 is about.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible tells us:

It shall not be quenched night nor day - That is, the burning brimstone and pitch Isaiah 34:9, the emblem of perpetual and entire desolation, shall not be extinguished.

The smoke thereof shall go up for ever - Every river and rivulet is Supposed to be heated pitch, and every particle of dust sulphur, and a 1 on fire, sending up from an extended region dense columns of smoke to heaven. No idea of ruin could be more sublime; no idea of the vengeance of God more terrible. 

Notice in Barnes next statement:

This image has been copied by John to describe the future woes of the wicked Revelation 14:11, and of mystical Babylon Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:18; Revelation 19:2-3.

So Barnes believes John copied Isaiah 34:10 to the future woes of the wicked in Revelation 14:11:

Revelation 14:11 says: And the smoke of their torment goes up, have no rest day and night,

And Isaiah 34:10 says:

It won't be quenched night nor day. Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation, it will lie waste. No one will pass through it forever and ever.

Pulpit Commentary tells us:

Verse 10. - None shall pass through it forever and ever. There was a literal fulfillment of the prophecies against Edom to a considerable extent.

Says that the "mountains and the heritage of Esau were laid waste for the dragons of the wilderness" (Malachi 1:3); and he makes the Edomites themselves exclaim, "We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places"

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible tells us:

It shall not be quenched night nor day,.... It will be long burning, and shall not be extinguished until it is utterly consumed. The burning of Rome will continue long, especially the smoke of it; the kings of the earth, and others, are represented as standing and looking at it, and lamenting for it, Revelation 18:9,

the smoke thereof shall go up for ever; this very phrase is what will be used by the saints in their "allelujahs", at the burning of Rome, Revelation 19:3 with which compare Revelation 14:11,

from generation to generation it shall lie waste; the land shall be no more manured and cultivated, nor the city rebuilt; when Babylon is once fallen, it shall never be raised up again, but always remain desolate, Revelation 18:2,

none shall pass through it for ever and ever; no inhabitant in it, nor traveller through it; it will be so horrible and terrible, as none will care to dwell there, yea, not so much as to travel through it; see Jeremiah 49:18.

So as we have read according to the Trinitarian Commentaries Isaiah 34:10 was a literal fulfilment of the prophecies against Edom and a prophecy for the future of unbelievers as told in Revelation 14:11, which are virtually identical verses.

Yet in the end of the verse of Isaiah 34:10 we have a clear explanation to what the meaning is saying: It won't be quenched night nor day. Its smoke will go up forever. 

And here in the END of the verse is the actual hidden meaning of: It won't be quenched night nor day. Its smoke will go up forever.

From generation to generation, it will lie waste. No one will pass through it forever and ever.

Just as smoke goes up and disappears.

So there is the answer and there we have the hidden meaning of Isaiah 34:10 which is virtually identical to Revelation 14:11.

We clearly see how Isaiah 34:10 means utter destruction, FOREVER and EVER.

And NOT a NEVER ENDING BURNING HELLFIRE DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER.

Now we know what Jesus said in Mathew 10:28, He was not making any contradictions, but taught that GOD will DESTROY the lost, which is why He called it the SECOND DEATH Revelation 20:14, which is why Romans 6:23 tells us: For the wages of sin is DEATH, which literally means to UTTERLY be DESTROYED and DIE, which will be a literal fulfilment.

Psalm 37:20 World English Bible

But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish-- vanish like smoke.

DEATH means DEATH, and not eternal life, which now also destroys the contradictions that most of Christianity create in the false teachings of the lost having eternal life BURNING IN HELL FIRE DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER, Revelation 14:11

John 3:36

Berean Literal Bible

The one believing in the Son has eternal life, but the one not obeying the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

Matthew 25:46

And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life."

Psalm 104:35 

World English Bible

Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!

Now we know and understand the truth, we very easily see how there are no contradictions:

For the wages of sin is (DEATH) Romans 6:23, 

NOT ETERNAL LIFE IN FIRE.

Notice how Revelation 11:18 tells us how GOD will DESTROY THOSE WHO ARE DESTROYING THE EARTH:

And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to Your servants, the prophets, and to the saints, and to those fearing Your name, the small and the great, and to DESTROY those who are destroying the earth."

Join me again in Part 2. The true meaning of Revelation 20:10 

Revelation 20:10.

King James Bible

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Part 4. The true meaning of Matthew 25:46

And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life."

Part 5 Scriptures Proving THE UNSAVED Will Not Have ETERNAL LIFE ROASTING IN HELL FIRE FOR EVER AND EVER. We look at the countless scriptures teaching how GOD will NOT BURN the lost FOREVER, and EVER, but how GOD will KILL and DESTROY the lost FOREVER and EVER, implying utter destruction.

Also read the truth about the Human SOUL.  The FALSE DOCTRINE About A Separable Immortal (SOUL).

The FALSE DOCTRINE About A Separable Immortal (SOUL).

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