Gerlinda (2 Apr 2012)
"for Whoda thunk - punishment in hell?"


 
 
 
I believe that salvation is by Grace not works but that is not a new subject on this forum.  The sentence that concerned me was this that you wrote:
 
But then there is this: Just like most videos of this type it has zero basis in fact as satan and the demons are not the rulers in hell, nor are they the torturers, they are PRISONERS! They are there to be punished, not to punish.
I searched the scriptures for an answer for you.  Apparently, until they themselves are thrown into their own Lake of Fire that has been prepared for them and their followers, they do have the freedom to torture others that have gone there.  I cite the following sciptures; highlighting is mine:
 
 
Deut. 32:22-24 22"For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

23I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

24They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust."

Job 18:14  "His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors."
 
Isaiah 14:9 "Hell from beneath is moved ( also referred to as 'excited' ) for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations."
 
So, it seem until such day as when they will all be imprisoned, they have freedom to do as they please, including the torturing in Hell as they love to do just that.
 
gerlinda