Matt.
5:28-29, "And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it
is profitable for
thee that one of
thy members should
perish, and not that thy whole body should
be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend
thee, cut it off and cast it from thee: for it
is profitable for
thee that one of
thy members should
perish, and not that thy whole body should
be cast into hell.
Matt. 10:28, "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to
kill the
soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matt 18:9, "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.
Mark 9:43-48, "And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it
is better for
thee to
enter into life maimed, than having two hands to
go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it
is better for
thee to
enter halt into life, than having two feet to
be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it
out: it is better for thee to enter into
the kingdom of God with one eye, than
having two eyes to be cast into hell fire."
Rev.
20:13-15, "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of
fire. This is the second death.And whosoever
was not found written in the book of life
was cast into the lake of fire." Hades
is the place or state of departed
souls. It looks like Hades and the lake
of fire are two different places. Hades
is the place of the departed souls, and
the lake of fire is the second death
after a person in Hades is cast out of
Hades and resurrected in their physical
body to face the Great White Throne
judgment.
We know that the beast
(Antichrist) and the False Prophet are cast
alive into the lake of fire when the Lord
Jesus Christ returns to Earth according to
Rev. 19:20 and the devil Satan is cast into
the Lake of Fire after the 1,000 year
millennium according to Rev. 20:10. As
for those that worshipped the beast and took
his mark in the forehead or in the right hand,
we are told in Revelation 14:10-11 that "...he
shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in
the presence of
the holy angels, and in
the presence of
the Lamb: 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."
Are
there any people that took the mark of
the beast who are still living at
Jesus' return? If so, where are they
being tormented and get no rest day
and night? Are they in a holding
place near Jerusalem in some valley
like the Gehenna in the Bible near
Jerusalem because Jesus is in
Jerusalem, and will be held there
until the Great White Throne judgment,
and then later cast into the lake of
fire if their names are not written in
the book of life?Or should we assume that they are being tormented
in the lake of fire and get no rest day and night
there although the book of Revelation never said that
they were cast alive into the lake of fire? And what
about those that died and took the mark of the
beast? Are they in the same place as those who
are alive that took the mark of the beast? Or
are those who died and took the mark of the beast in
Hades being tormented and will later be resurrected at
the Great White Throne judgment and then throne into
the lake of fire where they are tormented if their
names are not found written in the book of life?
Isaiah 66:23-24
says, "And it
shall come to pass, that from one new moon to
another, and from one sabbath to
another, shall all flesh come to
worship before
me, saiththe LORD. And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh."
Does that not mean that
the bodies of those that died after
taking the mark of the beast are
left in view for everyone to look at
near Jerusalem, where the Lord will
be worshipped, and their soul/spirit
is in a holding place called
Hades? They will then later be
resurrected at the Great White
Throne judgment. Remember the story
of Lazarus who died and was in a
place called Abraham's Bosom, and
the rich man who died and went to
hell according to Luke 16:23 in the
KJV which says, "And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom." "Hell" in
that verse is "Hades" according toLuke 16 -
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The rich man was not yet cast
into the lake of fire which is a
different place from Hades. So
it looks like Hades and the Lake
of Fire are two different places
and that Gehenna is another name
for the Lake of Fire, but why
would Jesus call it Gehenna in
the gospels of Matthew and Mark,
and then call it the lake of
fire in the book of
Revelation? It is only
called the Lake of Fire in Rev.
19:20, 20:10, 20:14 & 20:15.