RE: Is Yahweh true? Watch Israel.
March 22, 2013 at 7:49 pm
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2013 at 7:51 pm by jap23.)
The majority of my answer was already in my expanded post that was in response to persuademe.
But I'll say that this can not be literal for the following reasons:
--death is cast into the fire? (Rev 14:10)
--hell is cast into the lake of fire (Rev 20:14)- hades can mean the grave or, as I should have said before - the power of death. The power of death will come to complete destruction (Rev 21:4; 1 Cor 15:55)
--symbols are frequently interpreted- e.g. the women is a great city (Rev 17:18), 'waters' are peoples (Rev 17:15). The lake of fire is 'the second death'- Rev 20:14; 21:8.
Other than that, refer to what I said in my previous post:
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But I'll say that this can not be literal for the following reasons:
--death is cast into the fire? (Rev 14:10)
--hell is cast into the lake of fire (Rev 20:14)- hades can mean the grave or, as I should have said before - the power of death. The power of death will come to complete destruction (Rev 21:4; 1 Cor 15:55)
--symbols are frequently interpreted- e.g. the women is a great city (Rev 17:18), 'waters' are peoples (Rev 17:15). The lake of fire is 'the second death'- Rev 20:14; 21:8.
Other than that, refer to what I said in my previous post:
Quote:Revelation 14:11: "and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever!"- the same was said of Edom in Isa 34:10- go to Edom, you won't see smoke!! This is clearly another figure of complete destruction. I suggest this also because revelation is filled with symbols- wine of wrath? Women sitting on seven hills? third of the sea turned into blood? Lots of symbols in Revelation.
changes made to clarify
I'm kinda busy and don't have much time for these forums, so if you respond to this post, don't expect me to reply immediately- but I will try to get back to you sometime.
