Only in a handful of cities. The wicked everywhere else lived on as they had been.
No hellfire in the story of Noah.
Only applies to some of the wicked. At the second coming Christ destroys the armies of the beast, casts the two beasts into the LOF, and imprisons satan and then rules over the civilians of the beast system for a thousand years. After the thousand years those same people are targeted by satan once he is released from his prison. That shows they were alive and on Earth the whole time.
Invalid comparison, Jesus is speaking of types and God's justice.
Also we know the fate of the people of Noah's day, Peter tells us
The story Christ tells us is of their destruction, where else do the wicked go at death.
They became imprisoned spirits in hell who died during the flood.
What you think they are in purgatory or something? Not hell? They are in torments, just like that rich man in the parable of Abraham's bosom, who was imprisoned, and there is that great gulf separating the just from the unjust.
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1 Peter 3
18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit,
19 by which also He went and preached unto the spirits in prison,
20 who one time were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared, wherein few, (that is, eight souls) were saved by water.
21 The like figure to this, even baptism, doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
22 who has gone into Heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto Him.
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You also ought to understand your suggestion of everyday common man beast worshippers surviving Christ glorious return is impossible due to the way the scripture is written.
They both do not know God, and they do not obey the gospel, Revelation says men refuse to repent and give God glory, and then this too,
Rev 13
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And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”
5 And there was given unto him a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies, and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle, and them that dwell in Heaven.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints and to overcome them; and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
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And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb, slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear:
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity. He that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Rev 14
6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation and kindred, and tongue and people,
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saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His Judgment is come. Worship Him that made heaven and earth, and the sea and the fountains of waters.”
8 And there followed another angel, saying, “Babylon is fallen! Fallen is that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”
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And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand,
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the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out unmixed into the cup of His indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
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And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.”
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from Heaven, saying unto me, “Write: ’Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth.’” “Yea,” saith the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.”
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@ewq1938 you believe these people are not destroyed, but become living survivors on earth, and pick up their old lives. Verse 11 refutes this, they are in hell, the description fits. Hell is not hidden from God.
You are making up doctrines.
