.
● Rev 21:8 . . But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers,
sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in
the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
The koiné Greek word for "brimstone" is theion (thi'-on) which means sulfur,
which Webster's defines as a nonmetallic element that occurs either free or
combined esp. in sulfides and sulfates, is a constituent of proteins, exists in
several allotropic forms including yellow orthorhombic crystals, resembles
oxygen chemically but is less active and more acidic, and is used esp. in the
chemical and paper industries, in rubber vulcanization, and in medicine for
treating skin diseases.
Whenever sulfur is mentioned as a tool of judgment in the Bible, it's always
in combination with fire since sulfur doesn't exist in nature as a flaming
substance like lava and/or magma. Sulfur is flammable, yes, but then so is
an oak log and/or a lady's handkerchief.
One of the purposes for setting sulfur on fire is the fumes that it gives off
are quite useful for fumigation. Personally I wouldn't want to fumigate my
house with sulfur if perchance it might leave behind a rather unpleasant
odor. In point of fact, sulfur is one of the ingredients found in skunk scent
and we all know just how stubborn the odor of that stuff is.
I don't know exactly why God prefers using ignited sulfur in some
applications (e.g. Sodom and Gomorrah; Luke 17:29) but one thing's for
sure: if the conflagration doesn't get you, the fumes surely will without
respiratory protection. Perhaps God uses sulfur as a means of sanitation;
with all those dead bodies floating around out there.
Perhaps the impoundment of fire and sulfur depicted at Rev 20:11-15 and
Rev 21:8 is some sort of super-lethal weapon of mass destruction; viz: first
the fumes terminate your life, and then the fire cooks your corpse. Pretty
grisly thought.
However, though the corpses of the lost will be cooked, they won't be
cremated to oblivion. According to the Bible; the dead will be preserved
as perpetual nourishment for a curious species of fire-proof worm. And
they'll also be on public display like the remains of those prehistoric animals
in the museum of the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles.
● Isa 66:22-24 . . All humanity will come to worship me from week to week
and from month to month. And as they go out, they will see the dead bodies
of those who have rebelled against me. For the worms that devour them will
never die, and the fire that burns them will never go out. All who pass by
will view them with utter loathing.
● Mark 9:47-48 . . If your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out. It is better to
enter the kingdom of God half blind than to have two eyes and be thrown
into hell; where the worm never dies and the fire never goes out.
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● Rev 21:8 . . But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers,
sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in
the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
The koiné Greek word for "brimstone" is theion (thi'-on) which means sulfur,
which Webster's defines as a nonmetallic element that occurs either free or
combined esp. in sulfides and sulfates, is a constituent of proteins, exists in
several allotropic forms including yellow orthorhombic crystals, resembles
oxygen chemically but is less active and more acidic, and is used esp. in the
chemical and paper industries, in rubber vulcanization, and in medicine for
treating skin diseases.
Whenever sulfur is mentioned as a tool of judgment in the Bible, it's always
in combination with fire since sulfur doesn't exist in nature as a flaming
substance like lava and/or magma. Sulfur is flammable, yes, but then so is
an oak log and/or a lady's handkerchief.
One of the purposes for setting sulfur on fire is the fumes that it gives off
are quite useful for fumigation. Personally I wouldn't want to fumigate my
house with sulfur if perchance it might leave behind a rather unpleasant
odor. In point of fact, sulfur is one of the ingredients found in skunk scent
and we all know just how stubborn the odor of that stuff is.
I don't know exactly why God prefers using ignited sulfur in some
applications (e.g. Sodom and Gomorrah; Luke 17:29) but one thing's for
sure: if the conflagration doesn't get you, the fumes surely will without
respiratory protection. Perhaps God uses sulfur as a means of sanitation;
with all those dead bodies floating around out there.
Perhaps the impoundment of fire and sulfur depicted at Rev 20:11-15 and
Rev 21:8 is some sort of super-lethal weapon of mass destruction; viz: first
the fumes terminate your life, and then the fire cooks your corpse. Pretty
grisly thought.
However, though the corpses of the lost will be cooked, they won't be
cremated to oblivion. According to the Bible; the dead will be preserved
as perpetual nourishment for a curious species of fire-proof worm. And
they'll also be on public display like the remains of those prehistoric animals
in the museum of the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles.
● Isa 66:22-24 . . All humanity will come to worship me from week to week
and from month to month. And as they go out, they will see the dead bodies
of those who have rebelled against me. For the worms that devour them will
never die, and the fire that burns them will never go out. All who pass by
will view them with utter loathing.
● Mark 9:47-48 . . If your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out. It is better to
enter the kingdom of God half blind than to have two eyes and be thrown
into hell; where the worm never dies and the fire never goes out.
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