Daily Devotional, Year 3 – January 14 (Eternal Torment? Part 32 (Continued): “And Their Smoke Rose Up Forever?”
By admin On February 10th, 2021.
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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – January 14
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Eternal Torment?
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Part 32 (Continued):
“And Their Smoke Rose Up Forever?”
To read part 1, click here…September 8th (Eternal Torment? Part 1)
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“And the smoke of their torment
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ascends up for ever and ever:
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and they have no rest day nor night,
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who worship the beast and his image,
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and whosoever receives the mark of his name.”
Revelation 14:11
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Now it is time to fully address this above passage from Revelation 14, which speaks of smoke rising for ever and ever.
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The above verse from Revelation 14 sounds as if it is the last word on the subject of “eternal torment”.
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Their smoke of their eternal torment will rise for ever.
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But is this the last word on this subject?
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Of course not!
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magnifying glass – Wikimedia – share-alike license
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ANOTHER ‘SMOKE-RISING-FOREVER’ PASSAGE
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So, let’s explore this idea of smoke ascending up “for ever and ever”.
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Just listen to this passage, and how it ends up…
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…“Come near, ye nations, to hear…
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For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance…
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the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
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It shall not be quenched night nor day;
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THE SMOKE THEREOF SHALL GO UP FOR EVER:”
Isaiah 34:1-5, 8-10.
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Ah-ha! So here we have another “smoke rising forever” passage!
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Church Burning – Burning Man – 2013 – cropped and altered image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.
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ANOTHER “FOREVER AND EVER” BIBLE PASSAGE
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Listen carefully to this next passage, speaking of that Mystery City, Babylon…
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…“And he (the angel)…saying, Babylon the great is fallen…
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Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine;
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and she shall be utterly burned with fire:
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for strong is the Lord God who judges her…
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for in one hour is she made desolate…
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Thus, with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down,
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and shall be found no more at all…
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AND HER SMOKE ROSE UP FOR EVER AND EVER.”
Revelation Ch. 18 & 19:3 (condensed)
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From this passage, we see that Mystery Babylon, a spiritual city, comprised of all the apostate Christian organizations which have persecuted God’s true Church through the ages
(see the article, “The woman Of Revelation 18” ).
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1 HOUR JUDGMENT
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Finally comes her Judgment Day.
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But notice that her punishment comes in one hour.
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She remains desolate.
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Uninhabited!
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And yet, the smoke of her torment rises up “for ever and ever”.
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So. just where’s the eternal torment?
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DEEPER TRUTHS LOCKED UP IN PARABLES
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And yet, in spite of her destruction coming in one hour, the smoke of her burning, “ascends up for ever and ever”.
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The problem is that those who are held in bondage within the apostate Church just cannot understand the deeper, allegorical truths, which God has locked up from their understanding.
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To these, Jesus says…
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…“Therefore speak I to them in parables:
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because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not,
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neither do they understand…
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Why do ye not understand my speech?
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even because ye cannot hear My Word.”
Matthew 13:13 & John 8:43
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Yes, so many are incapable of discerning the “Hidden Manna” so often hidden within the allegories, parables, types and shadows which comprise so much of Scripture.
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ABOVE PICTURE:
Brooklyn Museum – The Pharisees Question Jesus – James Tissot – US Public Domain – Wikimedia
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“GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY!”
Proverbs 25:25
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The very Good News is that this is still the day of repentance from our undone condition!
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And may God grant you and me the grace to cry out for deliverance from our unbelief….
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…that He might, peradventure, open our eyes and ears to truly hear His Word!
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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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TO READ PART 33, CLICK HERE…
December 21 (Eternal Torment? Part 33: “Outer Darkness”)
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Brooklyn Museum – The Rich Man In Hell – James Tissot – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Let me not be just another victim of vain confidence! Show me my faults! Reveal to me where I am in error! Turn me away from all such presumptuous sins. And lead me in the way, Everlasting…
Prayer – USMC – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…
…”“Vanity Fair” & The False Prophet”…
…or you can also read…
…”February 17th (Examine Yourself!)”
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THE END
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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN
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Revelation 12 Woman & The Narrow Gate Stars (Orion’s Gate to Heaven)
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“Enter ye in at the strait gate:
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for wide is the gate, and broad is the way,
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that leadeth to destruction,
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and many there be which go in thereat:
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Because strait is the gate,
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and narrow is the way,
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which leadeth unto life,
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and few there be that find it.”
Matthew 7:13-14
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LOCATION
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This most amazing phenomenon is seen throughout the winter.
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Although it can be observed most of the winter, it is seen best when it is the western part of the sky, at winter’s end.
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Orion, the Dragon, and the Glorious White Horse are beginning to descend into the western horizon.
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This sketch is Winter Constellations descending into western horizon.
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This can actually be seen as early as December, in the pre-dawn hours.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Revelation 12 Woman & The Narrow Gate Stars (Orion’s Gate to Heaven)”
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TOMORROW
January 15 . . . . Revelation 18:2: “A Cage of Every Unclean & Hateful Bird!”
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