Daily Devotional, Year 3 – February 17 (Eternal Torment? Part 16: “God’s Two-Edged Sword!”)
By admin On February 10th, 2021.
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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – February 17
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Eternal Torment?
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Part 16:
“God’s Two-Edged Sword!”
To read Part 1, click here… “September 8th (Eternal Torment?)”
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“For the word of God is quick, and powerful,
and sharper than any twoedged sword…”
Hebrews 4:12, 13 (Condensed)
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THE BIBLE: A TWO-EDGED SWORD!
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The Bible is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart…
“For the word of God is quick,
and powerful,
and sharper than any twoedged sword,
piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit,
and of the joints and marrow,
and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12
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Here above the Lord reveals that His Word discovers what’s truly in a person’s heart.
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Glittering Sword Constellation www.theheavensdeclare.net
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GOD TESTS EACH SOUL
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One way in which God’s Word reveals what’s in a person heart is accomplished is through various tests which God has placed in His Word.
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Listen once again to Job 7:18…“And that Thou (God) shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?”
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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.
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ETERNAL TORMENT
Now, the reason for focusing on this subject today, is to shine a spotlight on the long-held church-doctrine, “Eternal Torment”.
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Yes, for many centuries, the Church has clung tenaciously to this supposed doctrine.
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And today, the apostate portion of God’s house stills clings to this heresy, not realizing the proper hermeneutics for discovering Bible truth.
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EVERY VERSE MUST BE WEIGHED
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So, just where does the church-apostate go astray concerning the nature of Hell?
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The correct Bible hermeneutic (method of interpretation), is that every Bible student must compare spiritual things with spiritual, in order to, “rightly divide the Word of Truth”.
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In other words, you cannot take one or two or even three Bible passages and make those passages the sum-total of truth.
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And there are hundreds of passages concerning death and the grave.
Most of which are ignored.
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PASSAGES TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT
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For example, if all we had was “The Parable of The Rich Man & Lazarus”, then yes, we might conclude that Hell will be a place of continual fiery torment of Lost Souls throughout eternity.
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Especially when we combine this parable with Revelation 14:11…
“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.”
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The problem is, these are not the only Bible passages dealing with the nature of Hell! (And smoke rising up for ever can also be a snare for those who do not carefully compare scripture with scripture to find a correct understanding.)
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QUIET IN THE GRAVE
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For merely one example of bad theology, is that the architects of this church-doctrine of “Eternal Torment” forgot to consider the following passage found in Job which says…
“Why died I not from the womb?
why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?…
For now should I have lain still and been quiet,
I should have slept: then had I been at rest…
There the wicked cease from troubling;
and there the weary be at rest.
There the prisoners rest together;
they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
The small and great are there;
and the servant is free from his master.”
Job 3:11, 13, 17-19
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You see, this and many other similar passages speak of Hell as the grave; as a place of rest and sleep, and peace.
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The “spirit of error” and the “Spirit of Truth”
1st John 4:6
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But those who are of the “spirit of error” cannot accept these passages which correct their misunderstanding of the nature of Hell. (see 1st John 4:6 concerning the “spirit of error” and the “Spirit of Truth”)
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These deluded ones, whether preacher or parishioner, either try to twist this above passage (Job 3:11, 13, 17-19″) or say that it is merely the ramblings of a discouraged man (Job), or these erring ones simply ignore Job’s words altogether.
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Job rebuked by his friends – Wikimedia – US Public Domain
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LOPSIDED INDOCTRINATION
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And so, whenever a brand-new church-member is going through an indoctrination class, such passages as Job 3, are probably not going to be even mentioned!
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And so, this church-doctrine continues to be one of the “cherished doctrines” of the apostate portion of the Church.
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“Eternal Torment” became a great big billy-club to club frightened unbelievers into submission.
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Hell’s Torment and Tormentor – Wikipedia – Public Domain (2)
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ETERNAL TORMENT
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And yet, through the long centuries and even still today, our atheistic society mostly just scoffs that such a cruel-tyrant-God actually exists in Heaven!
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After all, for preachers to preach that “God is love”, and then threaten unbelievers that He will torture them throughout eternity if they don’t accept Him!
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Devil in Hell with Whistler’s Mother – www.signsofheaven.org – Not for public uses
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“THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE”
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But the Good News is, those who are willing to forsake this present selfish world, to follow Jesus, if they continue in the Word of Christ, they will eventually know the truth.
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And the truth shall make them free of these erroneous and abominable church-doctrines which are nothing less than heresies!
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TO GO TO PART 17, GO HERE…
February 24 (Eternal Torment? Part 17: “Torment In Heaven?”)
Hell’s Viewing Gallery- Signsofheaven.org – copyrighted – not for public use
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Let me not be given to a close-minded spirit. But help me to love truth, no matter if it means I will be hated by my own brethren…
The Christian Martyrs Last Prayer 2
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… Planet of Rest: Doctrine of Eternal Torment,
or you can also read this shorter article…AUGUST 19 (Apocalypse Now! Part 6: Fire & Brimstone!)
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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THE GLITTERING SWORD CONSTELLATION
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“In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword
shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent,
even leviathan that crooked serpent;
and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.”
Isaiah 27:1
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This constellation is made of most of the constellations in this website.
The upper portion can be seen in the winter, while the lower blade is visible in the warmer months.
(This constellation is actually in a semi-circle, as it appears in the night-sky. These pictures, however, show it as it would appear straightened out.)
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The only way that this constellation can be seen, is to become totally familiar with all the constellations on this website!
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ABOVE STAR CHART: Summer Constellations of Signs Of Heaven.org
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That is because this constellation is made of the many constellations on this website, as they appear in the heavens.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Glittering Sword Constellation”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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TOMORROW…
February 18 (Nature’s Five Witnesses, Part 7: “The Beauty of Nature”)
Butterfly – Wikimedia – Jim Bendon – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
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90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM
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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THIS 90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM, A QUESTION/ANSWER CALL-IN, TALK SHOW.
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(456) Harold Camping Open Forum January 7, 2005 – YouTube
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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.