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
ascends up for ever and ever:
and they have no rest day nor night,
who worship the beast and his image,
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.
The above verse from Revelation 14 sounds as if it is the last word on the subject of “eternal torment”.
Their smoke of their eternal torment will rise for ever.
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But is this the last word on this subject?
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…
“Come near, ye nations, to hear…
For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance…
the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
It shall not be quenched night nor day;
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…
“And he (the angel)…saying, Babylon the great is fallen…
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine;
and she shall be utterly burned with fire:
for strong is the Lord God who judges her…
for in one hour is she made desolate…
Thus, with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down,
and shall be found no more at all…
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.
But notice that her punishment comes in one hour.
She remains desolate.
Uninhabited!
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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But they are spiritual…
“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God:
for they are foolishness unto him:
neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.”
1st Corinthians 2:14.
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Those who are of the apostate Church, the “Jerusalem which is now, and is in bondage with her children” just cannot understand the deeper, allegorical truths, which God has locked up from their understanding.
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To these, Jesus says…
“Therefore speak I to them in parables:
because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not,
neither do they understand…
Why do ye not understand my speech?
even because ye cannot hear My Word.”
Matthew 13:13 & John 8:43
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Yes, so many of today’s teachers and theologians are void of God’s Spirit, rendering them 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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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!)”
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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Revelation 12 Woman & The Narrow Gate Stars (Orion’s Gate to Heaven)
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“Enter ye in at the strait gate:
for wide is the gate, and broad is the way,
that leadeth to destruction,
and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate,
and narrow is the way,
which leadeth unto life,
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.
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.
Orion, the Dragon, and the Glorious White Horse are beginning to descend into the western horizon.
This sketch is Winter Constellations descending into western horizon.
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!”
Bat – Wikipedia- Creative Commons 2.5
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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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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN…
Harold Camping Bible Conference Open Forum #13 (youtube.com)
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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.