Gehenna is the eternal abode of the lost, both angels and men.Punishment included both body and soul.It is eternal torment.Gehenna is the proper name, the Lake of fire is a descriptive name.Both death and hades are cast into the lake of fire(Gehenna).Death refers to the material part of man, the body.Hades refers to the immaterial part of man, the soul and spirit.If you need more information, let me know.
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and ALL LIARS [do you see any exceptions in that statement, ‘ALL liars?"]
shall have their part in the lake which BURNS WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: which is the second death" (Rev. 21:
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"…Let God be TRUE [Who says He "WILL save ALL MANKIND"]
, but every man a LIAR [who says He WILL NOT "save ALL MANKIND"]!
Ouch ALL LIARS, guess there goes the entire world. It doesn't say ALL LIARS EXCEPT THOSE SAVED BY CHRIST, but ALL. Dang.. there goes the CHristian church, haha.
Ghenna is NOT THE LAKE OF FIRE. Neither is anyone gonna be destroyed there. Someone is still very carnel here.
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The Lord…is NOT WILLING that ANY should perish [eternally]…" (I Peter. 3:9).
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And I, if I be lifted up [on the cross]
from the earth, will draw ALL MEN UNTO ME" (John 12:32).
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And He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for our’s only, but also for THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD" (I John 2:2).
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The next day John sees Jesus coming unto him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, which TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD" (John 1:29).
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Who then CAN be saved? But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE"
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To wit that God was in Christ, reconciling THE WORLD unto Himself, NOT imputing [reckoning]
THEIR TRESPASSES [SINS]
AGAINST THEM" (II Cor. 5:19).
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That at the name of Jesus [Jehovah-Saviour—THEIR Saviour]
EVERY knee should bow, in heaven, and in earth, and under the earth; and that EVERY tongue should confess [‘That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised Him from the dead, THOU SHALT BE SAVED, Rom. 10:9)]
that Jesus Christ [The Christ that God ‘raised from the dead.’ Christ was already ‘RISEN’ when this was written in Phil. 2:11]
is Lord [‘Lord’ means ‘master’—acknowledging Christ as Master of their lives]
, to the glory of God the Father" (Phil. 2:10-11).
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For THIS is GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have ALL men [What percentage? Five percent? Fifty percent?]
… ALL men to be saved..." (I Tim. 2:3-4).
Now you might say to yourself, Well God is just repeating this over and over because He just wishes it would happen, or He just wnats it to happen but Hes not gonna force it too happen. WRONG, HE WILL HAVE IT HAPPEN.
Remember the former things of old: for I am GOD, and there is none else; I am GOD, and there is none like Me. Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel SHALL STAND, and WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE [as in I Tim. 2:4 and everywhere else]:
Calling a ravenous bird from the east [Cyrus?]
, the man that executes my counsel [just as the king of Assyria]
from a far country: yea, I have SPOKEN IT [as in I Tim. 2:4 and everywhere else]
I WILL ALSO BRING IT TO PASS [as also in saving all mankind]
; I have PURPOSED IT [as also in saving all mankind]
I WILL ALSO DO IT" (Isaiah 46:9-11).
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So shall my WORD be that goes forth OUT OF MY MOUTH [just as in I Tim. 2:4 and everywhere else]
it shall NOT return into me void, but it SHALL ACCOMPLISH THAT WHICH I PLEASE, and it SHALL PROSPER IN THE THING WHERETO I SENT IT" (Isaiah 55:11).
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God is NOT a man, that He should LIE [do we think God LIES when He says that He WILL save all mankind in I Tim. 2:4?]
; neither the son of man, that He should repent: hath He said, and shall He not DO IT? Or has He spoken [as in I Tim. 2:4 and many other places]
, and shall He not MAKE IT GOOD?" (Numbers 23:19).
And to Quote Ray. I just love this one.
Well? Those of you who contend with your Maker:
"Hath God SAID" in I Tim. 2:4 that He
"WILL have all men to be saved?" Well then,
"SHALL HE NOT DO IT?" (Num. 23:19). Has "
He [God] SPOKEN" in I Tim. 2:4 and many other places, that He "
…WILL have all men to be saved?" Well then,
"…shall He NOT MAKE IT GOOD?" (Num. 23:19).
Taken from Rays articles, have a read you might learn something or two
So uh whats this representation of Fire? Well what does Scripture use FIRE with. Maybe that will help us understand
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I indeed baptize you with water unto REPENTANCE: but He that comes after me is mightier than I, Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, AND WITH FIRE" (Matt. 3:11).
Jesus our King speaking here
"For EVERY ONE [sinner and saint] shall be salted with FIRE" (Mark 9:49).
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That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it [your faith]
be TRIED IN THE FIRE, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ" (I Pet. 1:7).
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Every man’s work [including believers]
shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed BY FIRE, and the FIRE shall try every man’s work of what sort it is" (I Cor. 3:13).
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And I saw a great white throne ... And I saw the dead...and the dead were JUDGED ... according to their WORKS ... and they were judged EVERY MAN according to their WORKSp" (Rev. 20:11-13).
What does Corinthians say? EVERY MANS WORK shall be REVEALED AND TRIED BY FIRE. When does this happen? GREAT WHIT THRONE OF JUDGEMENT.
To Quote Ray again:
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And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire [wait just a minute; Christendom tells us that death {separation from God} and hell represent what the lake of fire actually IS, so how pray tell can they be cast INTO the lake of fire?].
This is the second death [Ah, here is the real key to understand this whole enigma - -the SECOND death is not a repeat performance of the FIRST death]" (Rev. 20:14).
So um your probably still wonder really then what is this lake of FIRE, and what really is this FIRE that ALL LIARS partake of, that sinners and saint must go through. Well to put it in Gods words, in the words of scripture and to put it blunt.
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For our God is a consuming FIRE" (Heb. 12:29).
All this can be found in your bible, or well in rays articles, which i love to read and take from
God bless!
Alex