Hi Jackie Lee,
I think the burning bush is a good example. Look at this Scripture in Isaiah about Christ's return.
Isa 33:10 "Now I will arise," says the LORD, "now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted.
v. 11 You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you.
v. 12 And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire."
v. 13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge my might.
v. 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: "Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting (of the age) burnings?"
Well that is a good question about the Lake of fire, so what happens to those cast in - continue reading.
v. 15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
v. 16 he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.
I think that is saying what will become of those 'burning' in the Lake of fire, their chaff and stubble will be comsumed. So the chaff (sins) will be consumed, but as with the 'burning bush' not the person, they will learn righteousness.
Isa 26:9 My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
mercy, peace and love
Kat