Hi Farlsborough,
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Let me tell you something, the scribes and the Pharisees never taught a doctrine this damnable. You listen to Jesus Christ. He called them everything but… I won’t say it. They never taught a doctrine half, a tenth, not a billionth as evil as what the church is teaching today. I’m telling you, this teaching of hell is the ultimate blasphemy. There is no greater sin that any human being can think or do, than to believe that the God that they worship will actually torture their mothers and fathers and some of their sisters and brothers and relatives in real fire for all eternity. It’s the ultimate sin. They think they are doing God a favor by teaching this.
No, they’re not going to be tortured for all eternity, because we are teaching against that. But wait until you find out what their punishment will be. It will blow you away.
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I think you are referring to this from the 2005 Nashville conference 'Guilty of All.'
In the resurrection of the rest of the dead, thinking how they will be raised up with the same mind that they died with, they will still think/believe/understand exactly the way they did the last days of their past life on earth, whatever that was. So when people really believe and have even taught their very twisted and evil version of God, they certainly believe there is a fiery hell hole waiting for the those raised to condemnation... well what will be going through their minds when they are not raised to a glorious heavenly reward?
They will think they are going to that hell they believe in! What a horror they will feel with that notion... and there will be no getting out of it, they will give account (Rom 14:12) of their dreadful preaching. The torments/judgments that some will have to face, in the presents of true righteousness (God and the elect) for the evil they have done will really be like a hell (symbolically) of their own making. I don't believe it will be just an acknowledgment of their sins either, some will probably take many years of rooting out stubbornness and all the corruption they have developed over a lifetime and that's just the start.
Rev 19:20 Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet G5578 who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Who is this "beast?" Well we know it's all of us while in the carnal flesh... but who is a "false prophet" that is spoken of? Just like the beast is the carnal nature in mankind, wouldn't the false prophet represent all of those who set themselves up as teachers, preaching falsehoods against who God is?
G5578 (false prophet) a spurious prophet, that is, pretended foreteller or religious impostor: - false prophet.
These preachers who claim to represent God and have so horribly maligned His name will have to give account for all the people they have lead into deception. Realize that all Christians will not have the same judgment, He looks on the heart and He knows exactly what each person's intentions have been, there could be extreme variables of degrees in judgment. Some deserve "many stripes," other only a few... but each will be dealt with according to what they 'need' and some will need quite harsh treatment to straighten them out, because of their own harsh nature.
I don't think this is a simple subject, God will take over this world with great power and authority and will rule with a rod of iron (Psalms 2:9 ; Rev 2:27; 12:5 )... This is not a literal rod, it's a figure of speech, I do not believe that the judgment is physical so much as spiritual, no literal beatings or physical violence at all. No, Christ's elect will not need to resort to that.
But I do NOT believe the elect will be like ordinary people, with the only difference is they have the mind of God, trying to talk people into being righteous. Not at all, those in the first resurrection will be raised with a glorious and powerful spiritual body, to show exactly who they are to the world. It would be extremely intimidating and with good reason, as this is a evil and corrupt world and will not be made righteous overnight. The elect will have been given great power and authority and will carry out God's will to perfection. I tend to think that the verse that says, "whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven" (Matt 16:19), may be referring to that time of judgment.
Also there would be many people who will readily serve the government of God in the physical world and don't forget about the whole heavenly host that serve God throne, they should come in handy as well. Oh well big subject, wonderful to contemplate though.
mercy, peace and love
Kat