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1 | who torments in the lake of fireer | Revelation | n8tivboi | 205605 | ||
Who does the tormenting of those in the lake of firer? | ||||||
2 | who torments in the lake of fireer | Revelation | jlhetrick | 205606 | ||
I don't know the answer but I will try to work through it with you while we wait on others better prepared. What the "Lake of Fire" even is has been debated but I'm going to make an assumption your speaking of the eternal state of the unsaved. If I'm wrong on that please correct me. I'm not sure if it's a question of "who" or a question of "what" does the tormenting. Popular belief is that Satan will be doing the tormenting but I haven't found that in Scripture. Instead, the "lake of fire" is a place that was "prepared for Satan and his angels” (Matt 25:41) and that Satan will be thrown there and tormented himself forever (Rev. 20:10), NOT doing the tormenting. 2 Peter 2:8 is what leads me to question whether these will be tormented by a “who” or a “what”. 2 Pet 2:8 (NASB)"(for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds)" The immediate context of that verse shines a good bit of light on the subject I believe. The Lake of Fire referred to in Matt 25:41 is a place, prepared by God for judgment. The "torment" will be the result of the unjustified guilt of the lost person's sin as I understand it. You may have heard, as I have, some argue that God is unloving and unjust because He would torment or allow some to be tormented. This argument is as unscriptural as it sounds. By His very character God is loving and just and there is nothing of God's character that contradicts another part of His character. The judgment of the unsaved will be on their own heads. Hope this is a helpful start, Jeff |
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