Advertise with Googlier.com https://amoremercifulgod.com Truth is Older than Tradition Wed, 01 Nov 2017 19:36:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://amoremercifulgod.com/revelation-14-9-11/#comment-932 Wed, 01 Nov 2017 19:36:30 +0000 http://amoremercifulgod.com/?p=126#comment-932 This is very similar to what I believe. Revelation 14 is based on the three angels (14:6-9) that announce what is going to happen in the near future, these events then take place: destruction of Babylon, torment of the followers of the beast, and judgment of the earth (Chapters 16, 17,18). In particular Rev 14:9-11 seems to be describing what happens in chapter 16 when the worshippers of the beast are tormented by the plagues of God’s wrath. It doesn’t really fit with a description of the second death. Also we are told in 2 Thessalonians 1:9 that the second death is about being excluded from the Lord’s presence. Revelation is also circular in its imagery, so it may also be describing the locust plague (chapter 9), when the worshippers of the beast were tormented for five months together with the later judgments. The actual scene of Rev 14:9-11 seems to be a symbolic reversal and mockery of the Roman emperor in the arena, whereas in the present Christians are tortured in the presence of the emperor and his henchmen, in the near future the followers of the beast will be tortured in the presence of the Lamb and his angels. There may also be a chiasmus: whereas Christians who die enter into God’s peace and ‘rest from their labor’, the followers of the beast who are still alive have no peace and are tormented.

]]> https://amoremercifulgod.com/im-a-christian-and-i-dont-believe-in-eternal-hell-2/#comment-1 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 02:10:28 +0000 http://scottmcaliley.com/?p=13#comment-1 Id’e just like to say thanks for sharing your thoughts because I too feel that the idea of eternal punishment doesn’t do a thing to bring me to God either so I don’t think about/believe in it anymore myself..saved by grace through faith in Jesus..that’s the heart and soul of it for me..not fire and brimstone..I can see how people within the church would be quite ‘stop twisting the word of god’ sorta attitude but its not like you’re changing your thoughts on ‘Hell’ to justify sin.. by the sounds of it like me you’ve done it because it feels out of character for a loving God..so yeah, keep on the road of refining your faith being respectful of others and I’m sure it will serve you well, god bless.

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