#better_toenter_life
#than_togointo_hell
Mark 9 KJT
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And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them...
36
And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken
him in his arms, he said unto them,
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Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and
whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
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¶And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is
better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast
into the sea.
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And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into
life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never
shall be quenched:
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Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
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And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt
into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never
shall be quenched:
46
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into
the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell
fire:
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Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
"offend"
- skandalizō, to entice to sin
Solemn
warnings on the danger of being cast into hell addressed the His own twelve disciples
personally... "... if thy hand... if thy foot... if thine eye..." -
second person singular; addressed to each one of His disciples personally.
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To
very many, these solemn words of Christ Jesus to His own disciples would be
nonsensical and irrelevant to the disciples. Why? They confidently insist that
there is absolutely no possibility whatsoever of the disciples ending up in
hell. Thus, the reality of hell with respect to the disciples is dismissed
conveniently; Christ's solemn warnings are made null and void just like that!
Take
heed if you think the Lord Jesus Christ would waste such solemn words of
warning on His own disciples. The father of lies has deceived very many in this
matter.
Whatever
hell is meant in the solemn warnings, we do well to take the warning to heart.
"It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God" -
these words are addressed to God's people too. Hebrews 10:31.
Christ
also warned His disciples:
Luke
12 - KJT
4
¶And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and
after that have no more that they can do.
5.
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath
killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Many
are misguided in not a few things in this matter:
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Hell and the lake of fire are not synonymous, read Rev 20:13-14.
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Hell everlasts until the end of the intermediate state, i.e. between death and
the resurrection to glory, when hell must give up / surrender all its captives
to Him who holds the keys of hell and of death; hell would be empty; the
relevance of hell ends at the end of time.
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Hell in the intermediate state can be avoided by Christ's disciples through
drastic measures against personal offences.
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Lake of fire is the eternal state for those bypassed in the redemption by
Christ, whose names were not written in
the Lamb's Book of Life, after the final judgment according to their works
recorded in the Books.
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The "new heaven and a new earth" is the eternal state assured for the
redeemed, those whose names were written in the Book of Life, after the
resurrection to glory.
Rev
21:1 KJT
¶And
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth
were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2
Timothy 2:7 KJT
Consider
what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
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(A
question:
"... to be cast into hell fire: 48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."
In the hell fire, their (plural) worm (singular) dies not, and the
fire is not quenched.
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What is their worm that dies not in the hell fire?
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Who is meant by the pronoun "their"?
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Is there literal worm in the literal hell fire?
Let
us know your thoughts. Thank you
