Question for everyone. The lake of fire referred to by the traditional Christian/ Catholic/ Fundi churches.
Is it literally a lake of fire? It is figurative? Other?
Lake of fire
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Post #1It is a first class human tragedy that people of the earth who claim to believe in the message of Jesus, whom they describe as the Prince of Peace, show little of that belief in actual practice.
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Re: Lake of fire
Post #131Yes, they will be destroyed. That's the point, the fire represents the destruction of the wicked.
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Re: Lake of fire
Post #132Yes, the fire that turns the ungodly to ashes will result to eternal destruction.JehovahsWitness wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2024 5:30 amYes, they will be destroyed. That's the point, the fire represents the destruction of the wicked.
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Post #133Yes, SYMBOLIC fire (you cannot destroy a spirit with literal fire)
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Re: Lake of fire
Post #134May I use the argument of one of our companion.JehovahsWitness wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2024 5:44 amYes, SYMBOLIC fire (you cannot destroy a spirit with literal fire)
The death and hell were cast into the lake of symbol.
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Post #135This is what the KING JAMES VERSION says ...
I accept everything the bible says.REVELATION 20:14 King James Version (KJV)
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
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Re: Lake of fire
Post #136Good, but I don't see "symbol" there.JehovahsWitness wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2024 5:57 am
This is what the KING JAMES VERSION says ...
I accept everything the bible says.REVELATION 20:14 King James Version (KJV)
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
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Re: Lake of fire
Post #137You don't have to, it's in the introduction to Revelation (all of Revelation is presented in symbols).
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Re: Lake of fire
Post #138As I've said, fire are mentioned everywhere in the Bible and does not say it is symbolic.JehovahsWitness wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2024 6:21 amBut that's what it means obviously. All of Revelation is presented in symbols.Capbook wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2024 5:59 amGood, but I don't see "symbol" there.JehovahsWitness wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2024 5:57 am
This is what the KING JAMES VERSION says ...
I accept everything the bible says.REVELATION 20:14 King James Version (KJV)
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
If you are confused as to what specific English words means may I suggest a good online dictionary.Are they visions of Revelation to be taken literally or symbolically?
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Re: Lake of fire
Post #139In some passages things are literal and some are symbolic. Revelation is symbolic.
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Re: Lake of fire
Post #140Fire that punished the ungodly are all literal, as the Bible doesn't say it is symbolic.JehovahsWitness wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2024 6:46 amIn some passages things are literal and some are symbolic. Revelation is symbolic.