Rev 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Rev 20:10 And the devil, who led them astray, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur where the beast and the false prophet are. And they shall be tortured/ basanizō G928 day and night forever and ever.
basanizō G928 is from the root words G928 basanos which means ‘through the notion of going to the bottom); a touch stone’ & G939 basis which means a base e.g. like a foot
The second point to note is it says they shall be tortured day and nigh forever and ever which at first blush means to say perpetually and eternally. Eternal hell torment believers usually have their beliefs based on this scripture to teach an eternal hell torment.
But look at what scripture speaks of day and night:
Rev 20:11 And I saw a great white throne and Him who was sitting on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.
The earth and the heaven fled away and no place was found for them anymore. Hence, with the end of the earth and the heaven, the timekeepers also end. Here are a few scriptures:
Isa 34:4 And all the host of the heavens shall rot away. And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll, and all their host fade like a leaf fading on the vine, and like the fading one of a fig tree.
Heb 1:10 And, “You, Master, did found the
earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Heb 1:11 “They shall perish, but You
remain. And they shall all grow old like a garment,
Heb 1:12 and like a mantle You shall fold them up, and they shall be changed. But You are the same, and Your years shall not fail.
Rev 6:12 And I looked when He opened the
sixth seal and saw a great earthquake came to be. And the sun became black as
sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood.
Rev 6:13 And the stars of the heaven fell to
the earth, as a fig tree drops its unripe figs, being shaken by a strong
wind.
Rev 6:14 And heaven departed like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.
Moreover, scripture also says that the New Yerushalayim had no need of the sun or the moon to shine in it for the esteem of Aluahym lightened it and the Lamb is its lamp. New Yerushalayim is not in some outer space. Yahuchanan saw the New Yerushalayim descending down as a bride adorned for her husband. Hence, New Yerushalayim will be here on earth which will be purged with fire.
Rev 21:23 And the city had no
need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine in it, for the esteem of Elohim
lightened it, and the Lamb is its lamp.
Rev 22:15 “But outside are the dogs and those who enchant with drugs, and those who whore, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and all who love and do falsehood.
Some would quickly point out Rev 22:12 where it says ‘But outside are…’ to show outside the city there is still some form of eternal life burning in hell fire forever. These don’t understand the imagery here to show that the outside here are the ones outside the covenant and cannot make it into New Yerushalayim.
Those outside defined by scriptures:
- They are part of the second death
Rev 21:8 “But as for the cowardly, and untrustworthy, and abominable, and murderers, and those who whore, and drug sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the false, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”
- The nations saved shall walk in its light and bring their esteem into it and the rest unclean don’t enter it. The gates are not shut at all by day (we read there will be no day or night there, hence, the day here refers to the light of Mashiyach as he the Day star/Bright and morning star)
Rev 21:24 And the nations, of those who are saved, shall walk in its light, and the sovereigns of the earth bring their esteem into it.
Rev 21:25 And its gates shall not be shut
at all by day, for night shall not be there.
Rev 21:26 And they shall bring
the esteem and the appreciation of the nations into it.
Rev 21:27 And there shall by no means enter into it whatever is unclean, neither anyone doing abomination and falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Hence, those outside are not in the jurisdiction of the sun, moon and stars as the heavens scrolled away and so did the timekeepers.
Now let’s revisit the word translated as tormented/tortured:
We saw the that the Greek word basanizo has 2 root words ‘basanos’ & ‘basis’ which means ‘going to the base/bottom’
The Hebrew equivalent word is yasar H3256 which means to chastise, instruct, correct, bound, reform, reprove & punish.
(YASR) ac: Correct co:
? ab: Instruction: The turning the head, through instruction or
force, of the child or student into a particular direction.
(YASR) - Correct: To make a change in direction through instruction or chastisement. [freq. 9] (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel) |kjv: chastise, instruct, correct, taught, bound, punish, reform, reprove| {str: 3256}
Does this mean the beast/living creature, false prophet & ha shatan will be reformed/corrected/chastised? Not at all, the word application has to be interpreted correctly.
- Firstly the beast/living creature & false prophet
are not men but an imagery for those part of ha shatan's kingdom in opposition to Yahuah and His
Torah
- Secondly the word ‘yasar’ here means exactly the opposite of being reformed or corrected. The day and night & ‘forever and ever’ phrase shows that those part of the kingdom of the adversary are kept away from entering the chastisement/correction/reformation to enter into the gates of New Yerushalayim.
The Greek word shows that they are going to the base/bottom, its just like the earth opening up and swallowing them alive just as Korah, Dathan & Abiram who withstood Masha & Aharon.
Forever & ever:
G165 aionas ton aionon: translated as forever and ever also means ‘age/course of time’ just as the Hebrew equivalent ‘ol’mey `olamim’ which is a vanishing point, generally time out of mind (past or future)
Olam H5769: properly concealed, that is, the vanishing point; generally time out of mind (past or future)
There are many examples I could share about ‘olam’ but here I will give just one
Exo 27:20 “And you, you
are to command the children of Yisra’ěl to bring you clear oil of pressed
olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually.
Exo 27:21 “In the Tent of Appointment, outside the veil which is before the Witness, Aharon and his sons are to tend it from evening until morning before יהוה – a law forever (H5769 olam) to their generations, from the children of Yisra’ěl.
Is the lampstand still burning in the temple? No it isn’t but is the statue forever/olam? Yes it is. Its vanished from the physical, out of mind but presently and in the future kept perpetually by Yahusha ha Mashiyach, as spiritually the menorah/lampstand is the assembly of Yahusha i.e. Yasharal. While the memory of the physical attained a vanishing point, the eternal remembrance through all generations remain as being tended by our High Priest Yahusha Ha Mashiyach.
Hence, we see the beast/living creature, the false prophet (imagery for all those part of the kingdom of ha shatan) and ha shatan being cast into the lake of fire and means they are part of the same ‘second death’ which scripture mentions explicitly about those outside his covenant.
Rev 21:8 “But as for the cowardly, and untrustworthy, and abominable, and murderers, and those who whore, and drug sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the false, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”
Their correction/reformation has attained a vanishing point but perpetual & eternal in remembrance and not that they are forever alive burning in fire.
Rev 20:14
And Death and She’ol were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death
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