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Does the scripture
11
and the smoke of their torment
ascendeth up for ever and ever
11
contradict the passage that
reads "and the wicked shall be ashes under the soles of' our
:feet?"
The Bible does NOT contradict itself'! (John
10:35).
Malachi
4:3
proves that the wicked will DIE -–
they will be burned
~
so that bnly ASHES remain! The soul
is not immortal and tnere will
e
no eternal
torment~
for
the-wicked! The soul is 'MORTAL ana-su¥Ject to
death~But
what is the meaning of Revelation
14:1 :
"Anathe smoke of
their to·rment ascendeth
up
f'or ever and ever . . . .
11
There is no contradiction here!
Notice that verse
8
gives the
TIME
SETTING of this
passage. It is speaking about the impending fall of "Babylon"
-- a great religious-political system which is the RESURRECTED
ROMAN
EMPIRE
led 'by the symbolic harlot
11
Woman" -- the great
apostateJ paganized church false l y calling herself "Christian."
Verses
9
and
10
say:
11
•
••
If any man worship the
beast (the coming United States of Eurok>e - - the resurrected
Roman Empire) and
his
image {the
Papacy)~
and receive his
mark • .. he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone •
in
the presence of the Lamb
11
(that
is}~c!irrst
1
s
second
coming)!
Those who have a part in this church-state system
of "Babylon," and who receive this frightful punishment from
Almighty God, have
11
no rest
day
or night
11
as
long as they
.remain in that land f'alJ.:tng under God
1
s wrath! They will
either have to flee that area and seek God
1
s mercy or be
tormented by sulphurous fumes till they perish.
Notice that this passage does NOT say these
individuals are being tormented forever in an ever -burning
hell. Verse
11
says:
11
•
•
."" The
SMOKE
of their torment
ascendeth up for ever and ever ....
11
It is the smoke that
ascends forever. It does not say the fire burns forever,
but that the smoke that is already up there continuously as–
cends!
It
happens even today whenever f:tres burn up. but
smoke is still
in the air!