Part 19 - The 'Fire' of the Lake of Fire
"I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood [hay and stubble], and it [Gods word] shall devour them" (Jer. 5:14). It is a tormenting experience to have the spirit of God to burn out all of our sins and shortcomings, but it is not an eternal experience. It is the goal and purpose of the lake of fire. The lake of fire is a chastening and scourging experience.
There, that is the fire that devours the wood, the hay and the stubble which are all the evil deeds of all mankind of all time. It is the Word of God. And the Word of God is Christ (John 1:1), the "One Seed" of Gal. 3:16. Therefore the 'fire' that 'devours the wood' is also those who are in the One Seed, those who are in Christ. Do you doubt this? Read Isa. 33:14 & 15: "… Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?"
The answer is not what any of the churches teach; not the eternal death crowd, and not the eternal torment crowd.
Both camps refuse to give up the idols of their heart, 'their' stumbling blocks of iniquity (Ezk. 14:7).
The answer is not Satan and his angels nor the wicked dead. The answer is "He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly…"(Isa. 33:15). The lake of fire IS those who are in Christ for we will be like him (I John 3:2) and He "is a consuming fire" (Heb. 12:29), which will purge all wickedness including "the devil and his angels (Mat. 25:41).
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