Psalms 37:10-11 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt __________________ consider his place, and it shall not be. [11] But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the ________________ of peace.
Psalms 37:20 But the wicked shall __________, and the ____________ of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
Psalms 37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to ____________ the land: when the __________ are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Malachi 4:3 And ye shall tread down the __________; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of _________.
Forever in the Bible can be literally translated "until the end of the age" or as long as he shall live.
1 Samuel 1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he __________ he shall be lent to the LORD. And he __________________ the LORD there.
In both of these instances the time period was as long as they lived. 1 Samuel 1:28 clearly states, "as long as he lives he shall be lent to the Lord. ".
"Forever" was a limited time and not an unending time. It was for as long as the Lord decreed, until the end of the age or as long as Jonah could live in that environment.
They will be consumed. Burned to ashes, they will be gone forever. It is not everlasting "punishing" or a continued state of torment. The idea of an eternally burning hell would make God a cosmic monster delighting in destroying His creatures. A loving God must blot sin out of the universe lest it destroy our earth. Like a cancer surgeon, He must cut out the disease, however painful. Then it will be removed-gone forever.
2 Peter 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes ________________ them with an ________________, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
Sodem and Gomorrah, two ancient cities, filled with sin were consumed with fire from heaven. The Bible states that they were burned with eternal fire, which means the fire burned until there was nothing more to burn. It did not go out until it had finished its work. They are not burning today. These two cities are in ruins under the Dead Sea.
Mark 9:48 Where their worm _________ not, and the fire is not ______________.
Jeremiah 17:27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even ______________ in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the ____________ of Jerusalem, and it shall not be ______________.
The fire which cannot be quenched is one which no human hand can put out. It utterly, totally consumes. As a result of the Jews disobedience, Jerusalem was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 568 BC The city was burned with unquenchable fire. You may read the prophecy of the destruction. And yet, Jerusalem is not burning today. The fire did a complete work.
Next Bible Study: 32-The Mark of the Beast
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