Frequently Asked Questions
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4) How can demons torment people in Hell? I thought they themselves are in torment? |
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| I am aware that Rev 20:10 states, “The devil was cast into the lake of fire and tormented day and night, forever and ever”. This is the verse some quote to back this belief. However, that time has obviously not yet come, and takes place after the thousand years (millennium), according to the verse and verse 7. Jamieson, Fausset, & Brown’s Commentary, pg 1583, re: Rev 20:1-2, “...is followed by the binding of Satan himself for a thousand years...he is now to be made to feel himself the torment which he had inflicted on men, but his full torment is not until he is cast into the “lake of fire.” Mt. 8:29, where the demons asks Jesus, “Hast thou come hither to torment us before the time.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary, pages 1652-1653, states “There is a time in which devils will be more tormented than they are, and they know it. The great assize at the last day is the time fixed for their complete torture…for the judgment of that day they are reserved…They will then be made close prisoners. They have now some ease; they will then be in torment without ease. It is their own enmity to God and man that puts them upon the rack, and torments them before the time.” Matthew 18:34 says, “Delivered him to the tormentors.” Notice the next verse says, “so my Heavenly Father also will do unto you.” The question is, “Who are the “tormentors?” Matthew Henry’s Commentary, page 1709, 16th printing, regarding Matthew 18:34 “Devils, the executioners of God’s wrath, will be their tormentors forever.” The Parallel Commentary on the New Testament, page 72, regarding Matt.18:34: John Wesley states, “His pardon was retracted, the whole debt required, and the offender delivered to the tormentors forever.” Luke 12:47 says, Beaten with many stripes, or beaten with few. Parallel Commentary, page 76: Re: this verse John Wesley states, “For the executioners of God’s vengeance are at hand, and when he has once delivered you over to them, you are undone forever.” Ps 50:22 says, “ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary, page 816: Re: this verse “Those that will not consider the warnings of God’s word will certainly be torn to pieces by the executioners.” Who are the “executioners?” The Vine’s on pg. 300 states, “The abode of condemned souls and devils. The underworld place or state of torture and punishment for the wicked after death, presided over by Satan.” (italics added) |
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