What is the following verse referring to, if not the lake of fire?
Matthew 25:41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
What is sheol?
Were the angels bound in a pit, of everlasting fire, called sheol?
Were the angels bound in the Lake of Fire and allowed out of the Lake of Fire?
Revelation 9:1-3
"And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a
smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the
smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power."
Jude 1:6
"And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day."
"into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels."
We have eternal fire and everlasting chains. Yet we see that even sheol is cast into the Lake of Fire. So either the Lake of Fire is the same pit that will be unlocked, or the pit itself, sheol will be cast into the Lake of Fire. Yet still we only know their distinction after heaven and earth pass away. Death and sheol are not tied to the earth nor heaven, but distinct phenomenon of their own, even if not acceptable as literal created places.
The point being fire is not distinct about the Lake of Fire, nor did Jesus ever literalize a LoF, like He did Abraham's bosom or Paradise. Paradise is plausible as becoming the New Jerusalem that heavenly city. But sheol was cast into the LoF, even if you dismiss either as physical creations. Even heaven is a physical place created by God. It is not the defined place called eternity. Eternity was not created (as far as we know). The heavens and the earth were created. Eternity outside of creation may never be understood ever. No one has declared God is outside of eternity, but that eternity is outside of creation. Past the point of topic, but Paradise is a section of heaven, not even eternity, because eternity is outside of creation, not even heaven. But God still gives us the sense of eternal and everlasting as if we should understand and grasp the concept.
So even the chains will go on into the Lake of Fire and do not necessarily mean sheol has been the Lake of Fire. They are distinctly two different places as sheol itself will be placed into the Lake of Fire. The point being the goats could be placed into sheol, Death, or the Lake of Fire. However at the time Jesus gave us the Olivet Discourse, the only place His audience would have associated as where the goats went would be sheol. That was the place prepared back before the Flood, and probably before Adam was placed in the Garden. They were unaware of Death or the Lake of Fire at that point. And since Jesus only said "the place prepared" and not when it was prepared or this places name, it could still be a toss up between Death, sheol, or the Lake of Fire as all are likely candidates at the time it actually happens. But only sheol was known at the time. Personally I pick Death over sheol, even if sheol is a more obvious choice. Death was personified by the Greeks, but not a place. The word is thanatos. I do not think John was trying to personify either death or sheol, but was John trying to point out that Death at the Second Coming was a location along side of sheol. No place in Scripture other than John indicates a location, but only a state of being. Obviously no more details are given about death, other than the cessation of physical life.
"And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."
Some claim sheol is a place of torment, but can that be equated with punishment? Yes a soul would be in torment in sheol, but that punishment was not for humans. It was the punishment designed for Satan and his angels. I think Death is the specific place of punishment for humans who have been removed from the Lamb's book of life. Sheol was prepared for Satan. Death was prepared for humans. So the last verse does not rest on a physical aspect of chains or fire. It is the very aspect of punishing humans themselves, because they are no longer in the Lamb's book of life, but have passed all hope of being redeemed. So you can literally say they went to a place not prepared for them, or literally they did go to a place prepared exactly for them as punishment. In fact the punishment would be without end. I think those humans who rebel in the Millennium will be placed in Death, and not sheol, even though they both are emptied into the Lake of Fire. This reasoning is more preferable than just pretending the 1000 year reign is in the here and now, when there are other plausible explanations in Scripture. One being there is no corroboration that Death is a curse and reserved for the Millennium, unless there is. Isaiah 65:20.
"There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for
the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed."
Here death is called a curse. Isaiah is not contrasting two types of common death, but two ideas altogether. You have stated Isaiah is just symbolizing eternal life. That is not the point at all. One could just say eternal or everlasting and leave sin and cursing out of the topic. Since Isaiah included death and a curse he was talking about a future millennium, and not the NHNE of Revelation 21. The contrast was between what is considered youth, and what is considered the cause of death. The common theme is a number, not an act not a stage of life. It is definitely not about living forever, and no death.
So the common item is the age 100. Now 100 is a huge chunk of 1000 even if we think 1000 is an unreachable age. There are only 10 100's in 1000. So a tenth one's life is still considered a child. Currently being a child is considered a slightly smaller portion between 10% and 15%, but still close to 10%. But living to 10 or 15 still comes quicker than living to 100 or 1000. So living to 1000 is doable and natural and Isaiah claims the norms of childhood is still a natural range. So it is not about longevity, but about normalcy, because the contrast is death, but not common death, it is the death of being cursed.
The contrast is the fact that death is going to happen to a child, and the reason a child dies under the Law, is because of disobedience. It is not calling the child a sinner, it is calling the disobedience a death sentence. The reason they stoned a child was to prevent evil.
"And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear."
The curse is the fact they were rebellious and disobedient.
Obviously, that is just your opinion based on the assumption that what is described in Revelation 20 chronologically follows what is described in Revelation 19.
The result of Satan's defeat is not just chronological. It is also the logical outcome of Satan coming against Christ. You claim Satan came against Christ at the Cross along with the FP and beast. Is that your logical point of outcome for Satan, the FP, and the beast, coming together in Revelation 19?
"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."
It is not logical to assume Satan was cast into the Lake of Fire, when the next few verses, without chapter breaks, claims Satan was bound, not cast into the Lake of Fire. It is logical that Satan is cast in 1000 years later. Amil have to change the logic, not just claim a break in thought.
Where does scripture teach that there will be multiple judgment days? That's not what this says:
Acts 17:30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
This passage teaches that God has appointed a singular future day at which point He will judge "all people everywhere/the world/everyone "by the man he has appointed", which is obviously referring to Jesus. That singular judgment day is portrayed in Matthew 25:31-46.
Jesus was appointed to die on the Cross. That was the day, God judged the world. He rose Christ from the dead as proof of that judgment.
Yes, they will be. How do you interpret this passage:
2 Thessalonians 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
Jesus will come as Prince, and set up His throne to judge the earth from Jerusalem. After all the works of mankind are burned up, and the final harvest of all of Adam's flesh and blood is completed, then there will be a resurrection. Those resurrected in Revelation 20:4 will reign with Christ. They will have offspring per Isaiah 65. They will build houses, and establish families, and remain in the same homestead for 1000 years, until Christ hands back the kingdom, and death is defeated. The last enemy is death.
