In my state, the penalty for driving w/o a seatbelt is $25.00.
Can $20 satisfy the demands of the law? What about $23? Or $24?
QUESTION: If the penalty for sin is eternal torment, how can anything less than a payment of eternal torment by Jesus on behalf of us, in order that we might go free, satisfy the demands of the law?
In other words, if the wages of sin is a never ending Lake of Fire, wouldn't the only way that Jesus could take OUR place, take OUR punishment upon Himself, and pay OUR debt for sin is to go - instead of us - and remain in that never ending lake of fire?
If we lay aside preconceived notions for a moment and just be honest, then we have to admit that the answer is, "Yes, Jesus would have to be eternally tormented in our place to pay the penalty of Eternal Torment that we brought upon ourselves by committing sin."
But, nowhere in the Bible does it say that Jesus did that. What does the Bible say is the penalty for sin? DEATH. Not eternal torment. DEATH. Which is by definition "the cessation of life." Annihilation. Extinction of being. Period. When Jesus paid our penalty of sin on the cross, He did not suffer Eternal Torment, He suffered DEATH.
Therefore, the penalty for sin cannot be Eternal Torment.
The Bible speaks of the destruction of Satan and sinners:
"All they that know thee (Satan) among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and NEVER SHALT THOU BE ANYMORE." Ezekiel 28:19
"For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall BE AS THOUGH THEY HAD NOT BEEN." Obadiah 16
Satan and his followers are simply not going to "BE", or "EXIST" anymore. Praise God that He is not the sadistic, tyrant of cruelty beyond measure that Satan, the cruelest of all, has deceived so many into believing that God is. "If ye have seen Me, ye have seen the Father." - Jesus
Can $20 satisfy the demands of the law? What about $23? Or $24?
Ok, now that we're all on the same page..QUESTION: If the penalty for sin is eternal torment, how can anything less than a payment of eternal torment by Jesus on behalf of us, in order that we might go free, satisfy the demands of the law?
In other words, if the wages of sin is a never ending Lake of Fire, wouldn't the only way that Jesus could take OUR place, take OUR punishment upon Himself, and pay OUR debt for sin is to go - instead of us - and remain in that never ending lake of fire?
If we lay aside preconceived notions for a moment and just be honest, then we have to admit that the answer is, "Yes, Jesus would have to be eternally tormented in our place to pay the penalty of Eternal Torment that we brought upon ourselves by committing sin."
But, nowhere in the Bible does it say that Jesus did that. What does the Bible say is the penalty for sin? DEATH. Not eternal torment. DEATH. Which is by definition "the cessation of life." Annihilation. Extinction of being. Period. When Jesus paid our penalty of sin on the cross, He did not suffer Eternal Torment, He suffered DEATH.
Therefore, the penalty for sin cannot be Eternal Torment.
The Bible speaks of the destruction of Satan and sinners:
"All they that know thee (Satan) among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and NEVER SHALT THOU BE ANYMORE." Ezekiel 28:19
"For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall BE AS THOUGH THEY HAD NOT BEEN." Obadiah 16
Satan and his followers are simply not going to "BE", or "EXIST" anymore. Praise God that He is not the sadistic, tyrant of cruelty beyond measure that Satan, the cruelest of all, has deceived so many into believing that God is. "If ye have seen Me, ye have seen the Father." - Jesus