{"id":81085,"date":"2020-01-29T04:27:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T10:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=81085"},"modified":"2020-01-28T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T14:47:00","slug":"7-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/29\/7-u\/","title":{"rendered":"7.u. he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath"},"content":{"rendered":"

Revelation 14:9 \u00a0 <\/span>And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, \u201cIf anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.\u201d Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus. And I heard a voice from heaven saying, \u201cWrite this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.\u201d \u201cBlessed indeed,\u201d says the Spirit, \u201cthat they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!\u201d<\/p>\n

I found these comments in a commentary – Once Delivered APRIL 22, 2014<\/b><\/span>: \u201cA third angel follows the other two and pronounces woe on those who worship the beast and his image and receive a mark on their foreheads or hands. The consequences of rejecting God \u2013 who has revealed Himself in creation, conscience, Christ, and the canon of scripture \u2013 are spelled out plainly. The one who embraces the beast will experience the consequences of his or her rebellion.\u00a0 <\/span>Secondly, the beast worshiper will be \u201ctormented with fire and sulfur in the sight of the holy angels and in the sight of the Lamb, and the smoke of their torment will go up forever and ever\u201d. There is little doubt that this is a reference to the everlasting consequences of rejecting God. While those who cast their lot with the beast will lament Babylon\u2019s fall, they also will discover that their torment is just beginning. To make it clear, God does not delight in the torment of His adversaries. Rather, He allows them to be excluded from His kingdom by their own choice. And in their everlasting destruction, they will become aware of His dominion and ultimately acknowledge it.<\/p>\n

The permanence of the unbeliever\u2019s fate is punctuated in John\u2019s words, \u201c[A]nd the smoke of their torment will go up forever and ever\u201d (v. 11a). This should not be twisted to mean that only the fires of hell are eternal while the wicked are annihilated. Jesus describes hell as a place where the unbeliever\u2019s \u201cworm does not die, and the fire is not quenched\u201d (Mark 9:48). Further, the same Greek words used to describe eternal life are employed in the depiction of eternal damnation. Rebellion against an eternal God who offers us eternal life has eternal consequences. In Jesus\u2019 account of Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:19-31), the rich man, Lazarus, and\u00a0Abraham all are conscious and self-aware after their deaths \u2013 in Abraham\u2019s case, hundreds of years after his passing. On the Mount of Transfiguration, the spirits of Moses and Elijah appear. And in Rev. 20:10, we are told, \u201cThe Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>John intends the reader to see the contrast between those in verse 11, who find no rest day or night, and those in verse 13, who rest from their labors.\u00a0 <\/span>One final note: John offers hope. In fact, he prefers it. The door of grace is yet open, for he writes, \u201cIf<\/i>\u00a0anyone worships the beast \u2026\u201d This is a clear warning to those who choose to worship the beast, but it\u2019s also a reminder that salvation is still within reach for those who take Christ\u2019s nail-scarred hand into their own.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Revelation 14:9 \u00a0 And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, \u201cIf anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will … Continue reading “7.u. he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1400,5509,12964,6460,12956,12961,12963,782,12955,2344,3166,12959,4017,2284,463,3475,12960,12957,12954,6958,12962,315,12958,12953,7681,897,12965,3526],"class_list":["post-81085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-anger","tag-beast","tag-blessed-are-the-dead","tag-deeds-follow-them","tag-drink-the-wine-of-gods-wrath","tag-endurance-of-the-saints","tag-faith-in-jesus","tag-fire","tag-forehead","tag-forever-and-ever","tag-hand","tag-holy-angels","tag-image","tag-labors","tag-lamb","tag-loud-voice","tag-no-rest","tag-poured-full-strength","tag-receives-a-mark","tag-smoke","tag-sommandments","tag-spirit","tag-sulfur","tag-third-angel","tag-torment","tag-tormented","tag-who-die-in-the-lord","tag-worships"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81085"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81153,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81085\/revisions\/81153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}