Lake of Fire: Why? (Poem)

See the series here

NB: 'Hell' is not found in The Book of Revelation?!

It refers to the eternal lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Into this lake, hell will be cast!

Hey, have you noticed…

Across such a wide strata of humanity,

About hell, many folks are keenly aware,

Even some folks with no ‘spirituality’,

Who compel all their enemies …to go there!

 

About hell, there may be a pervading notion,

That it will/must always be …for somebody else!

Even some folks who don’t believe in Heaven,

Might think a harsh sentence there, they’ll never be dealt.

The Bible speaks separately of hell and the lake of fire,

And promises the former will be cast into the latter,

Somewhere on The Lord's promised new Earth, to which we saints aspire.

So about many notions of hell, this insight will shatter!

Have you wondered why these two feature,

So prominently in The Lord’s grand strategy?

Why might He have a need to torture,

His enemies like this  …for eternity??

 

Why not destroy them all in one final blow,

And be done with the whole lot of devils and sinners?

Why does The Lord promise to ‘put them on show’,

For His angels and saints to behold His transgressors? ¹

 

For a few ‘why’ questions about the lake and hell,

There are answers for pensive minds.

Let’s try some of many confusions to dispel,

And lift the heavy fog that blinds.

 

Since the creation of man, The Lord has given us,

Long-term Grace, short-term Judgments in

His search for Righteousness.

And to His Grace, we have been exceedingly callous,

And refused to be corrected, given our stubbornness. ²

 

Yet He’s persistent in this, His long-term strategy,

To attract folks from every walk of this life,

To whom He’ll show loving Grace for all eternity,

But eternal Judgment is for folks …‘not right.’

 

Loving Gracefulness runs deep within The Lord’s character,

But as The Ultimate Judge Potentate, so does Justice!

So logically, the counterpart to Grace forever,

Must be Judgment forever. To Him, that’s not malpractice!

 

But there is another, more pertinent reason,

For Him to not destroy devils and sinners who rebelled.

It relates to His creational decision,

Which in Heaven and the universe, is un-paralleled!

 

You see, The Lord God made everything, except angels and man,

To be temporary, which is so very unlike Himself.

Angels and man were created, all eternity to span!

Plus, man was created a bit lower than The Lord, Himself! ³

 

Heavenly bodies across the second heaven now strewn,

Will fall like leaves, and dissolve as He rolls up that expanse.

He has created a permanent, new Earth and new moon!!

For us who are righteous, this notion is one …that enchants!! ⁴

 

And onto this brand new Earth, The Lord will assign,

Every resurrected being who as a human He classed.

With Him, the righteous will forever be aligned.

Devils and humans they deceived, into the lake will be cast. ⁵

 

Created to become eternal beings, corporeal,

We all must spend eternity somewhere …with gravity!

With only His two options that will then be ‘universal’,

The Lord decided the new Earth, not the moon, will be it!

 

Hey, I get it if this seems totally un-believable!!!

Nevertheless, this promise is repeated and echoes,

Across several prophetic books of The Holy Bible. ⁶

As you ponder it, please consider what history shows. 

 

A declining proportion of Bible prophecies,

Remain yet-to-be-fulfilled in our days.

In His Grace, The Lord fingers folks who are just like me,

To warn us of what He said, paraphrased. ⁷

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¹ See: Isaiah 66:22-24 and also Earth 5.0, The Final Version (Poem)

² See: What’s Really Going On (…Inside)

³ See: Psalm 8:5. It is unfortunate that most versions of The Bible apparently misinterpret Psalm 8:6 to position mankind ‘a little lower than angels’, rather than ‘a little lower than The God-Elohim, Himself’. To confirm, compare the Amplified, Orthodox Jewish, and Young’s Literal Bible versions of this verse with several other versions. Man was created in The Lord God’s (Jesus’) image. Angels were likely not. Ponder this: How would an accurate understanding of this pivotal verse likely impact your Christian faith and walk??

⁴ See: Isaiah 34:4. This particular aspect, buried within a broader prophecy, has yet to be fulfilled. See also: Hebrews 1:10-12

⁵ See: The Goshen Effect, Grand Finale (Poem, Part 5)

⁶ See: Isaiah 65:17-18, 66: 22-24, 2 Peter 3:10-13, and Revelation 21:1-5

⁷ See: Prophecy, Seeds of History (Poem)