No verse in the Bible teaches that God will cast living humans into the lake of fire forever. Revelation 20:11-15 teaches that God will cast only man's spiritual deadness into the lake of fire forever. Revelation 20:5 teaches that God will have already resurrected the living parts of man for Him to recreate. Revelation 21:1-5; John 5:28-29. This resurrection of man's life explains what Jesus meant by that which He taught in John 11:25. Christ did not resurrect Lazarus to be a symbol of salvation by grace. Martha and Mary already symbolized salvation by grace. John 11:26. Christ resurrected Lazarus to symbolize His resurrection of the living from the dead in the end of the world. Revelation 20:5.
Some may contend that Jesus taught in Mark 9:43-50 that God casts living humans into the lake of fire forever. But Jesus did not mean that. Jesus taught that their "worm" would be in the lake of fire forever. All through the Bible, the word "worm" symbolizes the filth of spiritual deadness which has infected mankind. Job 24:20 and Isaiah 66:24 provide just two examples. Psalm 22:6 describes how Jesus took all of the filth of the deadness of mankind, symbolized by the word "worm," on Himself as he suffered on the cross. God does cast living humans into a temporary hell in order to use His consuming fire to separate their deadness from their lives that He created. Jesus made this separation possible by His descent into hell to leave all of the sins of all mankind behind. Revelation 22:12 teaches that Christ will reward every man for his good works. Only living men can receive these rewards.
Humans saved by grace will receive forgiveness and everlasting life the moment they repent and put their faith in Jesus. John 5:24. God will cast all of the rest of humanity into one of the three regions of the dead; called the sea, death, or hell, by His judgment following their physical deaths. Revelation 20:13; Hebrews 9:27. God will separate the living parts of these dead humans from their deadness, which Christ made possible when He descended into hell, in the great worship service and revival as recorded in Revelation 5:13. God will finalize this separation of the living from the dead in a general resurrection as recorded in Revelation 20:5 and Revelation 20:11-15. Jesus also taught about this general resurrection in John 5:28-29.
Satan persists in his rebellion against God because he does not believe that God is Almighty. Satan believes that he can cause the life of man to become so filthy with sin and evil that it will be ruined forever. Satan believes that by doing this he can prove that God is not almighty. Satan believes that by this proof he can eventually kill God. Satan believes that God cannot protect and save His life and goodness He has put into mankind. But God has promised that His Love cannot fail and that He will recover and recreate everything that has been temporarily sullied by sin, including all mankind. I Corinthians 13:8; Ecclesiastes 3:14; Revelation 21:1-5; Romans 8:18-22; Romans 11:36; Colossians 1:15-20; I Corinthians 3:11-15.
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