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The Pathfinder
GODFIRE
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6/9/2017
GODFIRE
(Part 1)
#286.17
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"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the
heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up." 2 Peter 3:10.
Some believe the fire will be due to a world war with nuclear bombs exploding
all over the earth. Long-held doctrines and tradition have veiled many of the
truths recorded in the Bible. One thousand years of the Dark Ages was especially
cruel to the meaning of God's holy fires, especially that of the lake of fire. |
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7/11/2017
GODFIRE
(Part 2)
#287.17
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Some people assume that I do not believe in hell or the lake of fire, which, of course, is a false
assumption. I believe every jot and tittle the Bible says about both, and I say both, since hell and the
lake of fire are not the same thing as many believe that they are. Yes, I certainly do believe that there
is a hell and that there is the lake of fire; but I do not believe what the church of Rome says about
them, or what their prophet Dante Alighieri wrote about them. I do not believe what her apostate
daughters has had to say about them, and neither do I believe the false scenario that tradition has to
say about them. I do believe that "...the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers,
and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which
burns with fire and brimstone. Revelation 21:8 makes this very clear. I would be a fool to refute
such clarity of truth. |
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8/8/2017
GODFIRE
(Part 3)
#288.17
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Charles Pridgeon on the subject of brimstone:
"The Lake of
Fire and Brimstone signifies a fire burning with brimstone; the 'brimstone' or
sulphur defines the character of the fire. The Greek word THEION translated
'brimstone' is exactly the same word, THEION, which means 'divine.' Sulphur was
sacred to the deity among the ancient Greeks; and was used to fumigate, to
purify, and to cleanse and consecrate to the deity; for this purpose they burned
it in their incense. In Homer's Iliad (16:228), one is spoken of as purifying a
goblet with fire and brimstone. The verb derived from THEION is THEIOO, which
means to hallow, to make divine, or to dedicate to a god (See Liddell and Scott Greek-English Lexicon,
1897 Edition). To any Greek, or any trained in the Greek language, a
'lake of fire and brimstone' would mean a 'lake of divine purification.' The
idea of judgment need not be excluded. Divine purification and divine
consecration are the plain meaning in ancient Greek. In the ordinary
explanation, this fundamental meaning to the world is entirely left out, and
unfortunately, nothing but eternal torment is associated with it." |
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9/5/2017
GODFIRE
(Part 4)
#289.17
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As appalling as the doctrine is, many still believe that God will subject the
vast majority of His human creation to an everlasting, never-ending judgment of
hellfire. One reason for believing this is that they have been taught, namely,
that it is one of the major tenets of Christian faith. Some have said that all
the oceans and seas of the world would dry up before God would do away with
eternal damnation. Another reason is due to assuming it is recorded in the
Bible. Of course, it appears to be so in some translations, like the King James
Version; but such is not in the original Scriptures. |
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