Etritonakin
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The day being discussed in the following is the "great white throne" judgment after the thousand years following the return of Christ -to which "the rest of the dead" are resurrected and are judged "according to their works". All scriptures relating to Gehenna -the lake of fire, etc., must be considered in this context.
1 Cor 3:13Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 14If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fIre.
It is also important to understand the timeline relating to "hell" -and the various words translated as "hell" -or confused with it.
When people die, they do not go to "hell" -as in a fiery place of eternal torment (Gehenna).
They DO go to "hell" -as in the grave (Hades, etc.) -at which point "there is no remembrance" -no realization of the passage of time -the body returns to dust, and the spirit returns to God who gave it -and they are as "asleep" until they are resurrected at a later time to the first or second resurrection.
NONE are NOW in a fiery place of torment. The first to be cast into the lake of fire are the beast and false prophet -a thousand years before Satan is cast into the lake of fire.
At the judgment after the thousand years following the return of Christ, some "will have their part in the lake of fire".
As for the "spirits in prison" to which Christ went and preached (before he became Christ) in the days of Noah, those are not the spirits of men, but the sinning angels -whose state of restraint until the judgment is called "Tartaros".
1 Cor 3:13Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 14If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fIre.
It is also important to understand the timeline relating to "hell" -and the various words translated as "hell" -or confused with it.
When people die, they do not go to "hell" -as in a fiery place of eternal torment (Gehenna).
They DO go to "hell" -as in the grave (Hades, etc.) -at which point "there is no remembrance" -no realization of the passage of time -the body returns to dust, and the spirit returns to God who gave it -and they are as "asleep" until they are resurrected at a later time to the first or second resurrection.
NONE are NOW in a fiery place of torment. The first to be cast into the lake of fire are the beast and false prophet -a thousand years before Satan is cast into the lake of fire.
At the judgment after the thousand years following the return of Christ, some "will have their part in the lake of fire".
As for the "spirits in prison" to which Christ went and preached (before he became Christ) in the days of Noah, those are not the spirits of men, but the sinning angels -whose state of restraint until the judgment is called "Tartaros".
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