The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire
and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night
forever and ever.
·
The
presence of the beast and the false prophet in the lake of fire after a
thousand years argues against annihilationism. In eternal punishment, a
thousand years is just the beginning. It never ends. Commentator John Trapp
thought this eternal aspect of hell so terrible that he called it “another hell
in the midst of hell.” (DG)
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Forever and ever: Is this really eternal punishment? Yes it is; the
words mean exactly what they appear to mean. “There would be no way possible in
the Greek language to state more emphatically the everlasting punishment of the
lost than here in mentioning both day and night and the expression ‘forever and
ever,’ literally ‘to the ages of ages.’” (Walvoord)
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