The Ohio Independent Baptist, June/July 1967

Gli, p of T utl, from th B Dr. G o Lawlor ''HELL'' I 11 l t \.' l t -l. thl' rich 111n1, t,a, 1 - 111C "i t'\i '"\ '''-t tl\,\\ i tl }--l ,ltiC" ~ I IC\ (.)ll l ... I l r ·11c1 ""~' .111ti t (•lief. ar1<.i t\ tlc,cr1l1c<.l t, I t ~, '" ",1, 111g. " l:-t,r l ,111, t )t - '" n1t'11tt:li tn tl11 fla111c." grc,\l dc ,11 ,t i 'h,ltl: anti ditte,cncc t1f opinion 11.1 grt' ' ' n t1p art1t1nLi th1.._ taten1ent c .1t1, c tt ,, hcthcr or not thi fla n1c ")l t('t 111cnt 1 l1ter,1l fire. Th re arc 111.1n, ,,ho bcl1c,e the l t dad Lif– er the ,1g nte of being burned in the t lan1e, f literal fire. without bc– I ng (,n,t1n1ed . \''hile lack of pace .... pr lh1hit ~· an ad quate di cu ion of the n1c1tter. a brief inve.. tigation of the tat n1ent it elf ~·ill be helpful. The Word ' 'Torment' ' he \\ ord ' 'tormented· ( odz,110111c1i, an1 t rmented). appear but five times in the . T .. three time in the verb f rm, and all in Luke' writing ; t,, ice in the noun form, and both in Paul' Epi tles. one of the e five u e of the term de cribe the kind of pain and agony re ulting from the application of literal fire to the physi– cal bod\·. In Luke 2:48, the verb ~ occur . de cr1bing Mary and Joseph a ·· orroivino' 1 becau e they could not find J u who had become eparated from them. This is obvious- 11 mental angui h. The arne form of the \ erb appears again in Acts 20: 38, and i rendered by the same Engli h ,, ord tn the A. ., "sorrowing." Here al o. a in Luke 2: 48, it is clear that no e/\.ternal physical torture is in– , ol, ed. The leader of the Ephesian church \.\rere inwardly di tres ed and profoundly grieved over the fact that the) v.'ould not ee Paul again. The third occurrence of the verb form is found 1n the text verse, Luke 16: 24. Paul u es the noun form ( odunei) in Rom. 9:2 and I Tim. 6:10. In the Rom. 9: 2 \erse. he states that there I great and cea eless pain in l11s l1c.,rl (" I t1,\\C • • • 't 11ti11ual , ,,,,r>H 1n 111 h ,art , l,ccnusc Lll tl, · t1 nl1 'ltcl " I hi s I , 1>1 · l sra ,1. I 11 I I 1111 . 1: I(l. h, stat s tr, ~I i 111 ) ()1 , tl1a t 111l111 ha,'-' ,1, 'lclJ 111,,nc\ a l (1\' C a ll cl,l· i11 lil c. thlt s l1n,,i111' lJccn ll·tl !\Sll'.1 ll()fll the laitl1. ,\11(. l HS a I C- sltlt J)icrccll tl1c111 sel,r\ tl1rot1gh \ itl1 111a11 .. ,,>rr<JH ., .· 111 l1tlth tl1csc ll\C"i < t tl1c 11tlt111 fL)f't11 the n1ca 11ing 1~ 11L\tc11tl) c lear. "l ~l1t1s the sigr1iftcancc ,.11 tl1c \\()lti 111 all of tl'-. five occttr– rcncc\ 1n the r·. l\ c)h\ iott~ : the ll)t 111c11t 1\ that t)f 1ntcn\c 111cnl ,ll angttt\h, pt o lottnd inner p::11n. dcc1 c n'itt n1i ng gr1e f. The Word ' 'Flame' ' ·1~hc word " 1l ,t111c" (fJ /1/cJ-\) occttr 'i onl) three l1111 1n the .1"., tn uk.e 16: 24 a · a noLtn, and in J a111es 3: 6 where the verb for n1 i u ed l\i\ ice. a participle in each case. While in early Greek. thi word wa u ed to de cribe any kind of bright blazing fire. it wa al o u ed in the metaphor– ica l en e i.e. to characterize the .. fiery trength of wine' · to de cribe ' 'flame-colored garments"; and to des– ignate Hlightning in the ky." The verb form (phlogidzo) means : "to ignite et on fire, ' and wa o u ed in ear ly time . otwith tanding, it wa u ed more frequently to et forth the " rou ing of vehement pas ion , to kindle and inflame to rage, love, fear hatred , etc.' ' In addition, the word wa employed to describe a ' 'blazing up a bur ting or breaking forth into prominence. ' Its meaning in J ames 3: 6 i a ' uredly not that of a literal burning of flesh or matter, but rather the perniciou deva tating, de tructive operation of the tongue, in which the e devili h influences are kindled by Hell itself. The Agony of Hell Thu judging from the words used in this notable statement, it eems that we may fairl y state that the suf– feri ng of torment in the flame en– dured by the rich man. and to which al l the lost dead will be subjected, i not the torture of the application of literal fire to the physical body . The writer of this study is inclined to believe that physical fire as we know it on earth does not reveal or determine anything about the fire and MOHICAN TRAIL CAMP Group, Individual and Famil y Camping in a true Christian atmosphere WRITE FOR A BROCHURE P.O. Box No. 725 Mansfield, Ohio 44901 JUNE-JULY, 1967 PAGE 16 the IJt1r111ng f'>I ' •tlicat 'LI I I fell, l <'nt l 11 J)l)\\Cl' tu fJll)th i cc tl1e ll1L intense angt1isl1 nncl r>nin . 111 c 11sillc ing tl1i s fire. it 11111sl l1c rc111 111l,cr th :,t 11citl1cr the rich 111an nor I... Hz:tr has yet l1ccn t ·u nitet.l wi th •,i s ca1 th 11 o( I ,. I I c ncc t )1 c l t) r n 1 c n l o I 11a I C<)til tl sca rc0l} 1 l)c that )J phy ic r i rc a,., J) I i c( I I () l h c r i c h I l la n,s p 1 y ca l fra 11 1c. It i s rather the c crt1c1. i 11 g a g CJ 11 y c, I In i n d t h c t c r l uro sLdlcr111g ()I' Ct>nscicncc, the aw f ,lngLtJ \h c>f the sc)ltl with it s tie i, ,lncl JJa \~l c> ns ll nsa t isficcJ a ntl u quenched. The rich 111an secs l ..; t1/ctl' 1n the pl,tcc of hl15~ and blcsscclnc' \Vherc he him~e lf 111ight have bee He rclatn'i ht~ n1en1ory of the ear th life he li ved. with all the mi spe t1n1c. acts o t si n, greed. lust. ti lo t oppor tL1n1t1es and rcJccted 111e c1e . the wa ted effort, the kno"' edge of what might have been. H remember the good things, of whic he i now depri ved ~ they have bee taken away now, but there remai1 the terrible, inde cr1bable year ni r to have them back agai n. Even Hell the lo t mu t abhor the c, which brought them there. and t which they are tormented. There r main the awful knowledge that is in1po si ble ever to leave the plac into which he has come, and the, is the terrible awarene that fami a nd friend are al o lost , and will t coming into the same pl ace, if the continue to live a he ha done an a he him elf ha influenced the, to do. 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