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Originally Posted by votivesoul
But I will give you the benefit of the doubt on this one. Please share what Isaiah 66:24 means as it relates to what the Lord Jesus said in Mark 9? What is an abhorrence to all flesh? How are these corpses an abhorrence? What is the prophetic or symbolic significance of these things? |
I answered the abhorrence reference earlier. It was a response to a spin that part of the torment of eternity will be the abhorrence of the smoke to the eternal righteous. Not quite sure that is the case.
As to
Isaiah 66:24, which literally says, “And they go out and look at the corpses of the men that have rebelled against me, for their worm will not die and their fire will not be quenched, and they become an abomination to all flesh.”
This follows from 66:18 regarding the enemies of Jerusalem gathered together against it. This strongly points to the last insurrection of God and Magog. In
Isaiah 66 if you trace Tubal and Javan given in
Ezekiel 28, they connect to Gog and Magog. This strongly points to that last insurrection in
Rev 20:7-10.
It's one thing to look upon the corpses of those who transgressed (the physical body). It's quite another to realize their fire is never quenched, they are an abhorrence to all flesh (which may mean those living on the New Earth, not the New Jerusalem, i.e., the nations of the earth) during that time. That is another topic altogether (that there may be procreation and increase in the New Earth).
One thing for sure. There is no rest, nor shall ever be, with the wicked.
Sorry for the long dissertation. I try not to answer lengthy. It's boring, as I seldom read anyone's lengthy answers.