Is there going to be a rapture????

[Carl]

Originally Posted by Sean

Brother, please consider this passage. The Lord can do whatever seems fit to Him...

Mark 9: 43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 44 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 46 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: 48 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Would a person enter into the kingdom maimed? No, they would be made whole being given a new glorified body at the resurrection. The point being made in these verses is that a person could cut off every extremity and be nothing but a stump and still have a wicked heart.

Since the immortal soul concept is the basis for everlasting torment then these verses can't be talking about it since the physical body is the subject. Are there actual worms in hell? Do they devour the wicked? A long held belief was that the devil and his demons would do the tormenting.