" `their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.'
2007-02-09 04:23:24 · 14 answers · asked by Tribble Macher 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
MK 9:42 "And if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around his neck. 43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. 45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. 47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48 where
" `their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.'
MK 9:49 Everyone will be salted with fire.
MK 9:50 "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."
2007-02-09 04:30:10 · update #1
Oh yes! That describes hell- where it is eternal suffering- that even a worm does not die, and a worm dies easily! But if a worm does not die where the fire is not quenched, how much more will those who end up there, suffer for eternity--I know it sounds harsh, but it is the honest truth of God's word.
Sin is what will separate man from God for all eternity---and hell is where someone goes who has not been washed clean and redeemed in Christ Jesus.
The Gospels, also say that it is a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth.
2007-02-09 04:28:42 · answer #1 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are figures of speech.
They must be if one takes the context into consideration.
When Jesus spoke of plucking out an eye or chopping off a foot or hand, did he mean for us literally to perform mayhem upon ourselves, and would we then throughout eternity dwell in heaven with but one eye, one hand, one foot? Of course not!
Since these words are to be understood figuratively, or as symbols, so must Jesus’ references to the worm not dying and the fire not being quenched.
The same is true of his parable of the sheep and goats.
Even as he was not referring to literal sheep and goats but to sheeplike and goatlike people, so he was not referring to literal fire but to firelike complete destruction.
2007-02-09 12:30:10 · answer #2 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you put a phrase into context it can become logically explained. It can also expose a penchant for cruelty.
MARK
9:45 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:
9:46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not
quenched.
9:47 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:
9:48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not
quenched.
Since the personna of Satan did not exist during Jesus' lifetime he personafied shaiton (Hebrew for evil or I accuise) as a worm as it was personified by the writers of Genisis as a serpent. I find it interesting that the lowest level of heaven described in the books of Christianity as both a place of fire and a place of darkness with an absense of diety in both. Again, slicing and dicing of ones body to stay out of hell is mentioned in the New testament.
It also bothers me when quote sequences are cut up for use as sound bytes. Especially when the editors of the New testament appear to reuse telling phrases word for word----though some may have been stated that way--and others in the present day leave them out, as Mark 9:46 was removed from the body of the quote and in that lack subtly changes possible meanings .
2007-02-09 12:45:59 · answer #3 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are so many "versions" of the Bible out there! Could you give a reference to that quote please? on another subject, you gave in an answer that it is your job to spread the good news of Jesus. What is that in your words or quote from the Bible? Just curious! Been a "Bible Thumper" for 37 years now myself. PLAIN and simple, he is describing eternal damnation here. The lake of fire, the end of Satan for all time, will be a fire that burns but does not consume and worms will eat at them but they will not be consumed. For eternity they will be tormented.
2007-02-09 12:35:02 · answer #4 · answered by gigglings 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The worm is believed to represent sin.
There will be no escape from what God has said that all unrepentant sinners will spend eternity in a lake of fire.
The scripture I believe is in the book of Mark :-)
2007-02-09 12:30:55 · answer #5 · answered by mudd_grip 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
talking about hell... Mark 9:44, 46, 48; Isaiah 66:24
2007-02-09 12:28:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Too much salt is bad for your blood pressure. Too much Jesus is bad for your imagination and creativity. Mark is dead.
People used to take opium and marijuana back then and said all kinds of wild things. Do you listen to the ramblings of an idiot with a sign that reads, "The end is near"?
Get a grip, get a job, get a significant other, & get real!
2007-02-09 12:37:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. My only suggestion is that the original Hebrew was unclear, and the man translating it into Greek read into it his understanding. (I know, that is weak, but if that text is really true it seems to contradict much Scripture). The Messiah's name was YAHOSHUA, (just like "JOSHUA", but there was no "J" until 1400 A.D.) James Trimm tells us that the original quote was not in the 4th century syriac manuscript he had access to. That would seem to lend weight to the guess that it is a later addition.
2007-02-09 12:29:28 · answer #8 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It sure would help a whole bunch if you gave the source of this quote so we could read the whole chapter and see what the Savior was refering to.
2007-02-09 12:28:08 · answer #9 · answered by garo g 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That there is a super-mutant worm out there, feeding on brains.
2007-02-09 12:27:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋