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1. What will God rain upon the wicked?

Psalm 11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.


2. From where will the fire come?

Revelation 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.


3. When will this happen?

Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison

(For information on the thousand years see lesson 5.)


4. The Lord is reserving the unjust until when to be punished?

2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:


5. As the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be when?

Matthew 13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.


6. How does the Bible describe the agony the wicked will experience?

Matthew 13:42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.


7. All the wicked shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone which is what?

Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.


8. How do we know that the place of torment is not underground?

Revelation 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.


9. What all will be burned on the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men?

2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.


10. How does God feel about the punishment of the wicked?

Ezekiel 33:11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?


11. Has God willed for certain ones to perish?

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.


12. For whom is the fire prepared?

Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:


13. Who will be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone with the beast and false prophet?

Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.


14. What will the Lord do to all the wicked?

Psalm 145:20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy


15. It is better to lose an eye or a hand, instead of having how much of our body cast into hell?

Matthew 5:29, 30 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.


16. Is one’s physical body the only thing that hell will destroy?

Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.


17. God will punish according to what?

Jeremiah 21:14 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.


18. Who will receive many stripes?

Luke 12:47 And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.


19. Who will receive few stripes?

Luke 12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.


20. When the day comes that shall burn as an oven, all that do wickedly shall be what?

Malachi 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.


21. How thoroughly will the day that cometh burn them? And what will be left on them?

Malachi 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.


22. Ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be what?

Malachi 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.


23. The flames will devour them as what?

Nahum 1:10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

“The candle of the wicked shall be put out.” Proverbs 24:20.


24. They shall be as though what?

Obadiah 16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.


25. How completely will the fire burn Satan?

Ezekiel 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.


26. Will Satan ever be any more?

Ezekiel 28:19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.


27. What may we conclude about ultimate justice and about God?

Psalm 58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

In the Light of God’s Word....(Please respond YES or NO)

I understand that the punishment of the wicked will take place at the end of the 1000 years.

I understand that the flames will inflict the second death, forever extinguishing the life of the sinner.

I understand that that fire will also burn up the heavens and the earth which are now, and that God will create new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.

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