Isaiah 66:16-18, 23-24
For by fire and by His sword The Lord will judge all flesh; And the slain of the Lord shall be many. Shall be consumed together,” says the Lord. 18 “For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory. 23 And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the Lord. 24 “And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
For by fire and by His sword The Lord will judge all flesh; And the slain of the Lord shall be many. Shall be consumed together,” says the Lord. 18 “For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory. 23 And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the Lord. 24 “And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
God is love, but do not forget His holiness and wrath against sinners who do not turn from it. They will (as in Mark chapter 9) suffer forever where "worm does not die, and their fire is not quenched." How much better in contrast the repentant sinner who finds in Christ the right to worship in God's presence forever, seeing His glory! He knows the thoughts of our hearts toward Him and our obedient sincerity of worship.
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