Is the Book of Revelation the only place in Scripture teaching eternal torment?
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Yes. Here are some examples:
2 Thessalonians 1:9 - These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power...
Matthew 25:41 - Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels...'
Against this we have 2 Peter 3:9:
The Lord is not slow about his promise as some count slowness, but is forbearing toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
For those who believe in the doctrine of universal salvation, this verse in interpreted to mean that God will eventually bless everyone with his grace of forgiveness. If God wills that all people will reach repentance, then they will reach repentance:
Isaiah 55:11 - so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
See also:
2 Chronicles 7:14 - if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Thus we can see that there are Bible verses that can be understood to both support and oppose the idea of eternal punishment.
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... where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched
[Mark 9:44 and Mark 9:46 and Mark 9:48 KJV].
If located in an unquenchable fire, where their worm ('their' worm refers to something 'of them' and not an exterior thing) does not expire, then it is an eternal state and it is torment.
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