Why is torment described as a lake of fire and brimstone?

Thomas R. Valletta

“The angel’s warning of ‘their torment as a lake of fire and brimstone’ (Mosiah 3:27) is symbolic of the mental anguish they would suffer. The Doctrine and Covenants calls this punishment being ‘delivered over to the buffetings of Satan until the day of redemption’ (D&C 78:12; 82:21; 104:9–10; 132:26). … Wherefore, those with knowledge who commit sin still have hope for salvation after having been through endless punishment and having paid the demands of justice” (Nyman, These Records Are True, 232).

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