“A man is his own tormentor and his own condemner. Hence the saying, They shall go into the lake that burns with fire and brimstone. The torment of disappointment in the mind of man is as exquisite as a lake burning with fire and brimstone.” 11 Brimstone is sulfur, a yellow-green, highly combustible element commonly found in Bible times along the shores of the Dead Sea. The same substance is used to make matches and gunpowder and other products in today’s chemical and paper industries. When ignited, sulfur liquefies and produces a sharp and suffocating burning odor that can desolate and kill. Apparently, in ancient times no harsher picture of the hellish fate of the wicked could be portrayed than that of being thrown into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
“Their Torment Is as a Lake of Fire and Brimstone”
“A man is his own tormentor and his own condemner. Hence the saying, They shall go into the lake that burns with fire and brimstone. The torment of disappointment in the mind of man is as exquisite as a lake burning with fire and brimstone.” 11 Brimstone is sulfur, a yellow-green, highly combustible element commonly found in Bible times along the shores of the Dead Sea. The same substance is used to make matches and gunpowder and other products in today’s chemical and paper industries. When ignited, sulfur liquefies and produces a sharp and suffocating burning odor that can desolate and kill. Apparently, in ancient times no harsher picture of the hellish fate of the wicked could be portrayed than that of being thrown into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.