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Luke has it, “Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.” (Luke 3:17)

Yep. It is hard to burn up a human body. There is lots of water in it. In fact, in Jesus’ time it was a problem. The body would put the fire out. But the scripture above makes it clear that this fire will do its job. It’s why it is important to call the fire “unquenchable”. The chaff will burn with fire and will be burned up. Which everyone at that time (and today) knows is what happens to the chaff when you set it afire.

BTW, until the 20th century, the word fire in the minds of men meant both heat and light. Now we think of it as heat only. Many places in the bible where the original text is translated “fire”, could today be translated “light”.

Not that this is one of those, though the unquenchable fire could be the light of God’s holiness.

The body would put the fire out. But the scripture above makes it clear that this fire will do its job. It’s why it is important to call the fire “unquenchable”....Many places in the bible where the original text is translated “fire”, could today be translated “light”.

All that is basically special pleading. The fire is not simply a blast furnace but unquenchable in the everlasting destruction the wicked shall be punished with.

And the smoke perpetually ascending indicates the evidence of their everlasting ongoing destruction.

And the Lord knew how souls would understand His language, and simply being burnt up after a life of fulfiling lusts versus "having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched." (Mark 9:45-46)

But if you cannot see ongoing destruction being conveyed by this and being cast into the same place as the devil and his angels, etc., then i doubt there is more i should say. Over and out.