Touchstone, Rubbed Out, Dead
Psalm 95:11
So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”
Hebrews 3:11
So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”
Hebrews 4:3
Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, “So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’” And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world.
Hebrews 4:5
And again in the passage above he says, “They shall never enter my rest.”
Hebrews 3:18
And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed?
Hebrews 4:1
Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.
Revelation 14:11
And the smoke of their (touchstone / torment) will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”
Since those people are (Touch Stoned,) then they are (Rubbed Out.) (DEAD)
Basanizo / Basanismos
In Revelation 14:10, the word “basanizo” is translated as “tormented” (past tense verb)
In Revelation 14:11, the word “basanismos” is translated as “torment” (noun)
In Revelation 20:10, the word “basanizo” is translated as “tormented” (past tense verb)
Both these words come from the root “basanos,” which is defined by Strong’s as “a touchstone.” Webster defines the word “touchstone” as: “1. A stone by which metals are examined; a black, smooth, glossy stone… 2. Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried; as money, the touchstone of common honesty.”
This might strike you as interesting considering that the definition of the Greek word that was translated as “torment,” not only has nothing to do with eternal conscious torment, but it is actually a process that tests purity. So we can see that to be tormented in these verses is compared to being rubbed out upon a touchstone.
Rubbed out.
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Definition of RUB OUT
to obliterate by or as if by rubbing; to destroy completely; specifically : kill, murder… See the full definition
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Psalm 95:11
So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”
Hebrews 3:11
So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”
Hebrews 4:3
Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, “So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’” And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world.
Hebrews 4:5
And again in the passage above he says, “They shall never enter my rest.”
Hebrews 3:18
And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed?
Hebrews 4:1
Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.
Revelation 14:11
And the smoke of their (touchstone / torment) will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”
Since those people are (Touch Stoned,) then they are (Rubbed Out.) (DEAD)
Basanizo / Basanismos
In Revelation 14:10, the word “basanizo” is translated as “tormented” (past tense verb)
In Revelation 14:11, the word “basanismos” is translated as “torment” (noun)
In Revelation 20:10, the word “basanizo” is translated as “tormented” (past tense verb)
Both these words come from the root “basanos,” which is defined by Strong’s as “a touchstone.” Webster defines the word “touchstone” as: “1. A stone by which metals are examined; a black, smooth, glossy stone… 2. Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried; as money, the touchstone of common honesty.”
This might strike you as interesting considering that the definition of the Greek word that was translated as “torment,” not only has nothing to do with eternal conscious torment, but it is actually a process that tests purity. So we can see that to be tormented in these verses is compared to being rubbed out upon a touchstone.
Rubbed out.
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Definition of RUB OUT
to obliterate by or as if by rubbing; to destroy completely; specifically : kill, murder… See the full definition
www.merriam-webster.com