Rev. 14:10 WARDEN'S WRATH

"If any man worship the beast...the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God...and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone" (Rev. 14:10)

The doctrine of hell I hated most was the part about how it burned with fire and brimstone forever. I wanted to erase that from the Bible, somehow do away with it. But I realized something else. I THOUGHT that was the worst, but it's not.

This is a scenario that came to mind:

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A criminal, hearing the reading of the heaviest sentence possible for his crime, hates the court judge.

But then he learns that the prison he is being sent to has as its warden the father of one of the victims he mercilessly humiliated, tortured, then murdered. The icy stare coming from that warden tells the criminal it will not bode well with him; the "heavy sentence" is a small worry in comparison.

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Fire and Brimstone might be the legal sentence of sin, granted. But that's not the full picture. Rev. 14:10 tells me a Father's Wrath is going to be poured out. 

Some people think Satan is Master of Hell because he was handed the Key to the Bottomless Pit (Rev. 9:1). Jailers usually are handed keys to the areas they're responsible for. After all, he is going to be bound there (Rev. 20:1-3; a little preview!) But it's My Father Who destined Lucifer and his demon followers for the Lake of Fire when they were ousted from Heaven, Who handed him that key.

So...yes, my Father is the Warden, if you want to put it that way. Fire and brimstone don't sound nice either, but I sure wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of His Cup of Wrath.