Sentences with phrase «furnace of fire»

Molten, dripping and turned to liquid oil, they now transformed the shop into a spectacular furnace of fire.

More words of peace and wisdom from Jesus Christ: Matthew 13:49 - 50 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

The term «furnace of fire» recalls the «burning fiery furnace» of Daniel 3 (vv 6 - 26, 8 times).

Four other distinctively Matthaean expressions appear in the explanations of the parables of the weeds and the dragnet: «the sons of the kingdom»; «the sons of the evil one»; «the furnace of fire»; and «there men will weep and gnash their teeth.»

The apocalyptic passages in the New Testament also contain a number of statements of which this one at the conclusion of the parable of the weeds is typical: «The Son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.

The reference to the furnace of fire and to men weeping and gnashing their teeth, which reappears in several of the subsequent parables of judgment, is straight out of Jewish eschatology.