Will the Lament of Eriphos be Yours?

© 2019 by Tom Boynton (editing by Kathy Boynton)

Call me “Eriphos.” My name is Greek for “goat.”  It appears in a book, the Bible, which I ignored, mocked, and rejected eons ago.  That book pronounced warnings to mockers, like me, whom it described as “goats.”

It is now the year 1,235,711,131,719 AD.  My agony is unending.  Eons have passed since I was cast into this place.  Since then, I’ve never again seen light.  Physical and spiritual darkness permeate my being.  It’s a place of outer darkness.  There’s no hope for future relief.  I’ll never again know comfort or encouragement — just endless, excruciating horror and loneliness.  I spend my endless night in gnawing torment.  Diseases that entered my body, while living, have continued to infest and grow within me.  The warnings were true that this would be a place where the worm of disease would never die.  Outer darkness, endless fire, and gnashing of teeth shall persist forever.

“… their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” (Mark 9:44)

“But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Matthew 8:12)

“Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:” (Matthew 25:41)

Oh, what shall I do with this never ending fire, so hot it sheds no light!?

Dear reader:  Return with me, now, to the present.  Many today will end up like Eriphos.  However, these warnings, Eriphos ignored, can still be heeded.  For those still living, there is hope.

“… if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:9-10)

“All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” (John 6:37)

“…Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, …” (Acts 16:31)

God the Son, Jesus Christ, is the crucified and risen Savior.  He, alone, can save you.  Unless you ask Him to save and cleanse you from your sin, you too, shall lament as Eriphos.

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