“many were drowned… many were lost”
-when
those who have chosen wickedly eventually awake to see the substance of their
reward and recognize that they are Lucifer’s they will also see that his
promises were hollow, that they are guaranteed nothing, that their pleasure is
not lasting and that Lucifer will not/cannot uphold his own. The only joy that comes in wickedness is very
momentary and fleeting and many are not able even to enjoy that. Just as many were drowned or lost before ever
reaching the building, so also is the character of the wages of wickedness -by nature it is punishing in its
pleasure. For example, consider the
person addicted to alcohol or tobacco:
Their joy is not only so very temporary and a fabrication of external
elements but it mocks them in that it requires them to obtain more in light of
rapidly ensuing pain of addiction. Thus
they are caught in a vicious trap where the pleasure is no longer joy but
necessity, making themselves a slave to constantly fulfilling the need.
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