Reference

Luke 17:29

But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
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They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

28

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

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But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

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Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

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In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

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Destruction / Perishing Language
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Fire Imagery
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Destruction / Perishing Language

There is no argument that this verse does not support the theme, as it explicitly states "destroyed them all."

Fire Imagery

The verse explicitly mentions "fire and brimstone" as an agent of destruction, directly aligning with the theme's criteria of using fire imagery in a judgment or punishment context.

Eternal Conscious Torment

The verse describes a physical destruction by fire and brimstone, resulting in the immediate death of the inhabitants of Sodom, not their ongoing conscious suffering after death.