Is eternal torment a biblical concept?

yes it is

Matthew 25:45-46

45 Then shall he answer them, and say, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

46 And these shall go into everlasting pain, and the righteous into life eternal.

Revelation 14:10-11

10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, yea, of the pure wine, which is poured into the cup of his wrath, and he shall be tormented in fire and brimstone before the holy Angels, and before the Lamb.

11 And the smoke of their torment shall ascend evermore: and they shall have no rest day nor night, which worship the beast and his name.

Of course, it is no part of earlier religions.

Hell as a place of torment is a pagan myth, not taught in the bible. If you look at Genesis 2:16,17 you will see what God offered man. It was not heaven or hell.

Yvonne is correct. Gregory is misquoting Matthew 25:46. It is everlasting cutting off, not pain.

His explanation of Revelation is also incorrect. Those words are allegorical and apply to what is happening now.

Witness of Jesus is not only describing his own opinion but the opinion of someone else he has heard. Obviously neither of them knows the truth of the bible. There is no biblical book called Mosiah.

The bible tells us that Jesus never spoke to the crowds without speaking in parables. A parable is a made up story with a moral lesson.

Yes, he spoke of a lake of fire. He always used expressions the people of his time could understand.

The valley of Hinnom, or affectionately known as Gehenna was the city garbage dump, just outside of Jerusalem. Not only was garbage put there but the bodies of criminals also. It was kept burning day and night to control the smell.

Jesus himself would have been thrown there if Joseph of Arimathea had not offered his tomb.

So, what happens when you throw something into a lake of fire? Right.

The concept of hell was never adopted into the Christian faith. True Christians believe in the words of God. That the wages of sin is death and that there will be a resurrection of the righteous (those who obeyed God) and the unrighteous.(Those who never knew God) Not of the wicked.

The concept was adopted into the Catholic church around 300 years after Jesus' death. Then carried over by those who later separated from the Catholics.

You might also want to know that the word torment originally meant jailed not tortured. It was in common usage when the KJV of the bible was written.

The ancient Greeks and Romans came up with it first.

Christianity adopted it from them, the Jews never had it.

If you believe Revelation 20 and 21, you will conclude that Yes, it exists, but not for everyone. Anyone whose name is not written in the book of life shall escape the lake of fire. But to those whose name is not there, they shall be thrown in and experience the "second death." (see Rev 21 verse 8) Eternal torment is only for the devil and the beast and the false prophet. (verse 10 of Rev 20).

Pretty simple to understand, really.

Separation from God for all eternity is a Biblical concept. (And I can without a doubt say that will be torment enough.)

the book of Revelation and Jesus speaks of eternal torment

only in the New Testament. Not in the Jewish Bible. It was a concept added along with the idea of "needing" a human/god sacrifice to be "saved" from the "eternal torment" that we all "deserve."

If you don't believe in eternal torment, than the Christian concept of "salvation" doesn't make sense.

belief in a deserved eternal horror is a necessary component of the overall NT belief structure.

It's a xtian concept that does not exist in the original Jewish TaNaKh.

In Judaism, we're mortals that die, no satan or lucifer either. And demons are the religious world's imaginary gods - babyonian mythology is personified as a women that is consort to all the world's imaginary gods- meaning all the world is many denominations that share the same origin.

Not really,it is one of Justice ,for a equal weight and just balance are always Gods delight.