<p>14:11 <em>And the smoke of their torment</em>- The allusion is to how Abraham saw the smoke of Sodom's destruction from a distance. They themselves are consumed, but the smoke, the memorial of their condemnation, will eternally remain. Smoke is a memorial to destruction- the individuals are totally and permanently destroyed, but the memorial of that remains. We will remember the rejected, in some sense, for eternity.</p><p><em>Goes up for ever and ever</em>- This going on throughout the 'aion of the aions' would suggest that there will always be the reminder of the condemnation of sinners. How this will be achieved in practice is hard to envisage. But in some way, there will always be a reminder of the rejection and judgment of the unworthy of this present dispensation. This will serve as a powerful reminder to the mortals of any future age or dispensation; it may well be something which we use to remind them of the seriousness of sin.</p><p>A<em>nd they have no rest day and night, they that worship the beast and his image and whoever receives the mark of his name- </em>They are the antithesis of the worshippers of God, who have no rest day nor night in worshipping Him (Rev. 4:8). But this doesn't mean they consciously exist, for the Bible is clear that death is unconsciousness. As noted about <em>the smoke</em>, it is the memorial of their destruction which remains, and the &quot;rest&quot; in view is that which they could have experienced. For the same word is used of the &quot;rest&quot; which the Lord Jesus promised to those who believe in Him (&quot;I will give you rest&quot;, Mt. 11:28); and although a different Greek word is used, the idea is the same in the descriptions of the Kingdom of God as a &quot;rest&quot; <em>for the people of God</em> (Heb. 4:9,10). But these are not the people of God. The way they missed this eternal rest will be eternally remembered. Another possibility is that &quot;They have no rest day nor night&quot; has a different reference to &quot;the smoke&quot; ascending up &quot;for ever and ever&quot;. It may refer to the awful moments, days, months, maybe years, the rejected have to exist after their rejection. Their rejection means that simply existing is mental torment.</p><p>This situation will be ongoing &quot;day and night&quot;. In the new Jerusalem, there will be no night (Rev. 22:5)- but they will be outside of it, where day and night still exist. This is another illustration of the way that the Kingdom of God starts as a little stone at the return of the Lord Jesus, and spreads to fill the earth.</p>