“The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:”
They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb - and the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever - the language of fire and sulfur (gehenna imagery) conveys the irreversible consequences of rejecting God's grace. The presence of the Lamb at judgment emphasizes that rejection of Christ's lordship brings condemnation.
Church Fathers on Revelation 14:10
“And I saw an angel flying through the midst of heaven.” The angel flying through the midst of heaven, whom he says that he saw, we have already treated of above, as being the same Elias who anticipates the kingdom of Antichrist in his prophecy. “And another angel following him.” The other angel following, he speaks of as the same prophet who is the associate of his prophesying. But that he says —
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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