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Is Hell eternal?

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Part 01 – Is Hell eternal?
Part 02 – Scriptures used to support an eternal Hell
Part 03 – New Testament scriptures that dispel an eternal Hell
Part 04 – Old Testament scriptures that dispel an eternal Hell
Part 05 – Other resources about Hell

This page will let scripture answer the most common questions on this topic. Following that, we will look at scriptures that are used to support the idea of an eternal Hell to get a balanced view. The last two pages will take a more substantial look at scriptures that talk about the wicked and their fate.

Will the wicked perish?

John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

2 Peter 2:12
But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.

Luke 13:3
I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

In order to understand the word ‘perish’, how is this word used in other biblical topics?

Hebrews 1:10-12
10 He also says, “In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
11 They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment.
12 You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed. But you remain the same, and your years will never end.

Colossians 2:21-22 21
21 Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”?
22 These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

Will the wicked be destroyed?

Matthew 7:13
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

Philippians 3:19
Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things.

2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
8 He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 
9 They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power

How is the word ‘destruction’ used in other biblical topics?

1 Corinthians 5:5
To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

2 Peter 2:1
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

How will the wicked be destroyed?

2 Peter 3:7
By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

Luke 17:28-30
28 “It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

The wicked are cast into hell, but isn’t Hell eternal?

Revelation 20:14
Then death and Hell were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.

Revelation 21:8
“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.“

So there will be no eternal suffering in hell?

Romans 6:23
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”

Revelation 21:4
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

So the wicked will cease to exist?

Psalms 104:35
“Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.”

Psalms 37:10
“For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.”

Adam came to life when he became a living soul, but can a man lose his soul?

Mark 8:36
What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

1 Peter 1:9
for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

But isn’t the human soul immortal?

Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in Hell.

Genesis 3:21-24
22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

Are you sure that the wicked will be completely consumed or burned up though?

Psalms 37:20
“But the wicked will perish: Though the Lord’s enemies are like the flowers of the field, they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.”

Malachi 4:1
“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.”

Does God want to destroy the wicked?

Ezekiel 33:11
Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn from your evil ways!

2 Peter 3:9
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”

Will sin ever happen again once all the wicked are destroyed?

1 John 3:9
No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.

2 Peter 1:4
Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

Luke 20:35-36
But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage. In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.

We know that sin causes death and we will no longer die because sin has been dealt with.

1 Corinthians 15:54-55
54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” 55 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”

When will the wicked be completely destroyed?

Matthew 13:40
“As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world/age.“

2 Peter 3:10.
“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”

Okay so wicked men will be destroyed along with the old creation, but what about Satan?

Hebrews 2:14
“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;“

Ezekiel 28:18
“Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.”

The last verse may be referring to a man instead of Satan, however we know that the Devil will be destroyed from the previous verse above.

After reading this page you may argue that I have given scripture, but not all of it. There are of course other verses that seem to teach an eternal hell or eternal suffering for the wicked. The next page will cover these scriptures to provide a balanced view. The last two pages in this study will list the most prominent verses in the Bible that teach that the wicked will be destroyed, perish, and die. There will be many more verses than quoted on this page and they are divided into Old and New Testament verses. These pages will be useful if you wish to study in more depth what scripture says about the fate of the wicked.

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  • April 30, 2018 at 2:46 am#822866
    GeneBalthrop
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    Nick, in the parable of the rich man and the poor man, does it say the richman was more of a sinner then the poor man? No, The point of that parable has nothing to do with sin, but of “suffering”, the rich man may have not been as much a sinner as the poor man far as that goes, the parable was about how much suffering one had over the other in their life. It also has nothing to do with eternal suffering in a hell fire forever either. In fact the suffering of the rich man may be Gods plan to deliever him, remember JOB.

    Remember parables are not literal they are “metaphors” and that metaphor was about sufferings in this life and the results that follow.

    Think of it like the parable of the one who had his debts forgiven him and when his fellow servant ask him to forgive him of a small debt compared to what his master forgave him, he would not forgive him the debt, therefore when his master heard about it he called him and said to him, i forgave you of your very large debt and should you not have forgiven your fellow servant his small debt, and he had him delivered to the “TORMENTORS ” till he should pay all that was due him.

    Not one word in the parable of the rich man and the poor man, has to do with “eternal” suffering, nor pay back for sin, that i can see writen there, just the amount of suffering each endured in their lives, and perhaps the mercy the rich man should have had.

    That is the way i see it Nick.

    Peace and love to you and yours. …..gene

    April 30, 2018 at 3:42 am#822867
    Anthony
    Participant

    Hi miia. When one adopts Christ Jesus (his life and example) as the standard for all doctrinal matters, then one can see that the teaching found in Luke 16 about Lazarus and the Rich Man was simply a parable. The Rich Man was not literally in the pangs of fire after his death as a punishment for his sins. After all, if such a torment was the actual punishment for sins, then Christ Jesus would have had to endure that very punishment to pay the penalty for the sins of the world. This means that Jesus would have to be in the torment of hell-fire for the rest of eternity.           If the consequences of sin were to be placed in a hell fire to be burned forever, then for Christ to have paid the penalty of our sins (so we do not have to suffer it), then Christ would have to be in that hell fire forever — always suffering the consequences of our sins. After all, the Bible says that Christ took our punishment. But Christ was alive from the dead some three days later, and is presently in heaven with the Father. He is not in an eternal hell fire undergoing the consequences of our sins! All of the scriptures speaking about the punishment of fire are symbolic. If they are not, then they would violate this fundamental theological fact of the New Testament that Christ paid the punishment for our sins without being burnt in any flames.

    Indeed, what did Christ do for us? The Bible says “He died” (Romans 3:34). And what are the wages of sin? — the consequences of sin?

    “For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

    • Romans 6:23

    The result of sin is death — not life in hell fire or anywhere else! What Jesus did was to be crucified for us on the cross. He did not go into hell fire to burn forever — or else He would still be there!                                               Some say that the wages of sin are eternal death (nonexistence). But this cannot be true. If it were, then Christ (in order to pay the penalty for our sins) would have had to remain dead for all eternity! Yet He was dead for only three days! He is now with the Father in heaven and getting ready to return to this earth to redeem His saints at the resurrection of the just. Others have said that since all humans have to die the first (physical) death (Hebrews 9:27), it is the seconddeath that Christ died for us. But how can that be? The second death is the Lake of Fire in the Book of Revelation (Revelation 20:14), and it is obvious that Christ did not go into any literal Lake of Fire while He died on the cross. His death was for us!

    What Christ did do for you, me and all mankind was to make it possible for all death to be abolished . The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. (1 Corinthians 15:26) which He will accomplish in His own good time. Only “life” will then exist!

    The fact is, the Bible makes perfectly good sense on the matter of the punishments for sin. It is when well-intentioned, but erroneous, interpreters begin to make symbolic scriptures to be literal, that all of the problems emerge. All becomes confusing and contradictory when this type of procedure is used. The story of Lazarus and the Rich Man is a pure parable from beginning to end. It makes perfectly good sense and tells a wonderful and significant story that any student of the Bible can relate to. Let us learn to leave the parables as parables! The Bible will become plain if we do.                                        the wages of sin (the punishment for sins) was death and not some kind of “eternal life” (Romans 6:23). Everlasting life is a gift from God (Romans 6:23), and nowhere is it automatically (or naturally) reckoned as a punishment for sins. The wages of sin happens to be death, not life! And this is precisely the type of punishment that was placed on Jesus when he paid the penalty for our sins. This means that every sin ever devised or perpetrated by mankind (from the time of Adam to the period in the future known as the dispensation of the fullness of times) was placed on the person of Christ Jesus. He bore the punishment for everyone of those sins that has been committed on the earth. God the Father imputed them to Christ, and not to mankind. This is the central teaching of the Gospel and the apostle Paul homed in on it with precision. Note Paul’s teaching in 2 Corinthians 5:19. “God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and has committed unto us the word of reconciliation.”

    “All these things spoke Jesus unto the multitudes in parables; and without a parable spoke he not unto them.”

    1. Matthew 13:34.            God bless.   Just a word for thought           anthony     

    April 30, 2018 at 7:46 am#822878
    GeneBalthrop
    Participant

    Anthony. ….Well put brother. Jesus died and paid for the “penalty” which would have resulted in “eternal death”, because of our sins, “we were bought with a price”, He paid the price for our redemption, we are no longer under condemnation, but have been delievered from death to life. But none the less every man shall give account for what he has done in the flesh.

    For every man work shall be tried by fire those who have built with gold, silver, and precious stones shall recieve a reward,those who have built with wood hay or stubble, shall suffer a loss, for the fire will judge every mans work, but if he suffers loos by not building with precious stones, he himself shall be saved anyway, yet as with fire (intense judgement) , so we (that believe), have been delivered from “death”, but not from judgements.

    Peace and love to you and yours. …..gene

    April 30, 2018 at 9:01 am#822884
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi Gene,

    2 Cor 5.10

    For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the BODY according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

    Yes it is not a judgement of condemnation for those who have passed over from death to life. What they have done in the body of Christ perhaps.? The PARABLE of the talents explains it. You must let the gift of the Spirit increase and lead you. Gal5.25

    .Mt 25.29

    For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away. Throw the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

    April 30, 2018 at 10:24 am#822890
    Anthony
    Participant

    I hear that. I even believe we could loss out  on the first resurrection .Those who are brought forth from the dead at Christ’s second advent, will be able to see the thousand year reign of Christ on earth known as the Millennium (Revelation 20:1-5). But those who persist in sinfullness and unrighteousness will not be granted the privilege of witnessing that glorious reign of Christ on earth (known as the Kingdom of God).

    Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inheritthe kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolators, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but you are sanctified, but you are justified [declared righteous]in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.”

    • 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

    “For this you know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolator, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.”

    • Ephesians 5:5
    April 30, 2018 at 10:26 am#822891
    GeneBalthrop
    Participant

    Nick and Anthony, I completely agree with all that, except perhaps the idea that “outer darkness” is meet to be eternal death, because how could a person weep and gnash his teeth if he were completely done away with, maybe before he is done away with he would, but it says “in that place”, so it seems to be a location.

    May God help us brothers, and give us the strenth to endure and produce fruit with the spirit he has given us, because it surely will be required of us at the judgement seat of Jesus our lord, but better, our brother. He dosen’t pull punches and will surely render to us what we have done with what he has given us, sometimes the thought of that gives me fear, so again I say, GOD HELP US TO STAND BROTHERS.

    Peace and love to you and yours. ……gene

    April 30, 2018 at 10:44 am#822893
    GeneBalthrop
    Participant

    To all…..It is the last hour, we must work in the masters field even if the time is short and he is ready to call in the workers and give us our pay, even though we haven’t born the heat of the day like those hired first have, we could still recieve the same pay as they will. We need to be busy working in the vinyard the best we can with what we have.

    BLESS ALL YOU WORKERS TIME IS SHORT.

    Peace and love to you all and yours. …..gene

    April 30, 2018 at 10:54 am#822894
    Anthony
    Participant

    I hear that we need to stand firm and let the Spirit led us and not the flesh help us Lord

    April 30, 2018 at 11:45 am#822899
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi Anthony,

    We do not adopt the Lord Jesus.

    His Spirit is born into us, and if allowed, will teach and lead us.

    Then we must decrease and he must increase. The millennial reign is the REST promised in Heb 4.

    April 30, 2018 at 2:19 pm#822904
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi Gene,

    The place called Tartarus, mentioned in 2 Peter 2.4 , where angels who sinned await judgement, does not appear to be thrown into the Lake of fire as Hades is. This angels are doomed to be thrown in the fire as Matt 25 shows.

    Perhaps this is the place where gnashing of teeth occurs?

    The same fate is reserved for those who are not dressed in the proper attire for the wedding feast.

    The lake of fire is also mentioned in this way

    Matt 13.41

    The Son of Man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

    But then the Satan in Peter is called a stumbling block..

    ”Get behind me satan. You are a stumbling block to me..”

    The demons are condemned and perhaps this refers to their demise as well?

    April 30, 2018 at 4:24 pm#822908
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi Anthony,

    We can be more than witnesses.

    2Tim 2.11

    It s a trustworthy statement

    For if we died with him, we will also live with him

    If we endure, we will also reign with him;

    If we deny him, he will also deny us;

    If we are faithless, he remains faithful,

    for he cannot deny himself.

     

    Rev.20.4

    Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgement was given to them

    And I saw the souls of those who have been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus

    and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image,

    and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand;

    and they came to life and reigned with Christ for 1000 years.

     

    For more detail read the PARABLE in Lk 19.11f

    April 30, 2018 at 5:10 pm#822909
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi Anthony,

    To die with him is to be baptised in his name into his death.rom 6.2

    To be beheaded is to submit to his headship in the Body of Christ.

    If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Gal 5.25

    May 6, 2018 at 12:45 am#825523
    Miia
    Participant

    Hi all. I believe the weeping and gnashing of teeth in the outer darkness is in this world.

    “Eternal” it defiantly seems when you are in darkness and weeping, and gnashing teeth (which humans do in anger).

    Thank you for the posts in reply to Nick (Nick, I don’t need to answer 🙂

    Very true @Anthony – Thanks.

    Nick: The millennial reign is the REST promised in Heb 4.

    If anyone has come from the outer darkness and are now at rest, then that is the rest promised surely? Of course we can never be truly at rest 100% in this world the way it is.

    June 18, 2018 at 11:25 pm#831087
    Proclaimer
    Participant

    If the Second Death is eternal, that is a sure way of saying you will never have life.

    September 13, 2018 at 3:57 pm#834236
    Alan Finch
    Participant

    My name is Alan Finch. I became a Christian 42 years ago.

    WOW, I was taught and believed that multitudes upon multitudes of humans will suffer eternal torment for 100 trillion years, and then another 100 trillion years, and then another 100 trillion years, and it goes on and on with no hope of it ever ending. I am certain that each one of us, deep inside of our very being, know that something just does not add up, but we just can’t quite figure out what is it that we are not understanding correctly from the Scriptures.

    The true biblical teaching is neither the traditional Christian view of hell, nor the view of annihilation. Our great God is neither a great torturer nor a great annihilator, but He is the great Saviour of the world.

    The mystery of the finished work of Christ on the Cross will one day reveal the perfect plan of God for the entire human race, which does not include eternal torment or eternal annihilation for one single person!

    I have written an article upon this topic, but it is much too lengthy to post on this site (26 pages). Below is an introduction. If anyone would like a copy in it’s original Word Document Format, feel free to e-mail me and request a copy and I will e-mail you a copy.

    [email protected]

    ………. What is the “GOOD NEWS” of the Gospel of Christ? ……….(Re-examining the widely held belief of eternal torment in Hellfire)

    My purpose for this writing is to Biblically expound upon: (1) is there really going to be  eternal torment?” (2) is there really going to be eternal annihilation?  (3) to give a Biblical answer to the question “If there is no eternal torment, and if there is no eternal annihilation of our very being, then what are we being saved from and what is our being here during this present time on earth really all about?”

    I was a Christian for 38 years before I gained a better Scriptural understanding of some Biblical truths that I had not properly understood in regards to the finished work of Christ on the Cross.

     

     

     

    September 13, 2018 at 4:39 pm#834237
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Welcome Alan,

    Yes God did not plan anything but good things for the sons of Adam.

    The Lake of Fire was only prepared for the devil and his angels.

    He sent His Son to rescue men and He wants all to be saved.

    What a kind, gracious, patient and merciful God we have.

    September 14, 2018 at 3:13 am#834243
    Jodi
    Participant

    Zech 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

    Hebrews 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?……29 For our God is a consuming fire.

    Matthew 25:31 And <strong>whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory</strong>, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory; 32 <strong>and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another,</strong> as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats, 33 and he shall set the sheep indeed on his right hand, and the goats on the left. 34Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35 for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me; 36 naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink? 38 and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around? 39 and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee? 40And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of these my brethren — the least — to me ye did [it]. 41 Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the devil and his messengers; 42 for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink; 43 a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me. 44 Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee? 45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of these, the least, ye did [it] not to me. 46 And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.’

    Our God is a consuming fire, God brings men through the fire and refines them, He tries them, he scourges/punishes them to purify them. 

    Mathew 25 Jesus speaks of the adversary/slanderer and his messengers, these are those that did not take care of the poor, they did not feed them, clothe them or take care of them. They were selfish, self righteous people. These are people who mind the things of men instead of God’s ways. Jesus tells us that charity covers a multitude of sins. In Matthew 25 we see that these who were refined have been called to inherit the kingdom as to reign for a thousand years with Christ. There as some being called and put through a fire now, they are known as the elect, the were predestined before the foundation of the world. We are also told in Matthew 25 that the FIRE has also been prepared to PUNISH/Refine those who did not have charity for the poor.

    Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

    Revelation 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

    The second death represents the end of DEATH, death is the punishment of sin, death is destroyed not because all people who are sinful are destroyed, but because their sinful hearts are destroyed, their hearts have been refined. There is no longer any sin, so therefore their is no longer any death.

    1 Corinthians 15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 

    Christ reigns for a thousand years. He is to subdue all things under him, and when he is finished God is all in all. Death is the last enemy to be destroyed, death is the enemy because as Paul tells us all our lifetimes we have been in bondage because of the fear of death. Those in the first resurrection cannot be hurt by the second death, they do not live in fear, in anguish, they feel no shame, as they have been set free and have a perfect body. They cannot be hurt by the second death, they are resurrected in joy and peace, not in punishment and refinement. They had gone to their graves having faith. Those who arise in the second resurrection do not have an immortal body but are those still in bondage, they had gone to their graves as unbelievers. They rise to be punished to be put through the fire, where death is destroyed, as their sins are washed clean. DEATH is destroyed because sin no longer exists, God is all in all. 

     

    September 14, 2018 at 4:55 am#834244
    GeneBalthrop
    Participant

    Allen Finch……welcome to the site

    Peace and love to you and yours. ……gene

    September 14, 2018 at 10:12 am#834251
    NickHassan
    Participant

    Hi,

    Men cannot accept the stark warnings about the second death, the lake of fire and they search for wriggle room.

    Instead they should be repenting and pleading for grace and the vital key to the kingdom, the Spirit.

     

    September 15, 2018 at 7:16 am#834267
    Alan Finch
    Participant

    My name is Alan Finch. I became a Christian 42 years ago. I am adding an additional comment to my previous comment from yesterday.

    It is important to understand that the Lake of Fire is not a physical Lake of Fire. The Biblical phrase “Lake of Fire” is symbolic for a Spiritual Lake of Fire which is representative of the FIRE of God’s Spirit that is going to do a transforming work of “Divine Purification”  in each individual that comes before the Great White Throne Judgment. This transforming work from God’s Spirit will give these individuals a full understanding of God’s Boundless Love for them and the entire human race.  (Note: The Scriptures do not reveal how long that this process will take)

    I have written a 26 page article that Biblically deals with this subject extensively. If anyone would like a copy, feel free to e-mail me and ask for a copy, and I will e-mail you a copy.

    [email protected]

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