Posts with the tag: hell

When Was the Church Corrupted by the IMMORTAL SOUL Doctrine?

The Scriptures plainly teach that immortality and eternal life are only available through the gospel of Christ (2 Timothy 1:10; John 3:36). In other words, human beings do not intrinsically possess immortality apart from redemption in Christ, which is why we’re told to seek it (Romans 2:7). For the unrepentant,..

What Did the Jews and Early Christians BELIEVE ABOUT HELL?

The orthodox view concerning human damnation of both the Jews in the Old Testament period and the Christians of the New Testament period was literal everlasting destruction. This is obvious because every person used of God to write the Holy Scriptures adhered to everlasting destruction. This was the commonly accepted..

Paul “FULLY PROCLAIMED the Gospel,” Including About Hell

Aside from Jesus Christ, Paul is by far the most important figure in the New Testament. Over half of the book of Acts, which is a biblical documentation of the early Church, is devoted to Paul’s exploits in ministry. About one third of the entire New Testament and nearly two..

The LANGUAGE OF DESTRUCTION Concerning Human Damnation

The apostle Paul summed up the whole matter of people’s reward for sin when he wrote:  For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 Could it be stated any plainer? The wages for sin is shown..

Isn’t Calling a Person a “LIVING SOUL” Redundant?

This question refers to the passage in the first book of the Bible that describes precisely how God created human beings: And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul (chay nephesh)…

Does Revelation 14:10-11 Support Eternal Roasting Torture?

Adherents of never-ending fiery torment naturally view this passage as their ‘ace card’ on the topic: “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, 10he, too, will drink of the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured out..

Does REVELATION 22:14-15 Support Eternal Roasting Torture?

A couple of people have written me about this statement Christ makes in the last chapter of the Bible because it sounds as if there will be wicked people right outside the gates of the new Jerusalem in the eternal age of the new Heavens and new Earth: 14“Blessed are..

Did Christ Advocate Self-Amputation in Mark 9:43-47?

Let’s read the passage in question: 43“If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. [44] b 45And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It..

What Happens to the SPIRIT at the Second Death?

Addressing the death of an unredeemed person, Ecclesiastes 12:7 says “the spirit returns to God who gave it.” “Spirit” here refers to the “breath of life,” aka the animating life force from God, noted in what theologians call ‘the creation text’: And the LORD God formed man of the dust of..