Conditional Immortality, Soul Sleep and Annihilationism
(Part Two of Chapter 3 The Death State) Asleep in Christ In the New Testament, the “sleep” metaphor for death is taken up some 19 times. Examples: Matt. 9:24, I Thessalonians 5:10 (Greek katheudo); Acts 7:60, Acts 13:36, I Cor. 11:30, 15:6 and 15:18 (Greek koimasthai). Unfortunately, the NRSV often obscures the point by translating, simply, “died”.1 [...]
(Part One of Chapter 3 The Death State) According to the Bible, the dead, whether Christian or non-Christian, good or evil, saved or lost, are neither suffering in “hell”, nor labouring in “purgatory”, nor rejoicing in “heaven”. Rather, they have entirely ceased to function. Without consciousness, they await the resurrection of the dead at the [...]
What happens at death? ( Continued from Part one ) “DUST” Genesis 2:7 tells us three things about ourselves. Let us examine each in turn, in the light of Bible teaching in general. First: “man” (Hebrew ‘adham) was “formed” by God “of dust (‘aphar) from the ground (‘adhamah)”. “Man” (in the generic sense), not only “man’s [...]
In the first chapter of Life, Death and Destiny, (see Human Death : The problem of death), a whole Christian doctrine of death was sketched. It is time to investigate in detail the question: According to the Bible, what becomes of a person at death? What Happens at Death? The answer is likely to surprise many [...]
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Here is the video from last year's conference. The transcript is here: Tracing the Road to Gehenna We should be videoing this year's conference … [Read More...]
