(From Chapter Seven (Part 1A - The Final State): The Judgment of God from Life, Death and Destiny){ Eternal Destruction (Part 1) click here } ETERNAL DESTRUCTION What Jesus accomplished on the cross was “a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people”. (( Hebrews 2:17;  compare Rom. 3:25.)) And this was through His death “once for all”, (( Hebrews 7:27, 9:25-26, … [Read more...]

(From Chapter Seven (Part 1A - The Final State): The Judgment of God from Life, Death and Destiny){ The Final State (Part 3C) click here } { Eternal Destruction (Part 2) click here } ETERNAL DESTRUCTION In the Bible, the final state of those who reject God is described in a variety of ways. However, all of these amount to the same thing in the end: rejection by God and … [Read more...]

(From Chapter Six (Part 3C - The Final State): The Judgment of God from Life, Death and Destiny){ The Final State (Part 3A) click here } { The Final State (Part 3B) click here } { Eternal Destruction (Part 1) click here }THE FINAL STATE OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED(c) Literal Destruction. It is often supposed that this view is merely an attempt to evade … [Read more...]

( From Chapter Six (Part 3B - The Final State ): The Judgment of God from Life, Death and Destiny){ The Final State (Part 3A) click here} THE FINAL STATE OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED (b) Everlasting suffering. The most common view, at least since the great Augustine of Hippo, (( 354-430 A.D.  See The City of God, Bk 21. )) has been that the wicked will suffer forever, … [Read more...]