(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...]

( From Chapter Six (Part 3A - The Final State ): The Judgment of God from Life, Death and Destiny) THE FINAL STATE OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED In essence, there is little debate amongst Christians over the final state of those who are saved: they will enjoy everlasting, bodily (resurrected) life in communion with God and with one another, in the “new heavens and new … [Read more...]

( From Chapter Six (Part 2A - The Last Judgment ): The Judgment of God from Life, Death and Destiny) THE LAST JUDGMENT Occasionally it is taught that the lost simply perish forever at death, without ever facing judgment. However, the Bible states consistently that God in Christ will raise up every human being for judgment, either for life or for condemnation:…there will … [Read more...]

( From Chapter Six (Part 2B - The Last Judgment ): The Judgment of God from Life, Death and Destiny) THE LAST JUDGMENT The doctrine of final judgment is neither a primitive notion to be discarded in the name of progress, nor a mythological symbol for something else. It is an absolutely essential feature of biblical Christian faith, on the same level as creation and the … [Read more...]