And the SMOKE of their torment...No eternal damnation for anyone, except the Devil
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I destroyed my car once but they still had to tow it away in pieces. 
When people deny linguistics, meaning of words within a context, etymology, exegesis, logic and double down it is pretty much wasted effort.
When people deny linguistics, meaning of words within a context, etymology, exegesis, logic and double down it is pretty much wasted effort.
That same line of logic applies to people who are destroyed. John 3:16 says they perish.
Maybe one more example. A log in a bonfire completely reduced to ashes ceases to exist and it can never exist again. A smoldering pile of ashes is not a log anymore. I hope that’s clear.
I guess either continue in denial so you can preserve your preferred religious teachings of men or just accepted what the Bible says.
James 4:12
"God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy."
Hebrews 10:39
"But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction..."
Philippians 3:18-19
"For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ.
19 They are headed for destruction."
Psalm 92:7
"Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish they will be destroyed forever."
Psalm 37:20
"But the wicked will die... they will disappear like smoke."
Psalm 1:6:
"... For the Lord watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction."
Hebrews 10:26-27
"There is only the terrible expectation of God's judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies."
2 Peter 3:7
"...for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed."
Romans 2:7
"He will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers."
Genesis 3:19
"For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return."
Psalm 146:4
"When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them."
Ecclesiastes 9:5
"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."
Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins is the one who will die.
Jeremiah 19:5
"They have built pagan shrines to Baal, and there they burn their sons as sacrifices to Baal. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed My mind to command such a thing!"
Malachi 4:1, 4:3 "The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all... On the day when I act, you will tread upon the wicked as if they were dust under your feet," says the Lord of Heaven's Armies."
Matthew 10:28
"And fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life."
John 6:51
"I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever" (the offer to live forever only makes sense if it were possible to not live forever.)
2 Thessalonians 1:9
"They will be punished with eternal destruction,forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power."
Romans 6:23
"For the wages of sin is death."
2 Peter 2:6
"and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly"
Revelation 20:14-15
"And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire. And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire."
I haven’t forgotten about this post and I’ve been taking my time getting around to it because the link you cited is an hour long sermon. Today I’ve had a bit of time to sorta skim through it. While I agree with many things he says, I also noticed he’s wrong on several things.
I don’t really want to go into all of those things, but much of his pretense is false. I don’t really have the time, nor the desire, to sit here and transcribe an hour of his audio into a presentation. It would be difficult for readers to fact check as well if they won’t listen to an hour long sermon.
If you happen to have a transcription of that sermon that would be helpful to actually form a reply, citing his own words, then demonstrating the ways he’s wrong about annihilation.
I don’t really want to go into all of those things, but much of his pretense is false. I don’t really have the time, nor the desire, to sit here and transcribe an hour of his audio into a presentation. It would be difficult for readers to fact check as well if they won’t listen to an hour long sermon.
If you happen to have a transcription of that sermon that would be helpful to actually form a reply, citing his own words, then demonstrating the ways he’s wrong about annihilation.
How so? Destroyed means “put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.” According to the Oxford Languages dictionary. Merriam-Webster and the Cambridge dictionary use similar verbiage. I prefer universally agreed upon definitions so we can all understand each other. That’s the fundamental point of words having meaning.
What do you think destroyed means?
Psalm 37:20
20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
Hebrews 10:27
27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Malachi 4:1
1For, 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.
Malachi 4:3
3And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
2 Peter 2:6
6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
Matthew 3:10-12
10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Starting to get the idea of Biblical destruction yet? It uses imagery of burning people to ashes. Ashes aren’t people. They’re destroyed just like the English definition of destroy says.
What do you think destroyed means?
Psalm 37:20
20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
Hebrews 10:27
27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Malachi 4:1
1For, 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.
Malachi 4:3
3And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
2 Peter 2:6
6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
Matthew 3:10-12
10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Starting to get the idea of Biblical destruction yet? It uses imagery of burning people to ashes. Ashes aren’t people. They’re destroyed just like the English definition of destroy says.
This doesn't fly. You don't want to see the truth, because of your emotional sentiments about unbelievers being tormented forever. That's your hang-up.
The Bible is clear; those who will be cast into the LOF wil be tormented for ever and ever. That includes ALL unbelievers and ALL fallen angels. A very big group.
But that really bothers you.
The Bible says nothing in the account of the GWT judgment about that crowd receiving annihilation. So you still have no evidence.
The Bible is clear; those who will be cast into the LOF wil be tormented for ever and ever. That includes ALL unbelievers and ALL fallen angels. A very big group.
But that really bothers you.
The Bible says nothing in the account of the GWT judgment about that crowd receiving annihilation. So you still have no evidence.
if by emotional you mean happy then yes. Knowing about you, though, I know you mean it despairingly. We also already established that this isn’t your original thought. I discovered researching John Stott that a common tactic used in these sorts of debates is to demonize them as emotionally unstable. You’ve often taken it a step further, referring to me and others as drunks.
That’s your imagination and false assumption. The Bible is not clear about that and it doesn’t exist in the Bible.
You’re not a good judge of character. You have no idea what bothers me and I’d never confide in someone like you anyway. How about you stay on topic.
It doesn’t say their bodies are destroyed in the LOF either. So that’s what we do now? We just isolate verses and ignore the rest of scripture? No wonder you’re so blind.
That’s your imagination and false assumption. The Bible is not clear about that and it doesn’t exist in the Bible.
You’re not a good judge of character. You have no idea what bothers me and I’d never confide in someone like you anyway. How about you stay on topic.
It doesn’t say their bodies are destroyed in the LOF either. So that’s what we do now? We just isolate verses and ignore the rest of scripture? No wonder you’re so blind.