Since we now know Einstein that time was created simultaneously with space and is part of space — now known as space-time — it is possible that time itself could end when space ends.
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. Only two possibilities: Eternal life or no life death, end of existence. No mention of people being punished forever in hell. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire. Sodom and Gomorrah are cited as examples of punishment of eternal fire. Those cities were burned out of existence.
They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever.
This is the Apostle John's dream about what will happen in the future; words quoted from a dream are not as clear as direct statements from Jesus and the Apostles. The dream says that hell fire is eternal for people who 'worship the beast and his image.
They will be tormented day and night for ever and eve r. Says specifically that the devil, the beast and the false prophet will burn in hell forever. Does not say any alive today or in the past will burn forever.
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. Sounds like the first death is physical death and the second death after judgment is death in hell fire. This speaks of death end of existence in hell, not everlasting life in hell.
Any living thing thrown into a lake of fire dies. This is the second death. Like the preceding verse, this seems to say that the first death is physical death and the second death after judgment is death in hell fire.
It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. Jesus acknowledges hell as a terrible place, but no mention of time in hell. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction , and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. Only two possibilities: Eternal life or eternal destruction. Jesus is giving an example about what will happen to false prophets who come in sheep's clothing.
When trees are thrown into the fire, they burn up and cease to exist. Seems to mean the dire condition after death while awaiting judgment, before being cast into hell. See 13 above. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Even the soul is destroyed. When something is destroyed, it no longer exists. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the blazing furnace , where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away.
This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the blazing furnace , where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Dead fish rot and cease to exist. When any living thing is thrown into a blazing furnace, it is killed and ceases to exist. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
When fish or any living thing is thrown into fire it is consumed, burned up, and ceases to exist, even tho the fire continues. It is better for you to enter life maimed with two hands than to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. Doesn't say a person will burn forever in hell, only that the fire never goes out. People die in the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels see next verse below. Doesn't say a person will burn forever in hell — only that the fire burns forever — and that the fire in which a person eventually dies is prepared for the devil and his angels, who will burn there forever see 18 above.
First let us go to Malachi ,3. And the day that is coming shall burn them up , says the Lord of hosts,that shall leave them neither root nor branch. You shall trample the wicked for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet. In another place the Bible says in Psalms , 11, "For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look diligently for his place, but it shall be no more. Jude 7 makes this subject very plain.
How can this be explained? It means that these cities were completely burned, until there was nothing left. In English these words mean that the fire will go on forever, but in the Greek it has a different meaning. Basil Atkinson explains it this way. The phrase everlasting punishment is comparable to everlasting redemption and everlasting salvation, both Scriptural phrases. No one supposes that we are being redeemed or saved forever. We were redeemed and saved once for all by Christ with eternal results.
In the same way the lost will not be passing through the process of punishment forever but will be punished once and for all with eternal results. On the other hand the noun 'life' is not a noun of action, but a noun expressing a state. Thus life itself is eternal. The Hebrew Bible itself assumes that the dead are simply dead—that their body lies in the grave, and there is no consciousness, ever again.
And so, traditional Israelites did not believe in life after death, only death after death. That is what made death so mournful: nothing could make an afterlife existence sweet, since there was no life at all, and thus no family, friends, conversations, food, drink — no communion even with God.
God would forget the person and the person could not even worship. The most one could hope for was a good and particularly long life here and now. But Jews began to change their view over time, although it too never involved imagining a heaven or hell. About two hundred years before Jesus, Jewish thinkers began to believe that there had to be something beyond death—a kind of justice to come.
Jews had long believed that God was lord of the entire world and all people, both the living and the dead. If God loves his people and is sovereign over all the world why do his people experience so much tragedy? This new idea maintained that there are evil forces in the world aligned against God and determined to afflict his people. Even though God is the ultimate ruler over all, he has temporarily relinquished control of this world for some mysterious reason. But the forces of evil have little time left.
God is soon to intervene in earthly affairs to destroy everything and everyone that opposes him and to bring in a new realm for his true followers, a Kingdom of God, a paradise on earth. Most important, this new earthly kingdom will come not only to those alive at the time, but also to those who have died. Indeed, God will breathe life back into the dead, restoring them to an earthly existence.
And God will bring all the dead back to life, not just the righteous. The multitude who had been opposed to God will also be raised, but for a different reason: to see the errors of their ways and be judged. Once they are shocked and filled with regret — but too late — they will permanently be wiped out of existence. This view of the coming resurrection dominated the view of Jewish thought in the days of Jesus.
It was also the view he himself embraced and proclaimed. The end of time is coming soon. God will soon destroy everything and everyone opposed to him and establish a new order on earth. Those who enter this kingdom will enjoy a utopian existence for all time. All others will be annihilated. But Jesus put his own twist on the idea. Put most simply, that involves loving God above all things despite personal hardship, and working diligently for the welfare of others, even when it is exceedingly difficult.
This may be simple, but it is not easy. Since your neighbor is anyone you know, see, or hear about, as in the parable of the Good Samaritan, true love means helping everyone in need, not just those in your preferred social circles.
Jesus was concerned principally for the poor, the outcasts, the foreigners, the marginalized, and even the most hated enemies. Few people are. Especially those with good lives and abundant resources. Most people today would be surprised to learn that Jesus believed in a bodily eternal life here on earth, instead of eternal bliss for souls, but even more that he did not believe in hell as a place of eternal torment.
It was where, according to the Old Testament, ancient Israelites practiced child sacrifice to foreign gods. The God of Israel had condemned and forsaken the place. In the ancient world whether Greek, Roman, or Jewish , the worst punishment a person could experience after death was to be denied a decent burial.
Jesus developed this view into a repugnant scenario: corpses of those excluded from the kingdom would be unceremoniously tossed into the most desecrated dumping ground on the planet.
Jesus did not say souls would be tortured there. They simply would no longer exist.
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