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RE: People Don't Go to Hell in the Bible
August 3, 2015 at 9:56 am
"Eternal destruction"
Huh ?
How would one eternally destroy the Empire state Building, to pose an example ??
Eternal destruction implies eternal existence.
Or is this another one of those 'mystery of faith' or 'BECAUSE JESUS !!!!' things ???
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RE: People Don't Go to Hell in the Bible
August 3, 2015 at 9:59 am
You eternally destroy something by destroying it completely, and ensuring it never comes back into existence.
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RE: People Don't Go to Hell in the Bible
August 3, 2015 at 10:03 am
Oh, you don't spend eternity destroying it ??
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RE: People Don't Go to Hell in the Bible
August 3, 2015 at 10:14 am
This is why I said it's still debatable. We have different interpretations of what "eternally destroyed" means.
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RE: People Don't Go to Hell in the Bible
August 3, 2015 at 10:22 am
(This post was last modified: August 3, 2015 at 10:23 am by Neo-Scholastic.)
I need to point out that 1) Adam didn't immediately die after eating the fruit and 2) life comes not from the material body but by God's breathing life into the body. These facts point to the second death that John mentions in the Revelation, which is eternal damnation.
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RE: People Don't Go to Hell in the Bible
August 3, 2015 at 10:37 am
That's because the fruit doesn't actually cause death, as Yahweh implies. Him forbidding them from eating the fruit of eternal life does. Kind of a miscommunication thing going on.
If you exist in hell, you're not dead. You're as alive as people in heaven, just in a different location. You exist eternally either way, so saying people in heaven have eternal life isn't really accurate. Much like saying you will surely die if you eat the fruit of knowledge isn't entirely accurate.
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RE: People Don't Go to Hell in the Bible
August 3, 2015 at 11:32 am
If it could be proven beyond doubt that God exists...
and that He is the one spoken of in the Bible...
would you repent of your sins and place your faith in Jesus Christ?
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RE: People Don't Go to Hell in the Bible
August 3, 2015 at 11:35 am
Modern definitions don't always coincide with ancient definitions. I guess it's not cessation of existence after all.
