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Posted 5th January 2012 at 08:01 AM by Timothew
Many ministers believe that when the wicked die they pass into hellfire, there to suffer endless torture by a vengeful God. Here are ten reasons why true Christians who truly study the Scriptures should reject such a doctrine.

1. We reject the teaching of eternal torment because it claims that the lost will continue living forever, which is contrary to Scripture’s plainest testimony: "He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life" (1 John 5:12). "The soul that sinneth, it shall die" (Ezekiel 18:20).

2. We reject the teaching of eternal torment because it robs us of our God of love and substitutes a God who is a monster whose wrath is never appeased. But God is "not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9).

3. We reject the teaching of eternal torment because it cannot be reconciled with the picture the Bible gives of Christ. Jesus said, "suffer [allow] little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:14). Could this Jesus, who gathered little children in His arms and blessed them while here on earth, take other little children and torture them throughout eternity? The obvious answer is no!

4. We reject the teaching of eternal torment because the redeemed, who will have a part in the final judgment, could never condemn their fellow creatures—their relatives, grandparents, parents, husbands, wives, and children—to unending torture. Their sense of justice could never permit such an atrocity and evil revenge. "Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?" (1 Corinthians 6:2).

5. We reject the teaching of eternal torment because it imposes a punishment all out of proportion to the crimes committed and thus violates the infinite justice of God. "But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things" (Romans 2:2). "I judge: and my judgment is just" (John 5:30), Christ tells us.

6. We reject the teaching of eternal torment because it would forever cast a shadow over the happiness of the redeemed to know that somewhere in the universe their own relatives—their flesh and blood—were being tortured, tormented, and toasted over undying flames. But "God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes" (Revelation 7:17). And according to the people who believe that the rich man and Lazarus is literal, then it would mean that the ones in heaven can see the lost being fried and burned as a pancake for 6 million years, and then see them being over turned and burned some more for infinity! Where is the objective of this?

7. We reject the teaching of eternal torment because it demands that an eternal plague of sin taint God’s universe and makes it impossible for God to eradicate sin completely from his domain: "Through death he [Christ] might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil" (Hebrews 2:14). "And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming" (2 Thessalonians 2:8). (Ezekiel 28:18-19).

8. We reject the teaching of eternal torment because it perpetuates and immortalizes sin, suffering, sorrow, and pain, and thus it contradicts and nullifies God’s promises that these things will no more exist: "And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away" (Revelation 21:4).

9. We reject the teaching of eternal torment because it vilifies God’s character and turns Him into a monstrous agent of Satan—a miracle worker who keeps the wicked alive moment by moment in a fire that burns but cannot consume, that hurts but cannot destroy. God would have to sustain the lives of the lost in an aimless and endless punishment. Hence God would in reality become worse than Satan himself. Instead, "good and upright is the Lord" (Psalm 25:8); "O taste and see that the Lord is good" (Psalm 34:8).

The saved will once again get access to the tree of life (KJV - Rev 22:14) Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. So how can the wicked live for ever and possess immortality when they do not have access to the tree of life? And without access to the tree of life, the lost cannot live forever in some fire, as there will be no tree of life there.

10. We reject the teaching of eternal torment because of the fruit it has brought forth here on earth. It has caused untold millions to turn their backs on God and become His bitterest opponents.

Moreover, it has caused thousands of others to do unspeakable things to their fellow humans in the name of God. Many who led out in the infamous inquisition of Europe and the witch-hunts of early America were religious men who believed they were carrying out the will of God. These devout persecutors tortured heretics in order to save their souls from eternal damnation in the flames of hell.

We totally reject there is an unending hell, because this is not a teaching from the Bible and is an invention of Satan.

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