The Devil,The Beast , False Prophet , people not in the Book of Life...are all thrown into the LOF and are all persons that could be tortured. However "Death" and "Hades" are also thrown there...they cannot be tortured...but can be annihilated...as they are concepts or unseen worlds. The "death" here must be the one that use to "sleep" awaiting the resurrection. Hades is that world of all the sleeping dead before the resurrection. At the Resurrection...neither of these two concepts are needed and are thus annihilated. Therefore everything and everyone that experiences the second death of the Lake of Fire...are annihilated.
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Which Death Was Destroyed in AD 70
Introduction
The recent attack upon full Preterism, alleging that it logically leads to Universalism, has made it clear that the question
which death was destroyed in A.D. 70 figures prominently in the discussion. In this article we answer this question and trace some of the ideological antecedents leading to Universalism within the Preterist camp. We will conclude that it is soteriology, not eschatology that has led some into Universalism, and this, based upon erroneous assumptions concerning imputed Adamic sin and the Mosaic law.
We say
formally became Universalist, because it is clear that Townley held opinions that were Universalistic when he wrote his book, even though he did not recognize that fact, and actually appended an article to his book
against Universalism.
[1] Thus, it was not Preterism that caused Townley to become Universalist, or
vice versa. Even so, the historical connection remains a fact. Dr. David Thom, the Minister who ordained Townley into Universalism, stated "By some, the (Apocalypse) is considered to have received its accomplishment in the fact, and at the period of Jerusalem's destruction. Among the America Universalists this view is very prevalent." Universalists have traditionally used Preterism, or, at least,
partial Preterism, to prop up their position, by arguing
all judgment was exhausted in AD 70. This was the position of Universalist, Erasmus Manford in an oral debate transcribed and preserved in book form with Benjamin Franklin (churchman, not colonial statesmen).
Conclusion
Preterism is a system of interpreting eschatology, not soteriology, and therefore has no logical connection to Universalism. Preterism’s problem with Universalism rises out of some individuals’ erroneous assumptions concerning the corporate nature of sin and salvation as these in turn are
applied to fulfilled eschatology, but have nothing to do with fulfilled eschatology itself. It is not Preterism that should be abandoned, but King’s covenant eschatology and the notion of imputed Adamic guilt.
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The Total Victory of Christ
Universal Salvation Explained
Many are surprised to learn that the same church fathers who gave us our critical church doctines, including the Trinity doctrine, believed in the Universal Salvation of all people through Jesus Christ. Not to be confused with with religious universalism, here we are presenting Universal Salvation as a non-critical doctrine that Christians may freely accept or reject. Like Calvinism and Arminianism, the doctrine of Universal Salvation violates no critical church doctrines and is safely in the realm of minor doctrine.
The five points of Universal Salvation:
1.) God is love. His goodness is free, immutable, eternal, infinite, and impartial.
2.) Kingdom government by the faithful. To be a child of God is to be an heir of the kingdom and therefore carries royal authority but is not exclusive salvation.
3.) Death will be abolished by Christ. All of mankind is rescued from death by Christ, even non-believers, at the resurrection of the dead on the last day.
4.) The judgment seat of Christ. God’s punishments are always corrective and measured, rooted in his nature of love and goodness, and never infinite.
5.) Followers of Christ alone pass directly through death and into life before the resurrection of the dead on the last day.
