Why do some 'Christians' believe that Hell is not eternal?

[Hieronymus]

And Now I'm going to explain why you hold a heretical view of Hell. It's because you are apart of the Seventh Day Adventists:

Here's her Grave under a Masonic Obelisk

Ah...
The guilt by association fallacy...
When there's not much else left, you stoop to ad hominem argumentation.
Jehova's Witnesses also believe in God.
Does that make you a heretic?
Come on...

 

[Jude1:3Contendforthefaith]

It'a All A Trick to get people to take the mark of the beast and fool them into thinking that "Hell isn't really that bad" kind of thing.

 

[Hieronymus]

It'a All A Trick to get people to take the mark of the beast and fool them into thinking that "Hell isn't really that bad" kind of thing.

So the death penalty, and the time before execution is not bad?

 

[Jude1:3Contendforthefaith]

So the death penalty, and the time before execution is not bad?

It's a Masonic trick and I hope you don't fall for it.

 

[dreadnought]

its here on earth we have our choice. there is no second chance.

No, I think there is always a choice. Some people wait longer than others to make the correct choice.

 

[Papa DSNM]

Isn't there wailing and gnashing of the teeth? I've also read that with the Rapture that those in Hell, satan and his demons will simply cease to exist. By ceasing to exist, does one just witnesses blackness for eternity?

Ceasing to exist means exactly that. No more consciousness of anything. Satan too will be thrown into the lake of fire which means eternal destruction.

 

[Steve Petersen]

You can't say God is good on one hand and that He decrees eternal torture on the other.

 

[Papa DSNM]

The most common reason given is that they cannot reconcile the idea of a God who would do that with their idea of a God who must be all-forgiving an all-loving. Therefore, they speculate that hell is for a necessary correction, but not eternal punishment.

Those who are more theologically inclined, point out that there are a few verses in Scripture which seem to suggest universal salvation and that the idea of universal salvation was more common in the early days of the church although it died out afterwards.

Hell is an incorrect rendering of sheol in Hebrew and Hades in Greek. Both mean mankind's common grave. This eternal torment dogma has been handed down over the ages to frighten people way back from the days of Babylon. If we refuse to repent and submit to God...he has never in history "tormented" anyone. He destroyed his enemies. In fact he finds no delight in doing that. Even Jesus wept over the fact that the Jews rejected him. Would such a tender man who had the exact personality of his father carry out everlasting torment for a human that has lived for perhaps seventy or eighty years. The Bible says God's justice is perfect. It is sad when one does not really pray to come to know the true God of the Bible he is LOVE.

 

[Papa DSNM]

You can't say God is good on one hand and that He decrees eternal torture on the other.

Thank you Mr. Peterson! The Bible agrees...

 

[Papa DSNM]

Personally, I believe man was created with an immortal spirit, like the angels. But when Adam sinned, his whole being; body, soul, and spirit; became mortal. He went from life to death. When we are born again we go from death to life, meaning immortality.

This makes me believe humans who are not saved will be cast into the lake of fire and be destroyed completely in an instant. But the lake of fire, itself, will go on and on and on eternally, and the demons will suffer eternally as they are immortal.

Not all who attain everlasting life are granted immortality by God which means the inability to die and self sustained life, not dependent on anything. By being cast into the Lake of Fire the demons as well as any humans cast there will be destroyed forever. God has no delight in hearing persons wail in grief forever. When you are destroyed your punishment is just from God's standpoint.

 

[Jude1:3Contendforthefaith]

Hell is an incorrect rendering of sheol in Hebrew and Hades in Greek. Both mean mankind's common grave. This eternal torment dogma has been handed down over the ages to frighten people way back from the days of Babylon. If we refuse to repent and submit to God...he has never in history "tormented" anyone. He destroyed his enemies. In fact he finds no delight in doing that. Even Jesus wept over the fact that the Jews rejected him. Would such a tender man who had the exact personality of his father carry out everlasting torment for a human that has lived for perhaps seventy or eighty years. The Bible says God's justice is perfect. It is sad when one does not really pray to come to know the true God of the Bible he is LOVE.

Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If ANYONE worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of The Wrath Of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He Shall Be TORMENTED With Fire And Brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And The Smoke Of THEIR TORMENT Ascends FOREVER And EVER; and They Have No Rest Day Or Night, Who Worship The Beast and his image, and Whoever Receives The mark Of His Name.”

• Revelation 14:9-11

 

[Papa DSNM]

You are correct .... and it does not happen ..... in the end all the unsaved will be totally destroyed ... teaching of eternal torment is not biblically correct and is not sound teaching.

Agreed. The God of the Bible is a God of love and does not desire any to be destroyed. Tormented is out of the question! He would not under the Law Covenant even allow animals or slaves to be mistreated. Eternal torment? Who can you be speaking of? Not Jehovah.

 

[Papa DSNM]

Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If ANYONE worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of The Wrath Of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He Shall Be TORMENTED With Fire And Brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And The Smoke Of THEIR TORMENT Ascends FOREVER And EVER; and They Have No Rest Day Or Night, Who Worship The Beast and his image, and Whoever Receives The mark Of His Name.”

• Revelation 14:9-11

 

[Papa DSNM]

Must be a different God than the one in the Bible you are speaking of...pray to him that you can really get to know him.

 

[Steve Petersen]

Agreed. The God of the Bible is a God of love and does not desire any to be destroyed. Tormented is out of the question! He would not under the Law Covenant even allow animals or slaves to be mistreated. Eternal torment? Who can you be speaking of? Not Jehovah.

If He doesn't want anyone destroyed all he has to do is Not destroy them!

 

[Papa DSNM]

the opposite to enternal life should be enternal death.

but some verses in the bible say that the souls will exist for ever and can not be destroyed, correct me if am wrong, if this is the case then indeed the people in hell will be tortured for ever and ever. or maybe "for ever" means like 1 million years?

Hell and Hades are translated grave. Faiths have been misled to believe that the loving God of the Bible would torment persons forever. He has never done that all throughout Bible history. Why did he not torment the Canaanites, Philistines, Ammonites etc? Will he now bring them back from the grave and torment them forever so that he can delight in their wails of despair? Some say he is not conscious of hearing that? How is that even possible with a God who knows everything at every moment? Let's be reasonable and really think and pray on this.

 

[Papa DSNM]

Wishful thinking, perhaps?

It disturbs some people to think that someone could spend eternity in Hell- even more so when they realize that there's probably going to be a lot of people there. So, they're inclined to "reason away" the idea of eternal punishment.

Not an accurate Bible teaching. Pray to God for the truth he will answer you.

 

[Papa DSNM]

This is what the Bible does teach, that the Lake of Fire is eternal and everlasting, although I'm not sure but I did read somewhere that after the Rapture, these people in Hell along with satan will experience the ultimate death where they cease to exist.

I don't decide what Hell is, God does, and it is a place where the unrepentant and evildoers on Earth go to after this life.

Check the translation of Hell: Hebrew: Sheol and in Greek: Hades both mean the grave. The idea of fire and torment come from pagan non-christian beliefs.
The God of the Bible hates this false representation of his justice!

 

[Tayla]

There is no life possible without God. Sin can not live in the presence of a Holy God. There is no such thing as a living body without a soul.

Yes, I agree. I wonder whether animals and plants (which have bodies) also have souls?

 

[mmksparbud]

Yes, I agree. I wonder whether animals and plants (which have bodies) also have souls?

It is the same breath of life that He gave to Adam and Eve that He bestowed on the animals.