Does the Bible say that sinners will burn throughout eternity?
Originally posted by thetruthseeker
Does the Bible say that sinners will burn throughout eternity?
Originally posted by I can eat 50 eggs
Sinners? no, everyone is a sinner.
Originally posted by thetruthseeker
Yes, sinners will burn "for ever," but not throughout eternity.
Your brother in Christ,
TheTruthSeeker
Originally posted by Blackhawk
What does this mean? Is not forever eternity? Or is eternity longer than for now on.
Originally posted by thetruthseeker
Hi 50 eggs,
Will the un-converted (wicked, unrepentant) burn in hell throughout eternity?
Originally posted by JohnR7
Eternity and hell are Greek words, and so we need to be careful that we take on Bible definitions for them.
When Jesus uses the Greek word "geenna", this is a referance to what Isaiah said:
Isaiah 66:24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched ; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
This takes place during the 1000 year reign of Christ here on earth. Every year each nation will have to send a representive to Jerusalem. If they do not send a representive, God will not send them rain.
A part of what they will do, is go outside of the city, to the garbage dump, where they will look upon the body's of those who have rebelled against God. There will be a very visable display there of the carcase of their body.
The body came from the earth, and the body of the unsaved will return to the earth. When God removes the spirit or the "breath" of life from them.
Eccles. 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
At the resurrection of the dead, their soul returns to God and is cast into the lake of fire. The Bible calls this the second death.
Rev. 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Those who are saved, God will raise their body again up out of the dust. They then shall receive a glorified body.
1 Cor. 15:42
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
Philip. 3:21a
who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body,
I have never found any referance to what John the beloved is talking about: The Second Death. I have seen a bottomless pit, but I have never seen a lake of fire.
The idea of an un-ending hell is pagan in origin. Its origin is from the Catholic Church which got it from the pagan Greeks.
Originally posted by s0uljah
Uh, no, the Catholic Church got it from Jesus Christ. You can reinterpret Jesus' words all you want, but the Church has about 2,000 more years of experience than you do.
Matt. 25:41 - Jesus says, "Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels."
Matt. 25:46 - Jesus says, "they will go away into eternal punishment" which is in reference to this eternal fire.
Mark 9:47-48 - Jesus refers to hell as where the worm does not die and the fire is not quenched. It lasts forever.
Originally posted by thetruthseeker
Where did you get the representative scenerio?
Originally posted by thetruthseeker
At the Second Coming of Jesus the righteous will be meet Jesus in the air. We will go to heaven.
Originally posted by I can eat 50 eggs
Sinners? no, everyone is a sinner.
Originally posted by s0uljah
thetruthseeker-
I would invite you to post your information about the harlot of Babylon in the Catholic Forum on this site. Let's see how long you last.
Originally posted by JohnR7
Zech. 14:16-17
And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. [17] And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain.
My family I am told has traced the genology back to the Pilgrams and the Mayflower compact. The building I am in right now, has been in the family for 50 years and is right next door to a Pilgram church.
We go to heaven for about 7 years, for the duration of the great tribulation period. Then we return to earth with Jesus to rule and reign with Him.
Originally posted by JohnR7
What do you feel that Bible supports?
Originally posted by JohnR7
What do you feel that Bible supports?