Does the bible teach that there is a hell of eternal torment in store for unbelievers?
In the parable it speaks of a place of torment (after one has died) as did the rich man and Lazarus
Luke 16:28 For I have five brethren; that he may
testify unto them,
lest they also come into this place of torment.
Cant be eternal given hell (as well as death) delivers up those called the dead up which were in them
Rev 20:13 And
the sea gave up the dead which were in it;
and death and hell 86 delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
The parable speaks of the torments as well....
Luke 16:23
And in hell 86 he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
According to Romans 6:23, the wages of sin is death, not eternal torment.
Death had passed onto all men (this we know) and Christ died for sinners as this we know, and was raised for our justification
This was also said in the parable of the rich man
Luke 16:29 Abraham saith unto him,
They have Moses and the prophets;
let them hear them.
Luke 16:30 And he said,
Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
Luke 16:31 And he said unto him,
If they hear not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded,
though one rose from the dead.
Which is consistent with Jesus words...
John 5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
For he had said had they believed Moses they would have believed me, and Abraham points his attention back to Moses and the prophets, they have "these" and to hear them. But if they hear not them they will not believe even though one rose from the dead (even as Jesus did).
However, why would death
AND hell be mentioned? There were dead in both of "them" as shown in revelation.
According to 2 Thessalonians 1:9, The penalty to be paid is destruction, not eternal torment.
Mat 25:46 And these shall go away
into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Job 31:3
Is not destruction to the wicked? and
a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
Mat 7:23
And then will I profess unto them,
I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
2Ti 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Here...
Luke 13:27
But he shall say,
I tell you,
I know you not whence ye are;
depart from me, all ye workersof iniquity.
Luke 13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
According to the book of revelation, the lake of fire is the second death, not eternal torment.
Death and hell cast into the lake of fire is the second death
Rev 20:14 And
death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death.
The dead were first given up out of death and hell so death was administered however, here....
Rev 20:10 And
the devil that deceived them was
cast into the lake of fire and brimstone,
where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall
be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
And also....
Rev 20:15
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
So there is more written of these things
According to John 3:16, the fate of those who reject Christ is to perish, not suffer eternal torment.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
Passing from death is also in the present tense
John 5:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me,
hath everlasting life,
and shall not come into condemnation;
but is passed from death unto life.
Just as abiding in death (still) is also in the present tense
1John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death unto life,
because we love the brethren.
He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
Likewise...
1John 3:15
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer:
and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
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.
Their might be room with "have their part" to consider and go forward with, however at the same time we cannot void the torment mentioned in relation to the same but
Rev 20:10 And
the devil that deceived them was
cast into the lake of fire and brimstone,
where the beast and the false prophet are, and
shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
So theres things to consider and expound upon, not just write off, we have heard of the warning in adding or taking away from the words of the prophecy of this book right?
According to Ezekiel, the soul who sins will die, not suffer eternal torment.
Just as Adam sinned, all have sinned
1Cr 15:22
For as in Adam all die,
even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Acts 24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow,
that there shall be a resurrection of the dead,
both of the just and unjust.
According to God (recorded in Genesis) the result of sin is death and being returned to dust, not eternal torment.
As it says....
Romans 5:12
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world,
and death by sin;
and so death passed upon all men,
for that all have sinned:
John 5:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me,
hath everlasting life,
and shall not come into condemnation;
but is passed from death unto life.
According to the bible, there is no hell of eternal torment, there is only life in Christ or death without Christ.
In the parable Jesus uses, its called a "the place if this torment". So saying there is no such place simply because he used a parable (which is a likeness) the same used for the Kingdom of God would be to contradict the parable. It also does not adress
both death and hell from where the dead (themselves) are delivered up from to prove your standpoint. Rather then simply show that hell does not exist (at all) or is not eternal simply by shown "delivering up" of the dead in the same (and cast into the lake of fire) shows a second death there and hell being very present. I think thats where voiding things out (cuts of the ears) because it shows a place called death and hell (same used in the parable) in revelation as a place where the dead are. Voiding it is not dealing with those verses. It will cause others to doubt your workmanship in the scriptures and hearing your point. Well, at least those who would call those others to your attention. The same same spoken of in the parable which speaks to the place of "this torment" unto which Abraham points out to the man, let them hear Moses and the prophets, because of they will not hear them they will not believe if someone rose from the dead. You can show your point thats its not eternal (as in length of time) as the words in revelation likewise show, but theres alot of exclusion as well.
