Sep 2010
Eternal Punishment
19/09/10 12:37
It is time to speak plainly. It is time to talk about the doctrinal myths that exist. It is time for the truth to be known. Are you ready to be honest with yourself? Are you ready to prove for yourself what the scriptures reveal? Really? Well then…hang on!
Myth: Eternal punishment in a burning hell.
It is amazing to me, that people believe Our Father wants to see people writhe in agony for all of eternity! I have even heard some people speak of this, as though they are delighted that people will be punished and suffer. Is that the attitude of Yehovah? Let us see…
2 Peter 3:9-10
9 Yehovah is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the Day of Yehovah will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
It is NOT HIS WILL that any should be destroyed! Think about it…man is created in the image of the Creator. Why would Yehovah want to see man, His creation, destroyed? Notice that it says destroyed, not punished eternally in hell. Hell is a fable of man. The earth will be burned up along with the wicked and incorrigible.
What is the penalty then for those who willfully sin and refuse to live by the Word of Yehovah?
Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of Yehovah is eternal life in Messiah Yeshua our Master.
Death! They will cease to exist for eternity. Notice it does not say eternal punishment. The reward for the people of Yehovah is eternal life, but the penalty for those who choose to sin…eternal death. They earn it, that is their wages for a life of sin.
Revelation 20:6
6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of Yehovah and of Messiah, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
There is a second death. The first death is a physical death, but the second death is eternal. There is no punishment and torture forever in some hell…that would still be eternal life right?
Revelation 20:13-15
13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
Those who are not in the book of life will be thrown into the lake of fire that will envelop the earth and cleanse it of all evil. Remember, this is the final judgment we are seeing here in Revelation 20. If people were already judged at death and being tortured forever in hell, why would they be thrown into this lake of fire? If people were already judged and sentenced at the time of their physical death, why would there be a need for a final judgment?
Study and show yourself approved!
Shalom…
Myth: Eternal punishment in a burning hell.
It is amazing to me, that people believe Our Father wants to see people writhe in agony for all of eternity! I have even heard some people speak of this, as though they are delighted that people will be punished and suffer. Is that the attitude of Yehovah? Let us see…
2 Peter 3:9-10
9 Yehovah is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the Day of Yehovah will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
It is NOT HIS WILL that any should be destroyed! Think about it…man is created in the image of the Creator. Why would Yehovah want to see man, His creation, destroyed? Notice that it says destroyed, not punished eternally in hell. Hell is a fable of man. The earth will be burned up along with the wicked and incorrigible.
What is the penalty then for those who willfully sin and refuse to live by the Word of Yehovah?
Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of Yehovah is eternal life in Messiah Yeshua our Master.
Death! They will cease to exist for eternity. Notice it does not say eternal punishment. The reward for the people of Yehovah is eternal life, but the penalty for those who choose to sin…eternal death. They earn it, that is their wages for a life of sin.
Revelation 20:6
6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of Yehovah and of Messiah, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
There is a second death. The first death is a physical death, but the second death is eternal. There is no punishment and torture forever in some hell…that would still be eternal life right?
Revelation 20:13-15
13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
Those who are not in the book of life will be thrown into the lake of fire that will envelop the earth and cleanse it of all evil. Remember, this is the final judgment we are seeing here in Revelation 20. If people were already judged at death and being tortured forever in hell, why would they be thrown into this lake of fire? If people were already judged and sentenced at the time of their physical death, why would there be a need for a final judgment?
Study and show yourself approved!
Shalom…