If Jesus had intended what most churches believe he did with this verse, he should have said, "Both the righteous and the unrighteous will go away to eternal life, but the unrighteous will spend it being tortured while the righteous spend theirs in paradise." If Jesus meant for the punishment to last eternally, he probably wouldn't have contrasted it with the phrase "eternal life" which is clearly meant only for believers. Death in the Lake of Fire, however, is eternal: there is no reversing it and no coming back from it. Death on earth is only temporal because everyone will be raised again at the resurrection. This verse admittedly uses the phrase "eternal punishment," but it is juxtaposed against the phrase "eternal life." Death by annihilation in the Lake of Fire could certainly be called "eternal punishment" because it is eternal in its consequences. Matt 25:46-" These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." This indicates that not everyone has it already. Matt 19:29-30-" And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name's sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life." Preachers today would probably say to him "Son, you already have eternal life it's just a matter of where you will spend it." But Jesus never said that. This man spoke of obtaining eternal life. Matt 19:16-" And someone came to Him and said, 'Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?'" These references are in Biblical order, and each is from the New American Standard Bible (Updated Edition) unless otherwise stated.
#DEATHMETAL IN HELL PC#
Here are quite a few that I found from the PC Study Bible after doing a search for the words "eternal life" in the concordance. There are numerous scriptures that seem to clearly indicate that there is no eternal life for the wicked (not even in Hell).
The following is a study I have done to show why I feel that this is, in fact, the proper interpretation of the Word of God. After a great deal of research and reflection, I have come to believe very strongly in the unconventional doctrine of annihilation in Hell.
Hell is either eternal or not-there is certainly no middle ground. While some passages might seem to indicate one line of teaching and others seem to hint at a different one, there can be only one correct interpretation. Verses ought not to be taken by themselves but instead cross-checked against other scripture passages to decide what it is that the Lord is actually trying to teach us in His Word. When two positions seem to come at odds with one another, one must decide which view fits best in the overall interpretation of the Bible.
The Bible must never be thought to contradict itself, regardless of what simple meanings may be found in certain verses. There are many scripture passages that seem to clearly teach this, but there are others that admittedly seem to teach the traditional view as well. It seems to me that nearly the entire Bible teaches that eternal life is only experienced in Heaven, that Hell is a place of complete destruction and annihilation. For the last six or seven years, however, I have found countless scriptures that have changed my thinking considerably in this area. This is what most of the Christian church right now believes. For many years, I believed in the traditional view of Heaven and Hell-that souls are taken from the body immediately following death and are placed in either Heaven or Hell where they will spend eternity in bliss or unending torture.
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