Search Results: annihilationists
What the New Testament Says about Annihilation
Category: General
Tags: Annihilationism, Eschatology, Hell, Warfare Worldview
…opposed to God? The portrait of God’s final victory suggested by the traditional view is incoherent, according to annihilationists, for God remains nonvictorious. Instead of a glorious universal kingdom unblemished by any stain, an ugly dualism reigns throughout eternity. Annihilationists also question how heaven could ever be enjoyed as heaven…
Is Hell Eternal Punishment?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Annihilationism, Hell, Revelation, Warfare Worldview
Topics: End Times
…In response to traditional interpretations, annihilationists maintain that the passages used to support the doctrine of eternal hell do not teach that hell is suffered eternally, only that its consequences are eternal. The damned suffer “eternal punishment” (Mt 25:46), “eternal judgment” (Heb 6:2) and “eternal destruction” (2 Thes 1:9) the…
The Case for Annihilationism
Category: Essays
Tags: Afterlife, Essay, Heaven and Hell, Judgement
Topics: End Times
…afterlife. Annihilationists believe that this approach is mistaken. The Old Testament actually has a good deal to say about the ultimate destiny of those who resist God. Peter specifically cites the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah as a pattern of how God judges the wicked. The Lord turned the inhabitants…