Plz FATHER GOD, have mercy on us! GOD Bless all of you!

Please pray for my mom dad brothers grandma aunts uncles cousins i cant take it if they go to hell i cant even think about it I beg you plz pray for them

Regardless of whether you’re in hell for eternity or one second. If you accept Christ as your lord and savor and put your trust in him, you will not go there.

I know for a fact if I died a few months ago, I’d be burning up in flames, Thank you Lord for putting me in place by showing me these videos, Potentially warning me the end is near

None of the words he used in scripture say eternal tormenting . Everlasting destruction means they will never live again . Destroyed , duration, forever .

I believe there will be burning, but until you’re ashes “And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.” ‭‭Malachi‬ ‭4:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

This man really told me a lot when he spoke of how he would torture someone who hurt his family. It is natural to have those feelings, but ultimately I believe he believes in eternal torment because that's what he would do if he were God.

And Death And Hades(Hell) were thrown into the lake of fire.

Hell is not forever, but the punishment of death and eternal separation from God is forever.

100% human reasoning and logic. The wages of sin is death, not eternal torment in hell. God doesn't need to be cruel to be just.

Annihilationism is actually more Biblically sound than literal eternal hell. To get you started (and there are many more verses that support annihilationism over literal eternal hell), see Malachi 4:1, Jude 1:7, and Matthew 10:28.

I know that a person who HAVEN'T known God from their birth can STILL be saved!

As someone who struggled with sleep paralysis, I’ve gotten a taste. Abused in every way possible. Pain and pure abuse. Taunting. Guys that was just a taste I can’t IMAGINE what hell would be like. Repent now. Please...

As a born-again Christian the idea of hell is disturbing, but I know that I am feeling and thinking with a human mind and heart. We don't know the full love of our Lord yet, so I do not question Him on such things. My heart aches for my loved ones who are so far from Jesus now, and I pray for them all the time. I also know that ALL will be revealed when we are in heaven and all this will be forgotten and we will have eternity with God!! As this world gets worse and we are made aware of the evil which exists around us, I look forward to our time in heaven! God bless you all!

Great explanation!!!.....Thank You

As a born again Christian, I really struggle with the concept of an eternal Hell. How am I supposed to have a love that’s genuine for a God who will cast me into Hell if I don’t love and accept him? It’s like a parent saying to their child, “You better love me, or I’m going to burn you.” Well, how would the child be able to then have a love for their parent that’s truly genuine?

Instead of destroying us, he reached out in agony to us

Hell is for eternity When Jesus died on the cross he descended to bring the people from hell for without Jesus we wouldn’t have been forgiven thank you lord Jesus for dying in the cross for our sins ✝️

Thanks for the testimony God bless you both and yours from antonio in Atlanta. And the videos

Most important is to understand what the word "Eternal" originally means. It can have different historic etymologic meanings.

John 3:16-17 KJV 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. Note PERISH!.... To gain life forever, you MUST be IN Christ. To suggest Hell is forever tormenting a person without end is to say they are IN Christ. Hell is cast into the lake of Fire and gets the "second death" First death is physical. the second is spiritual. You will only get to live IF your in Christ.

The destruction is eternal, no second chance. People don’t burn forever.

Father God, have mercy on us!

God alone is immortal. And He grants immortality to only believers. The wicked perish.

If everyone who winds up in the lake of fire burns forever, then sin lasts forever, right along with satan, demons and sinners. That would also mean that pain lasts forever as well because anyone burning in fire forever will absolutely feel pain. But the bible clearly says that there will be no more pain. This means that no one (anywhere) would be able to feel pain because pain itself would no longer exist. Therefor, the most logical conclusion is that sinners parish in the lake of fire. To any of you who believe in eternal torture, ask yourself, which one of these two statements is true??? People will experience pain forever in the lake of fire... (OR). Pain will no longer exist just as the bible says. Both of these cannot be true at the same time.

I am learning from my mistakes everyday, I glad God gives me slow time for my punishments

Wow what an amazing eye opener ✝️🙏

I'm confused and concerned at why this is so appalling to people. I am, ofcourse, assuming that you all aren't planing on going. I could be wrong and am genuinely confused. You can't really scare someone into loving and trusting on Christ. God knows our heart. God's word tells us that we are dead in our transgressions/sin without Christ. But we're alive...but we're dead. The life in Christ is eternal and not carnal. He said He is the LIFE. Not life in the blood and heartbeat sense. If God will reward us eternally, couldn't he punish or execute eternal punishment? Let's not pretend to understand Gods righteousness. We dont fully understand His love,as giving up ones son to be slayed for others is beyond us...just as his wrath is beyond us. He is HOLY beyond understanding, and justice is His. “Set your affection on things ABOVE, not on things on the earth.” - Colossians 3:2

As sincere as these men obviously are, they seem to be oblivious of one undeniable fact: The Bible wasn't originally written in English. It was primarily in Hebrew. The Hebrew word which has been translated into English as "eternal," "forever," "time without end," and so on, is "OLAM." This word actually means an amount of time which is hidden or unknown. That means it could be five minutes or five years, or five seconds. But do we reckon time in the next life as we do here? Who knows? If you have doubts about anything you read in the Bible, do some research on the original Hebrew scriptures. You will find that the ancient Eastern way of perceiving reality is different from our modern, westernized way. Words had different nuances back then that we no longer have. I don't know why some Christians are happy with the thought of a never-ending hell unless they are, deep down, actually vindictive people. I find it to be an insult against a God who is the epitome of love incarnate, and a love which shall never die. How does sadism fit into that? Doesn't the Bible tell us that God never wants to lose anyone? And don't you think that God always gets what He wants? Fear is a toxic form of manipulation that provokes our instinct for survival. In survival mode, we only want to fulfill rules. In dread and horror, we can never love others with sincerity.

Thank you Jesus for saving me from what you would do to me if I didn't thank me for saving me.

I am so happy to see all these comments where so many people are seeing the weakness of the arguments and lack of scriptural understanding portrayed in this video. Eternal conscious torment is a wretched doctrine!

That’s very smart, I didn’t expect that.

What a sick though. Yes! The Bible says that the soul of the wicked DIES.

I'm one who has come to believe that he'll is not forever myself. A few reasons why are 1. John 3:16 ..... "shall not parish" look up that word parish in greek, it means to destroy 2. No man has eternal life until Jesus gives it to us, therefore the sinner will not live forever in hell, as the Scripture say the sound that sin shall surely die. 3. The fire that is he'll is eternal, and the punishment is eternal,(death) 4. Jesus paid the full price for our sins that was death, it was not eternal fire. 5. The Bible tell us that sinners and the Devil will become ashes upon the earth. 6. Jesus said fear not those who can only kill the body, but fear God who can destroy the body and soul in hell. 7. The word forever means period of time in the greek. I had to get out of the church influence, or the doctrine of church and do my unbiased study of Scriptures, and it has help me understand God is not one who will punish man forever, but he truly is loving. Who and to shed more light on the goodness of God. No one is in hell now, the hell they are in is shoel, that's the grave where everyone goes. We will be rewarded or punished at the resurrections. Now the dead sleeps in the grave until we are all called forward. That's why no one spoke of the afterlife when Jesus brought them back to life, in the grave man knows nothing. . This is heard to believe because of how we are taught the harsh doctrine, but what I say I am sure is Bible truth. I ask you to do a unbiased study for yourself. Research the Greek and Hebrew words.

In one word ……Yes !

Amen let’s pray for them.

I'll just say this.. I'm not trying to find out if Hell is eternal. People are gonna believe what they want.

The doctrine of eternal hell and torment is one of the most problematic of ALL biblical issues. there are clearly arguments (and scripture) on BOTH sides of the issue that appear to support both annihilation and eternal torment and/or destruction. My final thoughts on all this is this: *GOD WILL DECIDE who goes to hell and HOW LONG (and for what duration and in what degree) they shall be punished.* ... final and utter destruction *is* an eternal punishment and banishment in and of itself.

I think Todd should carefully look at what he is saying. He said God would say "You are finite and therefore your justice can be satisfied." So is he implying an infinite God can not have his justice satisfied? Interestingly that puts a limit on God in my mind. I've heard these arguments over and over and over. I see no basis for this in the Bible at all. I also find it very wanting logically.

1 Timothy 4:10 That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe. The total victory of Christ has the answers to universal reconciliation, and it’s biblical, the word Aionon is used for ages past and future, and that’s the word they used for eternal.

Revelation 14:9-11 “. . . and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night . . ." If it were not for this passage and one other in Revelation, what is now the traditional view of hell may never have developed. The angel promises that beast-worshippers will be tormented with fire and the smoke thereof goes up forever, which seems to suggest that their torment goes on forever. He also says they will have no rest day or night, suggesting that their restlessness will never come to an end. The challenge to conditionalism seems obvious. But equally obvious should be the fact that the vision given to John consists of highly symbolic and apocalyptic imagery, so it must be interpreted carefully. The imagery of restlessness and smoke rising perpetually from torment may not actually communicate eternal torment, any more than a seven-headed, ten-horned beast (Rev 13:1) ridden by a prostitute with the name of a city on her head (Rev 17:3-6) communicates a future reality like something pictured in a horror movie. So then what does the imagery in this portion of John’s vision communicate? The harlot Mystery Babylon is seen tormented as well (Rev 18:7,10,15) and smoke from her torment also rises forever (Rev 19:3). But with respect to the city the harlot represents the interpreting angel says, “Babylon the great city [will] be thrown down with violence, and will be found no more” (Rev 18:21), borrowing language from Ezekiel 26:20-21, a prophecy concerning the destruction of the city of Tyre fulfilled long ago: “you will not be inhabited . . . you will be no more; though you will be sought, you will never be found again.” So this imagery of smoke rising forever from torment, when interpreted in the light of the Old Testament source it is quoting from, communicates permanent destruction that leaves lifeless remains. This should serve as no surprise to students of the Old Testament; the imagery comes straight from Isaiah 34:8-10 which describes the fires which long ago destroyed the city of Edom and have since dissipated: “Night and day it shall not be quenched; its smoke shall go up forever.” Edom is not literally burning to this day, smoke is not still rising from its remains. The imagery of smoke rising forever communicates the permanency of Edom’s destruction and that of Mystery Babylon. Therefore, the smoke rising from the torment of the beast-worshippers amounts to imagery communicating their permanent destruction as well.

Well, I guess heaven will be a very lonely place then. Kinda odd that someone who wants to torture a fellow human being for thousands of years will be in....

As I read all the comments, I see all the people that don't believe in hell. Well, I am afraid the you all have your beliefs all wrong, because the Bible is so clear about hell.

This video's help me I love all the videos

This whole afterlife thing got me scared.what if I don't want an afterlife.what if when I die I'd like to sleep forever completely unconscious

If you look at Christ we die, and we’re in his hand ...

Rather not find out if hell is forever. Jesus is the truth the light and the way accept him as your saviour and hell is no longer an option. Jehovah's grace is great and so is his mercy.

If you look at a literal transltion of the original Greek text of the NT, it does NOT teach eternal punishment. The King James is not a fully accurate translation. The Greek word "aion" was translated into English as "eternal" but it actually means "age-lasting" or "age-during".

Everlasting in effect, not in time.

Once again...this seemingly "well' meaning man did not refer to one greek or Hebrew bible verse to compare actual interpretations....Original text does not use words such as Hell, Torment, or Eternal.(do study on original text "Aion", falsely interpreted as forever.) There will be judgement, but there will be No "Eternal Scorching Masochistic Torture and Pain". One of the Best Versus in the Bible, Revelation 21:14- And God Shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be anymore pain: for the former things are passed away.

Truth Hurts.... Please PRAY with me for the Salvation of Those I've PRAYED For!!! > Romans 10: 9, 10, & 13!!!

Okay, so I understand that the most popular teachings about hell are that the dead in spirit go there for eternity, meaning that after trillions of years their time in hell is just beginning. And yes, I'm well versed in Hebrew and Greek and I understand that hell or Hades is the place of the Damned that the dead go to whenever they die before being thrown into the lake of fire at the white throne judgment. I have always believed in this type of doctrine, I do believe in obedience to God and casting out demons. But after years of being in the scriptures I started to notice that from the beginning of the Bible to the end of it it seems to tell us something other than what we've been taught our entire lives in the traditional views. If eternal conscious torment is true for the wicked, then why does the Bible teach the salvation of all? Please observe the following scriptures I've provided below, and please answer honestly how these can be true if people are going to be in the lake of fire in front of the Lamb of God, (the lamb of God is Yeshua), and in front of the Holy Angels forever. "And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the WORLD. (1 John 4:14 KJV) "For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of ALL MEN, specially of those that believe." (1 Timothy 4:10 KJV) "that is, that God was in Christ reconciling THE WORLD to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God" (2 Corinthians 5:19-20 NKJV) For this is good and ACCEPTABLE and good in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who WILL HAVE ALL MEN TO BE SAVED, and to come unto the knowledge of THE TRUTH. 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6 Who gave himself a ransom for ALL, to be testified in DUE time." (1 Timothy 2:3-6 KJV)

This Pastor goes to a verse that supports his view, In my bible it reads, In Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is Death. it doesn't say eternal Hell.

Eternal torment is NOT taught in scripture. But death of the soul is, eternal destruction is, darkest of blackness is.

Ya gotta remember to step out in the rain, look up and smile. Feel the rain drops on your face and realise your alive and life's about more than the 9 to 5 and 20 years of retirement. Life's about stopping to enjoy the rainy days, forgetting about bills for just that moment. Realising cold rain drops sorta feel good for just that short time. That society was just a big group of people programmed to work and retire while they forget about laughing at the real moments that should be focused on more. I'll want my children to grow up knowing work was important but you'll never here me OK with anybody going threw life hating their job but putting up with it anyways. God gives you one life, do you really wanna see Jesus Christ and have to explain why he gave you 94 years and you really only enjoyed 20 or so? Do you really plan on telling Jesus in that 94 years you just didn't have time too go after this or that? I don't know about you all, but I plan on living till like 942 years old now and damn it life's been a crappy roller coaster ride but it'll get better one day and rain really ain't all that bad ya feel me??? Step out pick up a bag of leaves and go dump them all over your kid while he's passed out on the couch. Those few moments while your sitting their staring at your child who's trying to figure out if mom really just dumped an entire bag of leaves on him or her while they slept, those moments the kids staring at you laughing saying "only kid in school who's mom needs to be watched when leaves are on the ground".... Those moments are what life's about. Seeing your kids jump up saying "it's on" after a leaf bath from momma should have you smiling seeing those kids say "mom made the mess, as they throw leaves all over the damn house". If that's not quiet right, then make it that way, go out and do what's gonna have you saying "I really enjoy being in this moment". You'll be happier in the end, I promise you that. -lll-

Eternal Destruction , means to be consumed by the fire, remember GOD is consuming fire.

Romans 6:23 says the wages of sin is death and this guy says that those in hell will wish for death. I can't believe some Christians are holding on to this sick unbiblical doctrine so that they can maintain their "infinite god infinite punishment" twisted philosophy. He tries to justify it by thinking of murderers and what they deserve. But even they don't deserve everlasting torture. Where in the bible does it say that when you itch you can't relieve yourself in Hell?? Seriously! where do they get this from?

The people in the comments section done a better job in analysing the scriptures more than the pastor and the host in the above video it's a signal to me that the spirit of God is working in the thinkers more than the know it all persons God how logical you are and how merciful you are you mercy overflows even in your judgement thanks GOD for not keeping your enemies in evergoing fire but their result you've made it an eternal punishment i.e CEASE TO EXIST.

But the soul is not eternal. The wages of sin is death not eternal torment

Yes, the Word says we go on, after physical death, to eternal destruction or eternal glory. There are a few Scriptures that speak of "hell" as being the grave or temporary places of torment and/or suffering, but there still remains a different reference of Hell, that is a place where each person, will go after they physically die, to spend eternity. Here are a couple of Scriptures concerning the last one that I speak of Hell called the Lake of Fire and Brimstone: "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name." Revelation 14:11

Ok, that means I’ll be in heaven for eternity looking my brother having eternal suffering in hell. Very good heaven is that yours

The wages of sin is death, death does not last forever. You had it right when you said this is our hell, because it is. The word death is most peoples hell and of course it is eternal for those that don't come to Jesus.

It is important to try to grasps what is the nature of eternal. As human we don't know what is life outside time and space. So while we can imagine or make a guess the concept of forever, eternal, we do it only in reference to our time and space existence. No one knows what eternal actually is.

From what I understand, the word 'eternal' can also mean 'an end of an era', and that it speaks of the _effect_ the fire has, as opposed to its actual duration. Once suffered their punishment, the damned will disappear from existence. After all, we were promised, that there'd no longer be evil nor tears. And remember, the Lake of Fire will exist by the time Battle of Armageddon occurs. Where - then - it would remain as God makes _everything_ new?

The wages of sin is death.

I’d say hell is the hardest part about being believers

God bless u all

Annihilation is NOT punishment. God already provided an escape from our just punishment in the person of Jesus Christ.

Why do people ignore Malachi 4 1-3 it literally says they shall be stubble and the day that comes shall burn them up.

No Hell isn't forever, when Jesus returns to make his final judgement he brings a great chain to close the gates of Hell forever since all the wicked will have been destroyed there will be no more corruption and sin once this amazing event has passed.

I agree until we believers arrive in Heaven and be in our glorified bodies understanding God's glory reveled without restictions , until that time it's not possible for us to understand the eternal death sentence of Hell and it's eternal punishment.

Hell is thrown in the lake of fire at last.

Real Truth, Real Quick. What will the Devil be doing during the entire time in Hell?

I believe that if god thinks u need punishment he sends u to hell till u have paid your punishment then u live on earth again or u go to heaven but i really hope gods really nice and doesnt send u to hell forever

Please save me Jesus!

He said "Where the fire is not quenched and the worm does not die." THAT'S FOREVER. When people go to hell, they are confirmed in evil, unless they are born again by the Spirit. There can't be evil in heaven!!!

he doesn't understand this topic.... sinners do not have eternal life. john chapter 6 tell this 10o%

where the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched. satan would like you to think that hell is not for eternity. but Jesus said, they shall go away into everlasting punishment

A few comments about the verses quoted. Matthew 25:41 - That verses speaks of an eternal fire, not an eternal stay in that fire. You can have a fire that keeps on burning without anyone in it. Rev 14:11 - References the smoke from that fire. Yet again, not eternal torment. Eternal fire with eternal smoke. 2 Thess1 :6-9 - Mentions eternal destruction. Annihilation. Not eternal torment. Revelations 9:6 - The Bible here tells us torture is something you can escape through death. So death can't really include eternal torture under that paradigm either.

There is no place in Heaven for hearts of iron....

The "wages of sin is death," as stated in Romans 6:23. Not eternal life in some sort of fiery "hell." Unless you receive the gift of eternal life you will perish in what is called the "second death," after judgment. After the second death, there is no more hope of life or resurrection. You perish. You're destroyed. You don't exist any more. It's the end of you. Here's a few Bible verses about this: ⚫ "For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be" (Psalms 37:10). ⚫ "When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever" (Psalms 92:7). ⚫ "The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity" (Proverbs 10:29). ⚫ "As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation" (Proverbs 10:25). ⚫ "Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?" (Job 20:4-7). ⚫ "For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch . . . ⚫ "And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts." (Malachi 4:1,3) John 3:16 says the same: we either receive the gift of eternal life, or we perish: ⚫ "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." (John 3:16) So where does the fiery "hell" idea come from? “Hell” in the KJV New Testament was used 23 times, in place of three different Greek words. Each of those three has a different meaning . . . and none of those three refers to a place of fiery, perpetual torment. The three Greek words are: ▬ άδης (“hades”), a noun, (Strong’s G86); 10 times: refers to the place of the dead, the grave, similar to the Hebrew "she'ol" in the Old Testament. ▬ γέεννα (“geenna” or “gehenna”), a noun, (Strong’s G1067); 12 times: refers to a valley outside Jerusalem, used as a dump in Jesus' time. Constant fire and maggots permanently destroyed whatever was thrown in. ▬ ταρταρωσας a verb, an inflection or variant of the Greek ταρταρόω; transliterated (“tartaroo”), (Strong’s G5020); used only once: used to describe fallen angels being put into a figurative pit or prison, to be held in restraint. BTW, You don't have to take my word for this. Look it up with online Bible study tools such as blueletterbible.org. Translators (especially KJV) made a real mess when they took these three Greek words and translated them all as "hell" . . . they were twisting the meanings of the words to conform to their concept of a place of perpetual, fiery torment. They had inherited that hell concept, by tradition, from the Catholic church. Over time translators have recognized this error and footnoted their versions, noting the original Greek words, or even using the original Greek words in place of "hell." Young's Literal Translation (YLT) leaves the word "hell" out entirely. Here's an example of Jesus speaking of "hell fire": ⚫ "And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:" (Mark 9:47) "Hell" in that verse is from that Greek word γεέννῃ or "gehenna," a reference to that dump outside Jerusalem. The trash and garbage was thrown there to be destroyed by the constant fire - "hell fire" - and worms - maggots - in the dump. *Jesus likened the destruction of the wicked to being cast into the dump for permanent, final destruction. They would be figuratively thrown into the dump for destruction.* The "lake of fire" in Revelation pictures the same, final destruction: ⚫ "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." (Revelation 21:8) Here's another verse where "hell" is from the Greek word γεέννῃ or "gehenna": ⚫ "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." (Matthew 10:28) So, when Jesus said the soul can be destroyed in hell, what did He mean? First, "destroy" is from the Greek word ἀπόλλυμι ("apollymi") which means "to destroy fully" (from _Strong's Defintions_ ). And "hell" in that verse is from the Greek word γέεννα ("geenna" or "gehenna") which was the dump outside Jerusalem, where fire and maggots destroyed all the trash and bodies that were thrown in. *Jesus likened the fate of the unsaved* to being "thrown into the dump," into "hell [gehenna] fire" for destruction. In Matthew 25:46 Jesus describes the fate of the unsaved: ⚫ "And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal." When a criminal is executed, the punishment is not "everlasting" in the sense of being ongoing, perpetual punishing. No, the punishment is "everlasting" in the sense that it is permanent, complete and final, standing forever. It will be the same for the unsaved; they will destroyed and that will be the end of them. Their punishment is finished and stands forever; it is not perpetual, ongoing punishing. The words "permanent" and "final" never appear in the KJV; "everlasting" is often used instead. It's a mistake to assume "everlasting" means an ongoing, perpetual process. It can refer to a permanent, finished and irreversible condition. The "lake of fire" in Revelation is like the gehenna "dump" fire. Those who are "cast into the lake of fire" are destroyed. They are destroyed through death, specifically the second death, after judgment. They have no further hope of life or resurrection. They will never "be" again: ⚫ "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." (Revelation 21:8) What's the "weeping" and "wailing" and "gnashing of teeth" Jesus spoke of? It's from the mental anguish the wicked will have when they see others receiving eternal life and then realize they, too, could have received eternal life were it not for their own foolish choices. Maybe you're thinking, "Don't we have immortal souls, that have to "be" or exist somewhere, forever?" No; if we had immortal souls, there would be no need for us to receive the gift of eternal life. "Soul" in the Bible refers to the self, your being, your personhood. That can be ended, destroyed, as Jesus warned in Matthew 10:28 (see above). Over the centuries the pagan concept of an immortal soul, that floats up out of your body when you die, has crept into traditional Christianity. Here's the pagan philosopher Plato, hundreds of years before Christ: _"Do we believe that there is such a thing as death? And is this anything but the separation of soul and body? And being dead is the attainment of this separation; when the soul exists in herself, and is parted from the body and the body is parted from the soul . . . beyond question the soul is immortal and imperishable, and our souls will truly exist in another world!"_ (Plato, in _Phaedo,_ about 360 BC) Salvation is not about - and never was about - *_where_* you'll spend eternity. You won't even *_have_* an eternity - of any sort, anywhere - unless you receive the gift of eternal life. We either perish, or we receive the gift of eternal life: ⚫ "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." (John 3:16) Those who teach that God will mercilessly (and pointlessly) torment the wicked forever are doing major damage to Christianity. They're doing Satan's work, portraying God as a sadistic monster.

The destruction is eternal. Everlasting destruction, not everlasting destructing. Do the words - eternal, everlasting and forever, (Greek: aion, aionios) always mean without end in the Bible? No. “Eternal [Greek. aionios] fire,” turned Sodom and Gommorah “into ashes,” as “an ensample to those who after should live ungodly” (Jude 1:7; 2Peter 2:6). As this was an example of what is to happen to the ungodly, the “eternal fire” of Hell will burn itself out. How can this be? Cruden’s concordance tells us that in the Bible, “The words eternal, everlasting, and forever, are sometimes taken for a long time, and are not always to be understood strictly.” In Jonah 2:6 “forever” was 3 days & 3 nights.” In Deut 23:3 it was 10 generations. It can mean as long as a man lives (1Sam 1:22-23); Exo 21:6; Ps. 48:14). Matthew 24:3 speaks of “the end of the age (aion).” In harmony with the Bibles use of the word Greek scholars including Liddel & Scott, Pickering, Donnegan, Schrevelius, Schleusner, Rost, Passow, Hinks and Leutz all tell us that the duration of aion and aionios is not necessarily without end. The meaning depends upon the subjects to which they are applied. As the wicked will not receive everlasting life “aionios” fire, in their case, is of limited duration, like the aionios fire that burned up Sodom and Gommorha.

God has Structured Reality in such a way that Rejecting Him is Self-Destruction.

This is an issue that I am undecided on. There are Biblical verses which can be used to support both sides of this argument.

Eternal destruction means that you will be forever destroyed. This does not equate with a perpetual punishment place where fire burning and you feel the flame of fire forever, it means the fire will not be quenched until it finished completely destroy the wicked. Eternal torment doctrine came from the pit of hell. Think about this, does GOD punish you perpetually for a crime you committed for a finite amount of time? is it fair on his part? Even earthly Judges passes punishment that is equal to the crime, do you think a just GOD passes a punishment that doesn't fit the crime.

Yes. This doctrine has made me weep my eyes out countless of times. It's not really a doctrine when we are talking about the eternal fate of the unbelievers and if you are reading the words of Jesus it would seem like that even many Christians will go there. Hell or the lake of fire is real but what is the nature of it. I've been searching intensively this subject over 3 months and during that time I started to believe in the annihilation (that the final destiny of the wicked will be a total destruction in the lake of fire). I really studied the context and the original terms used in Greek and Hebrew, the nature of soul etc. Yesterday I really cried out to the Lord and I only got words "Matthew 25". After reading that fully with humble heart I had to come to the conclusion that I cannot "explain" the traditional view of hell away in my head. I'm such a emphatic person and even the thought of hell being eternal torment makes me feel like something inside of me is dying. Only one person of my family is truly saved at the moment. And only thinking that almost 95% or the people you see during your day are heading to hell makes it almost impossible for me to laugh or even smile.

The picture of hell on earth he mentioned is a picture of a finite period The fifth angel blew his trumpet; and I saw a Star which had fallen from Heaven to the earth; and to him was given the key of the depths of the bottomless pit, 2and he opened the depths of the bottomless pit. And smoke came up out of the pit resembling the smoke of a vast furnace, so that the sun was darkened, and the air also, by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3And from the midst of the smoke there came locusts on to the earth, and power was given to them resembling the power which earthly scorpions possess. 4And they were forbidden to injure the herbage of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree. They were only to injure human beings-those who have not the seal of God on their foreheads. 5Their mission was not to kill, but to cause awful agony for five months; and this agony was like that which a scorpion inflicts when it stings a man. 6And at that time people will seek death, but will by no possibility find it, and will long to die, but death evades them. notice in verse five it says five months. An other thing these guy do not address is Bible translations. The better translations do not have any word for eternal or time without end because there is no word like that in the Bible except maybe one word used ONLY to describe God. It's kind of hard to to take these guys seriously when they don't even discuss the greek word aionios and other 'aion'-based koine greek words. They probably assume that the English Bible Mom and dad handed them (maybe NIV) is perfect and infallible.

The most important thing to consider when contemplating the idea of eternal torment has to do with the false teaching that man has an immortal soul. Once you realise that the scriptures nowhere teach that man has an immortal soul it will become obvious that he could not be tormented for all eternity. The doctrine of the immortal soul is found in almost all pagan religions and has crept into the Christian church. Once you have the correct understanding that the soul is not immortal you will understand the language used in describing hell. Got will destroy the wicked, not torment them for all eternity. The doctrine of eternal torment is completely Satanic.

I know that there is a lot of speculation and confusion on this. Are the prophecies literal or are they allegorical? We won't know until the end. But what we DO know - and there is no debate about this - is that hell is awful. To be separated from everything good for all of eternity - to never know love, peace, comfort, joy - to be separated from God for all eternity is absolutely terrible. There is no denying that.

So this is a clearly an issue that the church seems to be flipping on slowly but surely.... and i think rightly..... its clear to me after studying quite a bit that there will be a period of torture that ends with the absolutely destruction or deletion of soul and the body.... When you assume this to be true, all hell references make much more sense than if you assume the opposite.... That being said, this issue is taken too seriously i think. Whether or not its eternal or not.... what matters is that it sucks.... a lot, and no one is going to enjoy it..... thats what matters lol Its like men debating how painful pregnancy is

laugh? no...fear & tremble!

I believe to be a humble believer accepting any new truth that was not understood before and willing to understand hell more but I have never heard anything remotely close to annhilation

Seriously? You are going to laugh and "giggle" before answering a question like that?

'forever' is translated from the Greek aion which is (age, time) not everlasting. He'll is cast into the lake of fire which is called the 2nd death. God will 'abolish' death. So no, hell is not endless thank God.

If Adam and Eve were in danger of being tormented forever, would it not have been fair to warn them of that?” In Genesis 3:19, Adam's sentence was pronounced after he sinned but nothing was said about hellfire. Instead, Adam was told that he would return to the dust. Would it have been fair to tell Adam that he would go back to the ground if he was really going to a fiery hell? In the OT there is no mention of a fiery hell. Hell Fire originated from pagan religions many centuries before Christ came to earth. About 2,000 years before the birth of Jesus, the Sumerians and the Babylonians believed in an underworld that they called the Land of No Return. This ancient belief is reflected in the Sumerian and the Akkadian poems known as “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and the “Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld.” They describe this abode of the dead as a house of darkness, “the house which none leave who have entered it.” As to the conditions prevailing there, an ancient Assyrian text states that “the nether world was filled with terror.” The Assyrian prince who was supposedly granted a view of this subterranean abode of the dead testified that his “legs trembled” at what he saw. The ancient Egyptians believed in the immortality of the soul, and they had their own concept of the after world. The New Encyclopedia Britannica states: “Egyptian funerary texts depict the way to the next world as beset by awful perils: fearsome monsters, lakes of fire, gates that cannot be passed except by the use of magical formulas, and a sinister ferryman whose evil intent must be thwarted by magic.” There are 21 hells imagined by the Hindus where sinners are devoured by wild beasts and by snakes, laboriously roasted, sawed into parts, tormented by thirst and hunger, boiled in oil, or ground to powder in iron or stone vessels.” Jainism and Buddhism both have their versions of hell, where impenitent sinners are tormented. Zoroastrianism, founded in Iran, or Persia, also has a hell, a cold, ill-smelling place where the souls of sinners are tormented. The ancient Greeks believed in the survival of a soul and that [the soul] entered the infernal regions after crossing the river Styx in the boat of the old ferryman Charon, who exacted as the fare an obolus (coin), which was placed in the mouth of the dead person. In the infernal regions it appeared before the three judges of the place. If condemned it had to suffer in Tartarus. The Greeks even invented a Limbo, the abode of children who had died in infancy, and a Purgatory, where a certain mild chastisement purified souls.” The parable of the rich man and Lazarus is the only place where someone in hades is said to be tortured. The Jerusalem Bible, in a footnote, acknowledges that it is a “parable in story form without reference to any historical personage.” If taken literally, it would mean that those enjoying divine favor could all fit at the bosom of one man, Abraham; that the water on one’s fingertip would not be evaporated by the fire of Hades; that a mere drop of water would bring relief to one suffering there. Whose bosom would the righteous have gone to before Abraham? Reference to Gehenna appears 12 times in the Christian Greek Scriptures. Five times it is directly associated with fire. Translators have rendered the Greek expression geʹen·nan tou py·rosʹ as “hell fire” (KJ, Dy), “fires of hell” (NE), “fiery pit” (AT), and “fires of Gehenna” (NAB). The Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna) was outside the walls of Jerusalem. In the first century Gehenna was being used as the incinerator for the filth of Jerusalem. Bodies of dead animals were thrown into the valley to be consumed in the fires, to which sulfur, or brimstone, was added to assist the burning. Also bodies of executed criminals, who were considered undeserving of burial in a memorial tomb, were thrown into Gehenna. At Matthew 5:29, 30, Jesus spoke of the casting of one’s “whole body” into Gehenna. If the body fell into the constantly burning fire it was consumed, but if it landed on a ledge of the deep ravine its putrefying flesh became infested with the ever-present worms, or maggots. (Mark 9:47,48) Living humans were not pitched into Gehenna; so it was not a place of conscious torment. Much confusion and misunderstanding has been caused through the early translators of the Bible persistently rendering the Hebrew Sheol and the Greek Hades and Gehenna by the word hell.

No eternal life without the Tree of Life. Genesis 3:22 The LORD God said, “Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.”

I have some idea of how good God is and I know He's far too good to abandon any of His children to an eternity of suffering. His will is for ALL to come to repentance and His will will be done in this life or the one to come. This is the GOOD NEWS.

Can I have have one pray for me I know God and love him but I feel like taking my own life I'll give it 10days

I seriously can’t believe people laugh and joke on this issue. Closed the video the first seconds

Destruction means destruction. In the English language, it doesn’t mean torment. Once something is destroyed, that’s that. Maybe in the Greek or Hebrew the word translated as destruction means torment, but the English word we see in the Bible does not.