I've always said that you can't love what you fear. Many people turn to Christianity out of fear of hell not love for God or Jesus. I couldn't really come to love God while I was afraid of being condemned to hell by not being good enough. It was Jesus' words that I kept standing on "you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free" that finally came true for me, when I realised that God is love, and following Jesus meant walking in forgiveness and love.....no condemnation

The Christian teaching of eternal torment has done a lot of damage to me in my youth. It caused a real hatred of Christians and their supposed "loving God." It's kind of relieving to embrace the possibility of the early Christians getting their facts wrong because they are flawed human beings just like everybody else.

1 Corinthians 15:22 As in Adam, all are dying (everyone is mortal, facing death); THUS also in Christ, shall all be vivified (everyone will be made alive beyond death’s reach)…thank you Christ Jesus!!! ❤️🙌🏽🙏🏽

Great video man have been freaked out by hell since an early age being catholic, I just started reading your books amen !

thank you for putting this out there !!

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

Thankyou. A very intelligent well thought out video

Sir, you are absolutely correct! Jesus taught the principles of the kingdom to Israel which have nothing to do with hell and damnation and never ending torture. If Jesus spoke so much on hell, which is a lie of epic proportions, did He forget to tell the great Apostle Paul who received his gospel by direct revelation from the Lord Jesus himself and never mentioned hell one time in his writings of most of the NT? John didn't mention it either is his writings of five books of the NT...neither did Moses, or Noah, or Father Abraham, or the Judges of Israel, or the street preachers in the Acts of the Apostles. That should be a big, big clue!

Gott say.....I have alot of love for Keith Giles....he loves Jesus & people....a real heart of UR

Very clear presentation.

Isaiah 43:13 Isaiah 43:13, KJV: Yea, before the day was I am He; and there is none that can deliver out of My hand: I will work, and who shall prevent it?

One other comment, when Jesus used quotes like, smoke rising, gnashing of teeth, where the worm dies not, exedra, Jesus use this language out of the Old testament to make his message to his audience, and they understood exactly what he was talking about, which had nothing to do with the afterlife.

When Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed they were destroyed forever. Never a mention of anyone going to a eternal torment. I've always understood Hades, Gahenna and hell to be the "Grave" so its always seemed simple to understand that eternal torment was a false teaching. " Death and hell will be cast into the lake of fire and be burned up forever" never to return, not burn eternal. That seems pretty self explanatory. If we live forever in paradise and no one dies we don't have a need for graves.

I used to be a fundamentalist christian years ago... before I discovered I TIM 4:10-- "We rely on the living God who is the Savior of All, especially of believers." When I first read those words, I was so mad a Paul.... for using such loose language that someone, might come along and actually believe that "God was the Savior of all"... Paul, how could you???? So, I had to unlearn a lot of fundamentalist thinking. Now, I confidently say with Paul -- God is the Savior of all"... and guess what... verse 11 says TEACH THIS. So, here I am teaching that God is the Savior of all... Verse 9 says "This is a faithful saying"... and most fundy's don't think it's a faithful saying... I didn't at that time. And verse 9 says "this is worthy of all acceptance"... and guess what... most evangelical christians DON'T ACCEPT this "faithful" saying. And they DON'T TEACH IT. I heard thousands of sermons during my years as a regular ole christians... and NEVER ONCE heard a sermon on I Timothy 4:10. CHECK IT OUT: I TIMOTHY 4 -- 9 Faithful is the saying and worthy of all welcome 10 (for for this are we toiling and being reproached), that we rely on the living God, Who is the Saviour of all mankind, especially of believers. 11 These things be charging and teaching. ONE MORE THING... The word "especially" and the word "exclusively" are not the same thing. God is especially the Savior of believers... but not exclusively.

That's right, and all those passages Jesus was not talking about the afterlife but the upcoming destruction of Jerusalem, so Jesus told them it was better to enter into their life with one limb or one eye than wind up dead and being cast into the valley of. Ghenna.

I hope so. I'm so confused on what to believe.

After reading 2nd Corinthians chapter 5. I am beginning to believe in salvation for all.

You're absolutely right he'll come from a pagan Source there is no hell in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation Jesus never used the word hell he used the word Gahanna the same as in the Old Testament the valley of Gaben Hunnam the valley on the southside of Jerusalem the city dump where all the mess was burned there is no hell from Genesis to revelation he'll came in through a pagan source it is the ostadian doctrine and we've been preaching it for the last sixteen hundred years it's time we stopped

I would love to believe that there is no eternal place of suffering but what about the rich man and Lazarus story. There was a great chasm fixed in between paradise and the place where the rich man went that was so hot he begged for lazarus to dip his finger in water and cool the rich mans tongue. It definitely sounds like there is a good place and a bad place people go when they die.

There are 2 different kinds of people when it comes to you hearing about this torment. There are the ones who did not know they were spreading lies (they misunderstood the Bible) and there are the wicked ones who like to tell people they are going to go to Hell and suffer unimaginably and with no planned end.

Choose Who to believe. I'd choose God'w Word. ​41Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' 44"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' 45"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.' 46"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life (Matthew 25:41-46). 8 “If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than [f]to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire. Matthew 18:8 Then he will say to those on his left, “Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. . . . And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” Matthew 25:45,46 This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering-since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed. II Thessalonians 1:5-10 Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. Jude 7 If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, 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, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name. Revelation 14:9-11 10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and [a]brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. Revelation 20:10 and in verses 14 & 15

"Fear not man. Fear the One who can destroy both body and soul in Gehenna." That's pretty clear cut. Destruction isn't rehabilitation unless you REALLY mangle the text.

Still, I think much gets lost between Greek to English...another word for Everlasting is "since the beginning"

Which of his books is he referring to here?

I do appreciate and agree with this view, but have wondered how we can reconcile revelation 20:10? That is the toughest one for me 🤔

What we need to know about ourselves from God's Word and our only hope of being justified before a Holy and righteous God: [WHY WE HAVE NO HOPE IN OURSELVES: Mk. 7:20-23 And he (Jesus) said, That which comes out of the man, that defiles the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things (sins) come from within, and defile the man.] [WHY WE NEED A SAVIOR: Rom. 3:10-28 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understands, there is none that seeks after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that does good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes. Now we know that what things so ever the law says, it says to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his (God's) sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ to all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believes in Jesus. Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Joh. 3:16 For God so loved the world (us), that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Joh. 14:6 Jesus said to him (us), I am the way (salvation), the truth (assurance), and the life (eternal): no man comes to (God) the Father, but by me (God the Son). Rom. 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:]

My beliefs have evolved on some subjects since the 1950s but, on this subject, they aren’t much different than they were then. For people who prefer to believe the popular concept of what hell is, there isn’t any reason to read further but information such as is presented in this video is likely to encourage some people to reexamine the concept of hell that is ubiquitous in the United States (and probably in the entire English speaking world). Nobody has ever persuaded me that there is a place under the earth where the finally impenitent writhe in exquisite agony in perpetuity. If I had ever been persuaded that such a doctrine could reasonably be derived from the Bible, I would have rejected the Bible and the God of the Bible. Before I was in my teens, my parents taught me how to use marginal references and concordances to study the Bible for myself. I didn’t get an unabridged Strong’s Concordance until a few decades later but, according to my Strong’s, the word “hell” in the King James translation is translated from one Hebrew word and three Greek words. In the King James translation: The Hebrew word sheol is translated as hell 31 times, as pit 3 times and as grave 31 times. In Genesis 37:35, Jacob - a man of God - is said to have gone to sheol. In Numbers 16:30 & 33, wicked men are said to have gone to sheol. In Psalm 89:48, all men are said to go to sheol. There are three Greek words translated as hell: 1: hades (This seems to be the Greek word with the meaning most similar to the Hebrew word sheol.) 2: geenna (sometimes transliterated into English as gehenna) 3: tartaroo (sometimes transliterated into English as tartarus) Geenna is a Greek spelling of the Hebrew words which mean Valley of Hinnom. Tartaroo is used only once in the Bible - II Peter 2: 4 “For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:” In this passage, the Greek word, tartaroo, is about a place where the angels that sinned are delivered into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment, i.e. until the judgment or until the executive phase of the judgment. Most of the English-speaking people in the western Europe and the United States, if they read the bible for themselves at all, tend to read it “backward”. They read the Gospels and the Epistles first, using definitions they consider “traditional” because they are the definitions they have been taught. Many of those “traditional” definitions entered ostensibly Christian theology either directly from Greek philosophy or indirectly as some of those Greek ideas had been transmitted to Roman culture. (Some Greek concepts may have been borrowed from earlier Persian philosophy.) In recent decades, there has been an increasing interest in examining the Bible from the perspectives of Hebrew culture. Which is helpful when trying to understand the Christians of the first century A.D. most of whom had read the Hebrew Bible FIRST. Now try to imagine the perspective of Hebrews (or other people who read the Hebrew Bible before they read the Gospels, the Epistles and the Apocalypse). Before the influence of other cultures began to influence the Hebrews’ interpretation of their own Bible, there was no textual evidence that the Bible writers ever intended the word sheol to mean anything other than a place of rest, silence, secrecy, darkness, sleep or corruption. If Daniel 12:2 (“some [shall awake] to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt”) is understood as a reference to the resurrections mentioned in I Thessalonians 4:13-18 (first resurrection) and Revelation 20:4 (first resurrection) and Revelation 20:5 first part (second resurrection), there is nothing in the language or context of Daniel 12:2 to suggest that “shame and everlasting contempt” has anything to do with a place of perpetual fire. Most of the biblical references that mention the use of fire to punish the finally impenitent can just as easily be understood as an event rather than as a place - the event being when, after the second resurrection (at the close of the millennium), the finally impenitent compass the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: (I take this to mean they attempt to attack the city) and fire comes down from God out of heaven, and devours them. (Revelation 20:9) I understand this to be the lake of fire mentioned in verses 10, 14 and 15. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet...” (Malachi 4:3) In Revelation 20:14, the event of verse 9 is called the second death. Even death itself is destroyed in this lake of fire. (Verse 14) Which means that either Malachi 4:3 and Revelation 20:14 cannot be taken literally or the biblical references to eternal fire cannot be understood as fire that keeps on burning without consuming what is being burned. “Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.” (Jude 7) This seems to indicate that it is the effects of the lake of fire that are eternal - not that the fire is eternal. Sodom isn’t still burning now. The concept of a supreme being who tortures people far beyond the pain they have caused to others is totally antithetical to my concept of justice. On the other hand, I find it easy to love a God who doesn’t even punish people when they die without repenting but waits until after they are resurrected and they again demonstrate the depth of their depravity.

Good talk i think you are right on most of what you say.But i wonder if you have read all of lsaiah not only part of it???

What of Jude 3? How do you see the word delivered? The faith once delivered to the saints. And Philippians 1:29? How do you see the word granted? It has been granted unto you, not only to believe on Christ, but also to suffer on his behalf. Are not these part of “every good and perfect GIFT comes from above.” ??? Is not Faith then a perfect gift God gives? How can a blind, dead, lost, ugly, ignorant person get faith? Can they drum it up on their own? We are blinded by the god of this world. We were lost until the good shepherd finds us. We were dead in trespasses ( outward manifestation of inner sin) and sins ( wrong mentality or perceptions of God- falling short of his Genius mind) . So I say the only way we get awakened to truth ( metanoia) ( repentance) is if it is given to us at the moment God chooses for us. In fact you may or may not see this as truth, but that is part of His Story ( God’s drama unfolding). My awakening was around the year 2015. I was shaken by a question my daughter asked me. “Dad, so if you would not send me to hell for sinning the rest of my life, then you must love me more than God does, no?” Got me searching for answers because I couldn’t believe in a God who tortures any longer. That was age 51 for me. Almost 60 now … so God did not choose for me to know full truth all at once. Bit by bit he unveiled like an onion skin many of the so called truths in religion, politics, science, etc. were all half truths. Usually nothing is totally wrong.. it is veiled, partial truth. That is j how we are blinded to it. “Brainwashed saints.”

Careful because the bible says that in the last days ppl Will not endure sound doctrine and will give into doctrines of demons. Jesus spoke about outer darkness where there will be weeping and knashing of teeth

Origenist heresy. Matthew 25: When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the [c]holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ 37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ 41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’ 44 “Then they also will answer [d]Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ 45 Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Huh I’ve never heard this particular viewpoint of eschatology. I definitely don’t believe in eternal hell/eternal conscious torment but never heard that Jesus was quoting people when he talked about hell. Very interesting 🤔.

rev 22 provides the best evidence that the lake of fire is forever

Help, Can anytime provide sources to further look into from which this gentleman is sharing his knowledge please? Thank you

God gave us the parable of Lazrus and the rich man and scripture also tells us that Jesus went to hell to set captives free. It's clear there is a hell after one dies...how long will someone be there in hell is the question. Some think id eternal and some think only for a period of time until the second death where those who didn't receive Gods free gift of salvation goes, the same place where Satan and his demons are sent. Bible says Satan and demons will go there and will be there forever and ever. Is the second death for humans annihilationism? Not sure but one thing I know for sure, Jesus example of the parable of Lazarus and the rich is a spiritual lesson of the after life where we are being warned about and why Jesus came to rescue humanity because hell is what we actually deserve as sinners

9¶And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name. no place was found for them. 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. 13And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. 14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire This man is a false teacher

Yeah, I only have some strugle to understand Matthew 10:28.

I first heard this through Chris Date about 5 years ago! It surprises me that the only passage that seems to indicate eternal conscious torment is Revelation 20. A book full of prophetic symbolism. And this is followed up by Rev 21, where it says there is no more sin, suffering or death! So even Revelation clarifies that they will be no more, or cease to exist. The rest of the bible states that death is the punishment for sin. Going all the way back to Genesis. The day they ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, they would surely die! Old Testament prophets say that the wicked will be no more. Jesus said 'they shall not PARISH, but have eternal life.' The wages of sin is DEATH, but the gift of God is eternal life. Do not fear man who can destroy the body, but fear God who can destroy both body and soul in hell!

ECT is not logically coherent--it asserts infinite punishment for finite sin, a complete impossibility for a loving God. Various forms of annihilationism are coherent but contradict scripture. Are we to interpret every knee shall bow every tongue confess to mean only the small percentage of humanity that enter through the narrow gate?

The wicked receive the second death to be burned to ashes and out of existence Believers receive eternal life

So many problems with this. How does he claim that it's hyperbole? And why couldn't Jesus be using the prophets (as he often did) to speak of a spiritual reality? This seems like he is reaching to try to read a meaning into the words of Jesus, because the idea of eternal torment is an unpleasant one.

Jews were not always opposed to borrowing ideas outside of Judaism to incorporate into their theology or at least influence their thinking. The Old Testament itself admits that Jews sometimes slept with those outside of the tribe. This is not a wholesale criticism, but just an honest observation.

In my last comment it didn't print right that's the Augustine Doctrine we've been taking it for 1600 years it's time we stopped

What is going on with the story of Lazaras?

Jesus did teach about an eternal hell. HE said that if you foot causes you to sin cut it off , it is better to enter life lame than enter hell whole , where the fire is not quenched and the worm does not die.

Why be saved if there's no consequences?

what about the Wrath of God in john 3:36 ? is this a bad translation ?

Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: You might want to read what is written in Matthew 25:41 and repent of this heresy.

Amen. The hell crowd is reprobate IMHO

I believe that if this topic is talked about in a video the gospel should also be shared. Our salvation is much more important than a non salvation issue

What happens to us after we die?

Matthew 25:31-36 says, "Then he will say to those on his left, “Depart from me, you cursed. . . . And these will go away into ETERNAL punishment, but the righteous into ETERNAL life.” 2Thessalonians 1:5-10 says, "The Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction..." By the way, the word destruction here comes from the Greek word olethros and it means; destruction, death, ruin, doom. So the phrase eternal destruction above means ETERNAL death, ruin, doom. Revelation 14:9-11 says, "If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath...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 they were annihilated out of existence, then the statement NO REST DAY OR NIGHT makes no sense. Revelation 20:10 says, "And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be TORMENTED day and night FOREVER and ever. . .Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if ANYONE"S name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire." By the way, the word torment is translated from the Greek word Basanismos, and it means to torture. It absolutely does NOT mean to annihilate and put out of existence.

Then the King will say to those on his right, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” . . . Then he will say to those on his left, “Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. . . . And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” The word eternal in the above verse is the Greek word aiōnion, it means eternal. In Revelation 14:11 it says, "And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be NO REST DAY OR NIGHT for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” In Revelation 20 we find this, "And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be TORMENTED DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER... Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if ANYONE"S name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. In Matthew 25:46, “And {the wicked} will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” The two words translated eternal above are from the same Greek word; aiōnion. It means “eternal” in both. By the way, if you say hell above is NOT eternal, do you also say eternal life above is NOT eternal? They are the same word in one verse. In Daniel 12:2, “…and many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth (the dead) shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.” The words everlasting in this verse come from the Greek word ō-w-lām. It means eternal. You say only God is eternal, yes with no beginning, BUT God Himself promises eternal life to all who will trust in Jesus. AND as the scriptures above prove, He promises eternal suffering to all who refuse Christ. The soul that sin shall surely die; this is a reference to the second death, which the Bible clearly says is the Lake of Fire. AND again, as stated above involves eternal "torment." You are right when you say ONLY those who trust in Christ will receive eternal life, but those who reject Christ will receive their reward; eternal suffering in the Lake of fire. Would a God of Love send the unrepentant sinner to hell? In Hebrews 10:26-36 it says, “If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God...For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." You said that their smoke rises forever and NOT their torment, but you know that is not true, it says, "the smoke OF THEIR TORMENT rises forever." You say death in the bible means a state of unconsciousness. Not according to Jesus. He talks of Lazarus and the rich man dying and both lift up their eyes and find themselves in a state of FULL consciousness. Lazarus in Abraham's Bosom, BUT the rich man, by his own words in torment in flames. You also said the person who dies isn't aware of anything, the rich man in flames said, "Father Abraham, send Lazarus over to me that he might dip his finger in water and touch the tip of my tongue for I am in torment in these flames." Look, I wish there was no eternal Hell, it breaks my heart to think of people going there for eternity (i have family and friends who have not come to christ) but the Bible as I have demonstrated above has a lot to say about ETERNAL punishment in the Lake of Fire. Think of the story of Uzzah. God had told the Israelites to move the Ark of the Covenant. They were instructed to put it on an oxcart and move it to a particular location. God earlier had stated that "No one but the Levites were allowed to EVER touch the Ark." Well in this particular Bible account, the ox stumbled and the cart tipped and the Ark was about to fall, BUT Uzzah WHO was NOT a Levite, reached out his hand and saved the Ark from possible damage. Did God commend Uzzah for saving the Ark? NO! the Bible says, "The anger of God flared up and killed Uzzah on the spot." The moral of the story; God wants us to obey HIS WORD, and not do or believe what we think is right. Re-read the above verses and ask yourself, do these really say God will not let the person who rejects Christ suffer in hell, but will simply put them out of existence?

Lack of understanding symbols and typologyinthe OT andnew testamentyou won't now what the scriptures are saying you spor on brother

The word hell is a norse word , for the goddess hel of the underworld, it's part of vikings convering to Christianity, jesus used gehena , there is dark and there is light , heaven full of love , the real hell , not the dante inferno , or the greek hades , is the void a blackness of human hate and all that humanity would not let ho of , jesus went there he set the captives free , he has the keys to this void or hell , and he defeated the fallen angel as well, there is always hope , and a new heaven and earth to come, so eternal torment , is not where god punishes people its where people who spirits are full of hate reside , god is love , jesus is love , the holy spirit is love even Gods wraith is a burning love trying to destroy evil to set people free , Keith has an interesting understanding, as a progressive Christian I can accept what he says but also have my own opinion on heaven and hell , not every Christian thinks the same !

Viewers, would you be surprised to learn that the original Bible manuscripts do not contain the word "hell" or any word which means hell. If there was a hell, the Bible would say so, wouldn't it? Sheol is not hell. Hades is not hell. Gehenna is not hell. The Lake of Fire is not hell.

so where is Hitler going after judgement ? Rev 20:10..

are you a 7day Adventist?

Heaven was also a pagan idea from Egypt and Greece... So why do you believe in the traditional view of heaven? You can't have your cake and eat it too...

Mathew 25:46 unless you allegorize scripture which is dangerous.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English And these will go into eternal torture, and the righteous into eternal life.” Matthew 25 46

I lean towards not believing in an eternal hell but I think your premise is pretty flawed in the sense that you are failing to understand the idea that Jesus quotes the OT prophets to EXPAND the depth of the revelation in those words.

Matthew 25:46. 46 “And they will go away into ETERNAL PUNISHMENT, but the righteous into ETERNAL LIFE.” (((( To anyone who does not believe in EVERLASTING conscious TORMENT, please explain why ETERNAL LIFE here means EVERLASTING conscious LIFE but the punishment doesnt????? )))). Please no philosophy, Just answer the question in an honest way. Thank you.

Hell is infinite in the sense that it will never end. Matthew 25:46, “And {the wicked} will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” The two words translated eternal above are from the same Greek word; aiōnion. It means “eternal” in both. By the way, if you say hell above is NOT eternal, do you also say eternal life above is NOT eternal? They are the same word in one verse. Revelation 14:9-11, “A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur…And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night..." By the way the word torment is translated from the Greek word "basanismou" and if you look in a Greek concordance it means torture, pain, torment. It does NOT mean annihilate.

Matthew 28:10 would disagree with you completely. "And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." Jesus' words. You're teaching falsehood. He was not quoting OT prophets.

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 they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

After the resurrection, hades (hell) is eternal. Clear teaching of the NT and Orthodox tradition. It may be that the "gates" of hades are locked from inside - i.e. those there could in theory repent, but in practice cannot bring themselves to do so, because they are hardened in their hatred of God. So they are locked in a prison of their own making. That, however, doesn't make the prison temporary.

So, you think John, who wrote the book of Revelation, was a pagan? Explain what is meant by Rev 14:9-11. (This is just one example.) Man always thinks they know better than what God’s word has for us. 🤷‍♂️ (Or do you think the Bible is just fiction, too?).

Please don't let someone who does not know Jesus of Nazareth personally or have His Spirit to interpret what Jesus meant... please read the last 3 chapters of the book of Revelation (Rev 20:7-15, 21:7-8 & verse 27) to know about the second death & the eternal lake of fire. The fate of all whose names are not found in the Lamb's book of life! Also read Luke 16:19-31 The story of The Rich Man and Lazarus. This wasn't a parable, but a story of the fate of two men who once lived on the earth. One of whom we now know by name!

Lies. Scripture is CLEAR…CHRIST suffered agony and death to pay your sin debt and keep you from HELL…which was created for Satan and his angels….read REVELATION! The smoke of their TORMENT shall rise FOREVER….Jesus gave the parable of Lazarus and the rich man! Where the worm dieth NOT…GOD CANNOT LIE…

You're teaching false doctrine. The bible clearly speaks the truth. So, you are saying that Jesus is liar when he clearly explains that there is Hell and eternal punishment. Jesus is the Truth, the way and life. He is the same today, yesterday, and forever. Repent from your false teaching about Hell and self examine yourself. Stop this satanic delusion of annihilation.

This is absolute rubbish!! Read the Gospels! Read Revelation! It's all there!! Get yourself back to right doctrine before it's too late! Eternity is an awfully long time to be wrong!!

Salvation is from the Jews so is hell. Beware hell is real.

There is no universalism deal with it.

This is a doctrine of devils Heresy and dangerous. Why follow Christ then if all will eventually be saved

THIS IS A FALSE TEACHING!!!! Hell is a REAL place of torment that you will go to if you are not saved. The bible CLEARLY teaches about hell !

Yes, eternal torment is in the Bible. This denialism is just laughable.

This bloke is false! Stay true to Christ!

False teacher. Beware this man.

Jesus himself speaks about Hell and yes it is eternal if your saying it isn’t please repent Jesus even spoke about how it will be in judgement day about the sheep those who are his and those who are the devils those who are the goats. The Sheep will be to his right hand and the goats to his left if anyone wants read Matthew 25:31-46 NKJV but I’m gonna read the part of Jesus speaking in Matthew 25:41-46 NKJV 41. “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘ Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels: 42. for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43. I was a stranger and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’ 44.”Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then He will answer them, saying,’ Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me, 26. And these will go into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” This is what Jesus spoke if you are teaching that Hell and the Lake of Fire isn’t eternal please repent you will be held responsible if you don’t you don’t want to bear the punishment of lying to people. This is exactly why Jesus had to die for our sins on the cross it was so important. Jesus died for our sins on the cross, he was buried, and he rose from the dead on the third day he is alive forever more seated at God the Fathers right hand. Jesus Christ is The Son Of God and God manifest in the flesh. Please do not delete this comment. People need to know the truth God is love but he is also Holy, Just, and good and he must punish sin the wages for our sin is death and eternal separation from God which would be the Lake of Fire. God wants us all to repent and place our faith and truth in Jesus Christ. Jesus said in John 6:47 NKJV 47. Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. If whoever May read this hasn’t please call out to Jesus he loves you. Jesus said in Matthew 11:28 NKJV Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Romans 10:9 NKJV that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:13 NKJV 13. For “ whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.” If you havent please call out to Jesus he loves you.