annihilationism desiring god

apieceofstrange90. Annihilationism sort of says the same thing, that people who do not believe in God, e.g., atheists, upon death simply extinguish; the soul ceases to exist. This is not a defense of the humanity of the unborn.

In relation to the nature of hell, annihilationists misunderstand the meaning of the lake of fire. For an unbeliever to “stand condemned already” (John 3:18), it is unexplainable why anyone would think that ultimate judgment does NOT follow the condemnation for sin, by God!

While I am not completely convinced of this position, I think it is worthy of serious consideration. -Annihilationism: lost souls get destroyed immediately (instead of eternal condemnation). It is therefore perhaps the strongest verse against annihilationism, and the least able to be re-interpreted. 1. Thus those who do not repent of their sins are eternally destroyed because of the inherent incompatibility of sin with God's … Seventh-day Adventists) believe God's love is scripturally described as an all-consuming fire and that sinful creatures cannot exist in God's presence. Does the Bible teach that Hell is punishment forever? As I said, I don’t know what happens (universal reconciliation, annihilation or something else entirely) but not Hell as most churchs teach it andvmost Christians understand it. First is an argument based on the Bible’s use of fire imagery to describe hell. That is all. Logically Necessary: -If God will grant eternal salvation to people who love and place their trust in Him, then He would also grant eternal condemnation to people who willingly act contrary to His will. God has established prayer as the means by which we receive his supernatural help. Upon the Day of Judgment, he is \"re-created\" to be judged and then he is immediately annihilated. As an evangelical conditionalist, I’m convinced that the Bible teaches that the unrighteous will be raised to face judgment, experience a finite amount of conscious suffering, and then perish (John 3:16), be destroyed in body and soul (Matthew 10:28), and burned to ashes (2 Peter 2:6). (Note that this refers to the loss of fellowship with God and has nothing to do with God's omnipresence as such.) Annihilationism is the view that whoever and whatever cannot be redeemed by God is ultimately put out of existence. Some annihilationists believe that once a person dies, his soul instantly ceases to exist. annihilation of the wicked IS eternal punishment for it cannot be undone. Article. Were there no hell or lake of fire, what’s the point of being saved? Seventh Day Adventists, Christadelphians, and others. Founder & Teacher, desiringGod.org. I believe in a view called Conditional Immortality (CI) or Annihilationism.

They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power.” Finally, Jesus himself said, “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life” (Matthew 25:46). Annihilationism asserts that God will eventually destroy the wicked, leaving only the righteous to live on in immortality. In the excerpt provided by Desiring God, Piper does not address the many Bible passages which give strong support to CI. I can not reconcile that with loving, all-powerful God. Some annihilationists say that they suffer some form of the wrath of God before extinguishing. It is an argument that if the unborn are human they ought not to be aborted. The idea of "different kinds" of God's presence is nowhere supported in the text.