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1 | psalms... judgement chapter 1 verse 5 | Rev 20:15 | DocTrinsograce | 225664 | ||
Hi, Ed... I have heard Campbellites, Unitarians, and Universalists assert that kind of teaching, but never anyone who purportedly embraced sola scriptura. As Pastor Beja has pointed out, scripture does teach that the world will be judged. Indeed, if God's judgment of the world does not take place, His holiness could not stand. Regardless, in a forum dedicated to sola scriptura, we need to cite the specific verses related to the question. In the confession from my own tradition, the salient scriptures on the final judgment are summarized as follows: "God hath appointed a day wherein He will judge the world in righteousness, by Jesus Christ (Acts 17:31; John 5:22, 27); to whom all power and judgment is given of the Father; in which day, not only the apostate angels shall be judged (1 Corinthians 6:3; Jude 1:6), but likewise all persons that have lived upon the earth shall appear before the tribunal of Christ, to give an account of their thoughts, words, and deeds, and to receive according to what they have done in the body, whether good or evil (2 Corinthians 5:10; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Matthew 12:36; Romans 14:10, 12; Matt. 25:32-46). "The end of God's appointing this day, is for the manifestation of the glory of His mercy, in the eternal salvation of the elect; and of His justice, in the eternal damnation of the reprobate, who are wicked and disobedient (Romans 9:22-23): for then shall the righteous go into everlasting life, and receive that fullness of joy and glory with everlasting rewards, in the presence of the Lord; but the wicked, who know not God, and obey not the gospel of Jesus Christ, shall be cast aside into everlasting torments (Matthews 25:21, 34; 2 Timothy 4:8), and punished with everlasting destruction, from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power (Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:48; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10). "As Christ would have us to be certainly persuaded that there shall be a day of judgment, both to deter all men from sin (2 Corinthians 5:10-11), and for the greater consolation of the godly in their adversity (2 Thessalonians 1:5-7), so will He have the day unknown to men, that they may shake off all carnal security, and be always watchful, because they know not at what hour the Lord will come (Mark 13:35-37; Luke 12:35-40), and may ever be prepared to say, 'Come Lord Jesus; come quickly' (Revelation 22:20). Amen." --1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith (32.1-3) In Him, Doc |
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2 | psalms... judgement chapter 1 verse 5 | Rev 20:15 | ariel levin | 225668 | ||
"...and punished with everlasting destruction, from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power (Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:48; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10)...." So it's not an eternal punishment of torment, for 'destruction' means there's an ending, not a particularly good ending but an ending...?? |
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3 | psalms... judgement chapter 1 verse 5 | Rev 20:15 | stjohn | 225669 | ||
Excuse me Ariel... I'm sorry But, the word just before destruction is everlasting. Now I'm not claiming to be an expert, but I think 'everlasting' means everlasting. So can you please give me some reasonable explanation, or even better, some other scripture that would give support for your conclusion that there is an end to it? Otherwise, I'm afraid I'd have to strongly differ, since to my knowledge, Scripture is pretty clear that hell, or the lake of fire, or destruction, or whatever else orthodoxy calls it, it is indeed everlasting, eternal punishment. -John p.s. I did note your question marks, so I'm assuming that you expected to be challenged. |
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4 | psalms... judgement chapter 1 verse 5 | Rev 20:15 | ariel levin | 225676 | ||
My question marks were just that. I was questioning the point that was stated. Destroy - to tear down; demolish; to break up or spoil completely; ruin; to bring to total defeat; crush; to put an end to; do away with; to kill ... (www.yourdictionary.com) - so Destruction is to have (been) destroyed, to have (been) torn down, to have (been) demolished, etc. Everlasting - Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuingwithout end (www.dictionary.net) So that which was stated in the creed, reads like it's a destruction in totality at one time of something that has nothing left to be revived or rebuilt, not something going on forever but something no longer there. That's what I was questioning. |
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