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NASB | Revelation 20:15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 20:15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the Book of Life, he was hurled into the lake of fire. |
Subject: psalms... judgement chapter 1 verse 5 |
Bible Note: Dear Ariel, Good question! No, that is something called annihilationism (see http://www.theopedia.com/annihilationism), a heterodoxical teaching. In orthodoxy we believe that the bible teaches a doctrine of eternal life, as well as a doctrine of eternal death (cf Matthew 25:46, etc.); viz: "The bodies of men after death return to dust, and see corruption (Gen. 3:19; Acts 13:36) but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them (Eccl. 12:7). The souls of the righteous being then made perfect in holiness, are received into paradise, where they are with Christ, and behold the face of God in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies (Luke 23:43; 2 Cor. 5:1, 6, 8; Phil. 1:23, Heb. 12:23); and the souls of the wicked are cast into hell; where they remain in torment and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment of the great day (Jude 1:6-7; 1 Peter 3:19; Luke 16:23-24); besides these two places, for souls separated from their bodies, the Scripture acknowledgeth none. "At the last day, such of the saints as are found alive, shall not sleep, but be changed (1 Cor. 15:51-52; 1 Thess. 4:17); and all the dead shall be raised up with the selfsame bodies, and none other (Job 19:26-27); although with different qualities, which shall be united again to their souls for ever (1 Cor. 15:42-43). "The bodies of the unjust* shall, by the power of Christ, be raised to dishonor; the bodies of the just, by His Spirit, unto honour, and be made conformable to His own glorious body (Acts 24:15; John 5:28-29; Phil. 3:21). " --1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith (31.1-3) Thank you for asking a good question! In Him, Doc * The word just and unjust are meant in a forensic sense. In other words, the just are those that have been judged and found innocent, perfect and righteous; whereas the unjust are those that have been judged and are found guilty. |