What
is Eternal Punishment?
But of the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil, you will not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely
die. (Genesis 2:17)
And to Adam he said, Because you have
hearkened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you,
saying, You will not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow will you eat
of it all the days of your life; Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and
you will eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of your face will you eat bread, till you
return to the ground; for out of it was you taken: for dust you are, and to dust will you
return. (Genesis 3:17-19)
For such as be blessed of him will inherit
the earth; and they that be cursed of him will be cut off. For the LORD loves judgment,
and forsakes not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked will
be cut off. But the transgressors will be destroyed together: the end of the wicked will
be cut off. (Psalms 37:22,28,38)
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of
the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins, it will die. (Ezekiel
18:4)
Enter you in at the strait gate: for wide is
the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many there be which go in
thereat. (Matthew 7:13)
And these will go away into everlasting
punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. (Matthew 25:46)
And it will come to pass, that every soul,
which will not hear that prophet, will be destroyed from among the people. (Acts 3:23)
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they
which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in
them that do them. (Romans 1:32)
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into
the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.
(Romans 5:12)
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift
of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
For to be fleshly minded is death; but to be
spiritually minded is life and peace. (Romans 8:6)
But we had the sentence of death in
ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raises the dead (2
Corinthians 1:9)
Compare the following texts:
Who will be punished with everlasting
destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. (2
Thessalonians 1:9)
Whither will I go from your spirit? or
whither will I flee from your presence? If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I
make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. (Psalms 139:7,8)
Ref. E: 21, 210, 354, 405; Z’00-101,109.
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