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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) teaches that the word "hell" is used scripturally in at least two senses. [107] The first is a place commonly called Spirit Prison which is a state of punishment for those who reject Christ and his Atonement.
In terms of the Bible itself, issues of salvation and access to heaven or to hell are mentioned frequently. [ opinion ] [ discuss ] Examples include John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
The Old Testament uses the phrase "fire and brimstone" in the context of divine punishment and purification. In Genesis 19, God destroys Sodom and Gomorrah with a rain of fire and brimstone (Hebrew: גׇּפְרִ֣ית וָאֵ֑שׁ), and in Deuteronomy 29, the Israelites are warned that the same punishment would fall upon them should they abandon their covenant with God.
The Fire that Consumes was published in 1982 by Edward Fudge of the Churches of Christ. [66] It was described as "the best book" by Clark Pinnock, a decade later. [67] John Gerstner called it "the ablest critique of hell by a believer in the inspiration of the Bible." [68] Clark Pinnock of McMaster Divinity College has defended annihilation. [69]
He also speculated that it was “very probable” the Antichrist might be called Lateinos, which is Greek for “Latin Man”. [34] Tertullian (ca.160 – ca.220 AD) held that the Roman Empire was the restraining force written about by Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8. The fall of Rome and the disintegration of the ten provinces of the Roman ...
Limbo of the Fathers, also known as "Abraham's Bosom", where just souls before Christ awaited Heaven. It is to this abode that the Catholic Church teaches Christ descended. [5] To these three, theologians historically add a fourth as well: Limbo of the Infants, where souls who die in original sin but without any personal mortal sin reside. [6]
Isaac is the author of a forthcoming book, entitled “Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza,” which, according to the publisher’s description, makes the case that ...
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