annihilation errors
Problems with annihilation view is it is not biblical. Advocates of Annihilation think/claim "the effects of the punishment is eternal, not the punishment itself. That the effects of the unquenchable fire is not that the fire goes on forever; just that it is unquenchable until it does it's work." But... If theyre in sin, it will be that way in eternity too: 1. its continual gnashing towards God, hate and anger, so their sin continues inexhaustibly even there. Also remember, 2. there was only hope for salvation while alive. Scripture is clear. Flee to Christ while alive before you die, or its eternal Hell to pay. 3. The human soul is eternal. If Annihilation was true why did God create Sheol or Gehenna, and why are their spirits in Sheol (Hades) there now? I think the warning of eternal punishment is to take away (and make real) that the consequences are so bad that to consider any way out (before death) besides saving faith in Jesus is a bad decision. Belief in (a...