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The chief punishment of hell is eternal separation from God, in whom alone man can possess the life and happiness for which he was created and for which he longs. 1038 The resurrection of all the dead, "of both the just and the unjust," (Acts 24:15) will precede the Last Judgment.
Robert J. Fox wrote: "Hell is a place or state of eternal punishment inhabited by those rejected by God because such souls have rejected God's saving grace." [64] Evangelicals Norman L. Geisler and Ralph E. MacKenzie interpret official Roman Catholic teaching as: "Hell is a place or state of eternal punishment inhabited by those rejected by God ...
Whether any sin or combination of sins could warrant never-ending punishment or eternal torture. Whether free will is compatible with God's omnipotence and omniscience. Traditionally Hell is defined in Christianity and Islam as one of two abodes of Afterlife for human beings (the other being Heaven or Jannah ), and the one where sinners suffer ...
Since 1800 this situation has entirely changed, and no traditional Christian doctrine has been so widely abandoned as that of eternal punishment. Its advocates among theologians today must be fewer than ever before. The alternative interpretation of hell as annihilation seems to have prevailed even among many of the more conservative theologians.
At this point Satan, his angels, and wicked humanity will suffer annihilation in the Lake of Fire ("the second death", Revelation 20:8). Adventists disagree with the traditional doctrine of hell as a place of conscious eternal punishment. Finally, God will create a new earth where the redeemed will enjoy eternal life free of sin and suffering.
Belief in soul sleep and the annihilation of the unsaved became increasingly common during the nineteenth century, [165] [166] [167] entering mainstream Christianity in the twentieth century. [ 168 ] [ 169 ] From this point it is possible to speak in terms of entire groups holding the belief, and only the most prominent individual nineteenth ...
The Last Judgment (detail), c.1431, by Fra Angelico depicting people being tormented in hell In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as punishment after death.
The second death, also known as eternal death, [1]: 47 [2]: 439 [3] is an eschatological concept in Judaism, Christianity, and Mandaeism related to punishment after a first/initial death on Earth. Judaism