"but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die," (Genesis 2:17). According to most annihilationists (those who hold to conditional immortality), death is the cessation of both physical...
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Annihilationism
Soul sleep problems and questions
Soul sleep is held by different groups from Jehovah's Witnesses to Seventh-day Adventists to generic annihilationists. Within the conditionalist/annihilationist group, there are different views. "Evangelical conditionalists also differ in terms of what we believe the...
Is there an intermediate state and what does it mean for conditionalism?
Yes, there is an intermediate state where people are conscious after they die and before they are resurrected. But first, let me explain one of the conditionalist views and then counter it with God's word. Not all conditionalists are the same. Some affirm a...
Word study on ‘forever and ever’ as it occurs in the New Testament
The phrase "forever and ever" occurs 20 times in the New Testament. In each verse, it speaks of something that will never end. But, annihilationists deny that people will suffer forever and ever in the Final Judgment, so in three important verses, they interpret...
Is the immortal soul a Greek concept adopted by the early church?
Many annihilationists assert that the concept of the immortal soul is of Greek origin and was mistakenly adopted by the early Christian church. Therefore, their logic goes, it is not a biblical concept. But, making the assertion doesn't mean it is true. In fact,...
Soul sleep, Jesus’ human nature, and conditionalism
Soul sleep, Jesus' human nature, and conditionalism. Within conditionalist (annihilationist) circles, soul sleep (also called psychopannychism) is a very common doctrine. However, an exact definition of what soul sleep is has been very difficult to obtain. There are...
Conditionalism and the anthropological monism, physicalism problem
In my research on conditionalism, the majority of those who hold to it also affirm anthropological monism. This means they equate the existence of the soul with the existence of the physical body. So, when the physical body dies, the soul ceases to exist. Please...
The conditionalist Bible
Following is an attempt to illustrate the teachings of conditionalism by putting the conditionalist slant into Scripture. Of course, they do not have their own Bible. The "Conditionalist Bible" is merely an illustrative device here. But, if we insert their...
Word study on the phrase, “Will be no more”
Conditionalists, also known as annihilationists, maintain that upon the final judgment God will annihilate the wicked, and they "will be no more." In light of this, I decided to do a word study on the phrase "there will be no more" to see how it is used and to see if...
Word study on weeping and gnashing of teeth
The phrase "weeping and gnashing of teeth" occurs seven times in the Bible, all of them in the New Testament gospels, and all spoken by Jesus. The reference is obviously to a condition of agony, a punishment that is experienced. Jesus speaks of it as happening in...