On The Eagle's Wings

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2005/10/6

On Death and Destruction

@ 10:35 AM (50 months, 9 days ago)
To be honest I am getting tired of writing on foundational things...yet the foundation needs to be laid, so I have chosen to post this excellent article that explains the words death, destruction, and perishing.  A careful reading of this article should make the meaning of these words from scripture clear.
The Second Death And The Restitution Of All Things By Andrew Jukes [available in PDF Format] Appendix--Note A. Scripture use of the words "death" and "destruction."

The opinion of the annihilation of the wicked, which has at different times been held by some, as a refuge from the doctrine of never-ending punishment, is not only opposed to the whole analogy of our regeneration, which shews how death and judgment are the only way of life and deliverance for a fallen creature, but also so directly contradicts what is said of "death" in Scripture, that it is difficult to conceive how it could ever have been accepted by believers. Even before the reason of the Cross is seen, the very letter of Scripture, one might have thought, would have kept men from concluding that the "death," "destruction," and "perishing," of the wicked means their non-existence or annihilation. For what is "death"? What is "destruction"? How are these words invariably used in Holy Scripture?

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