Respect to you Brother Epley.
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I do NOT believe in the doctrine of annihilation of the wicked they will eternally die in the lake of fire where their torment will never cease.
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They cannot 'eternally' die and be tormented at the same time, that would be eternal life if they never cease to be.
The lake of fire in Revelation is called the second death.
If you believe; "the wicked are dead unconscious until the resurrection."
Why then when their bodies are destroyed in Gehenna's fire would the 'soul' go on being tormented when the fires of Gehenna will burn out?
It is the smoke of the torment, not the torment itself that ascends up.
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I do not believe the dead are conscious after death.
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The scriptures concur
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The souls of the righteous go into the presence of God to rest and the wicked are dead unconscious until the resurrection.
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Where does the bible say this?
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