In this case? The definition of "annihilation"? Well, maybe I haven't absorbed enough scripture, but it seems to me that annihilation, Biblically, is burning in hell. Wailing, gnashing of teeth, etc. Though it could mean something closer to the English word. I.e., you are, then you aren't.
I believe this needs to be understood in the context of "I AM," meaning that "evildoers will burn in hell forever" could also be translated "sin will always bring death, forevermore, and the sinner will always pay the price, until that brighter day." maybe.
My dad was retired air force while I went to army nursing school. I know it's fun for branches of military to pick at each other but hopefully we all know each one has it's purpose. No war is finished til boots are on the ground but no boots go in without control of the air.
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Today pull up the little weeds,
The sinful thoughts subdue,
Or they will take the reins themselves
And someday master you. --Anon.
The most deadly sins do not leap upon us, they creep up on us.
Last edited by Truthseeker; 04-03-2013 at 07:37 PM.
In this case? The definition of "annihilation"? Well, maybe I haven't absorbed enough scripture, but it seems to me that annihilation, Biblically, is burning in hell. Wailing, gnashing of teeth, etc. Though it could mean something closer to the English word. I.e., you are, then you aren't.
It means being evaporated. To not exist anymore. Gone completely. You can read "The Fire that Consumes" by Fudge for a complete explanation of it.
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His banner over me is LOVE.... My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart fervently. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
To be a servant of God, it will cost us our total commitment to God, and God alone. His burden must be our burden... Sis Alvear
"Evangelical Christians agree that a dreadful destiny awaits those who reject God's presence now. According to the traditional majority view, that destiny will involve everlasting conscious torment in hell. However, believers are increasingly questioning the traditional view, finding it unbiblical and inconsistent with God's own character.
This internationally acclaimed book investigates the whole teaching of Scripture on the topic of final punishment, and concludes that hell will involve the irreversible destruction of body and soul, leaving room for whatever degree of conscious torment God justly decrees in any individual case.
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His banner over me is LOVE.... My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart fervently. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
To be a servant of God, it will cost us our total commitment to God, and God alone. His burden must be our burden... Sis Alvear
"Evangelical Christians agree that a dreadful destiny awaits those who reject God's presence now. According to the traditional majority view, that destiny will involve everlasting conscious torment in hell. However, believers are increasingly questioning the traditional view, finding it unbiblical and inconsistent with God's own character.
This internationally acclaimed book investigates the whole teaching of Scripture on the topic of final punishment, and concludes that hell will involve the irreversible destruction of body and soul, leaving room for whatever degree of conscious torment God justly decrees in any individual case.
The final destruction of the wicked, however long it takes will result in eternal death. Jude calls it "the blackness of darkness" forever.
Peter calls it "the mist of darkness".
Jesus called it "outer darkness".
The nothingness of the absence of life.
Apparently outer darkness is part of the Kingdom of God/Heaven?
Mat 25:14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods......
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......... Mat 25:29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. Mat 25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Apparently outer darkness is part of the Kingdom of God/Heaven?
Mat 25:14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods......
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......... Mat 25:29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. Mat 25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Jesus says that unprofitable servants will be cast away into outer darkness. They were once in his kingdom.
Anyway don't worry, we Army guys do appreciate, our "Support" branches.
Well, I would love to be the fly on the wall when you walk in to a bar full of Marines or Navy Seals and call them a "Support Branch."
The Pacific theater of World War 2 was won because a support branch wiped the Imperial Japanese Navy and Merchant shipping from the seas, while carrying marines from island to island.
Don't get me wrong, I like the Army, almost joined it until my dad talked me into joining the Navy,
Every body does their part. I was on a nuclear submarine. I don't recall supporting the Army once. I do remember the ineptitude of the soldiers on an Army tug in the Azores when they dented our boat. Whose idea was it to give grunts a boat in the first place?
Yep, without the Navy and the Airforce you guys are just all dressed up and no where to go.
My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart fervently. 
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