Death and Judgment  CONCORDANT STUDIES IN FURTHER CONSIDERING the theme of the day of judging even as that of the second death which follows, let us first of all note that there are those who will “not [be] coming into judging” (John 5:24). Instead, under the evangel of the Circumcision, those who do good shall…

Death and Judgment  CONCORDANT STUDIES A WORD needs to be said concerning both definitive usage and etymology. “Etymology,” or the study of a word’s origin, is not central but strictly peripheral in determining word meaning. Even the meaning of a word’s elements is not determinative of the word’s own meaning. Definitive context alone determines meaning.…

Death and Judgment  CONCORDANT STUDIES WE HAVE BEEN ASKED to reply to a recent book entitled CRUCIAL QUESTIONS ABOUT HELL.[1] For the most part, the author simply makes a case for eternal punishment and Hell such as will appeal to and, we suppose, satisfy the so-called evangelical public. Will all who die in unbelief, including…

Death and Judgment  CONCORDANT STUDIES MANY BELIEVE that at “death,” man enters into either the bliss of heaven or the pains of the netherworld, awaiting, after judgment day, either eternal joy in heaven or everlasting misery in hell. Then he will possess a body once again, so that, according to his peculiar destiny, either his…

Death and Judgment  CONCORDANT STUDIES LET US note well that in the new earth, in the eon of the eons, “death will be no more” (Rev. 21:4). Though prior to this time untold billions will have already entered death’s portals, from this juncture onward, no more death will ever occur. Though vast numbers will still…

Death and Judgment  CONCORDANT STUDIES The Old English “hell,” denoted that which is covered (hidden or unseen). Consequently, it once served as a suitable translation of the Greek hades, which means “imperceptible” or “unseen.” In modern English, however, due to the corrupting influence of human tradition, “hell” has come to mean “the abode of the…

Death and Judgment  CONCORDANT STUDIES (Matthew 25:31-46) TREMENDOUS JUDGMENT upon the nations of the earth, certain and sudden, has long been predicted by Israel’s prophets. Quite a number of passages in the Greek Scriptures (New Testament) are concerned with this theme as well. The time is coming, when the day of the Lord begins to…

Death and Judgment  CONCORDANT STUDIES MANY ARE THE CLAIMS that the second death is actually a second life. Whether conceived as beneficial, or simply as perpetually punitive, the common idea is that the second death is a second life, yet a life of affliction and pain, injury and distress, endured in the presence of abominable…

Death and Judgment  CONCORDANT STUDIES WE FIND UNTENABLE the idea which some have taught concerning the diminutive form for “scroll” in Revelation 20:12. The claim is that it refers to a “small” scroll here and that this little “scrollet” becomes a very large “scroll” following the day of judgment. This supposedly will occur inasmuch as…

Death and Judgment  CONCORDANT STUDIES IN CONSIDERING God’s judgments it will help us greatly to keep in mind that, for all their good as divine operations, they do not deliver anyone from sin. The judgment of the “second death ” that results from the great white throne judgment, is made in view of the past…