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I myself think that Babylon could be like the antichrist, with their being both a final, biggest version, but many smaller (but still truly terrible) versions throughout history: CSB17 1 John 2:18 Children, it is the last hour. And as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many...

I think I would first question if your friend's statement is accurate. Sometimes people say something like that and they really haven't looked that hard (or they are being way too picky - not just over baptism, but making a long list of non-essential issues that they want a church to agree...

If you are already fairly familiar with different views about Revelation (Preterist, Idealist, Futurist), I think you could jump in at about the 33 minute point and just watch the last 10 minutes and get the main points (but the earlier material is, I think, helpful). I know 43 minutes is a bit...

I don't expect everyone (and probably not even most people) who reply to watch a 40 minute video! That's why I included the brief written summary of the content of the video. I included the video for anyone who wants a little more detail and explanation for my own view. God Bless You.

I can see a connection to Babylon in false religions and false versions of Christianity. Yet, this seems to fit a little more precisely with what Revelation calls "the false prophet." But since the beast (evil governments that persecute Christians), the false prophet (I think you described this...

Babylon is the main topic of a little over 2 chapters in Revelation. There are many opinions about what Babylon refers to. Here are a few questions: 1. What do you think Babylon refers to in Revelation? 2. If you think that Babylon refers to something/somewhere in the past or in the future, are...

I think that you, I, and Meyer all agree that the multiverse fails as an explanation for fine turning and that God is the correct explanation. But I'm not sure what your main point is in your comment or who you are arguing against?

This post is a modified version (shorter, to fit the word limit here) of my blog post : God vs. the Multiverse Let me know what you think about Meyer's book, about the multiverse, and about fine-tuning as evidence for God. Explanation of this blog post series: Back in April, I received my...

Where in the Bible does it teach that all people (including the unrighteous) have souls that will never die (that are immortal, that have eternal life)?

I don't know if the fire is strictly symbolic, and my arguments do not depend on me knowing that. What I'm confident of is that the lake of fire in John's vision is a symbolic image telling us that the unsaved will die a second time.

More specifically, I argue that the lake of fire symbolizes something - namely dying a second time. That does not rule out literal fire being involved in the final judgment. I think there probably is. Might it be in the form of a lake? That's less certain. Other images speak of a fiery furnace...

Does Jesus mention the worms and fire more than once? You might want to check that. But more importantly, the one time He does mention it (Mark 9:48), He is quoting from the last verse in Isaiah. In that verse we see that the worms and fire are consuming dead bodies, not tormenting living...

I have no problem with the fire being fire. The question is: what does the fire do? The Bible's answer is that it burns up the wicked, consumes them, and turns them into ashes. This short video contains relevant verses:

When Jesus says "It is finished," probably seconds before His death, I do not believe He was saying the atonement was already complete and that His death was not the atonement. I believe He meant that it is finished with His death. He obviously could not wait until after His last breath to say...

I answered basically the same question from you in comment #44. You are repeating the question without interacting with my answer. That doesn't help to move the conversation forward.

Doesn't Jesus unambiguously teach that God can destroy souls in Matthew 10:28? ESV Matthew 10:28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Jesus did speak about hell. I believe hell is real and very serious. I have made sacrifices and faced danger in order to try to reach the unreached so that they can have eternal life and not be thrown into hell. The question is, what did Jesus say God would do to people in hell? The answer: ESV...

Thanks for sharing that passage. My first thought is that sometimes the word translated "soul" simply means "life," as opposed to the immaterial part of a person. However, that passage does give some support to part of your view and I will think about it more. It does not change the NT focus on...

The Bible never says anything like "Jesus in His soul died." In fact, the Bible focuses on the fact that Jesus was put to death in His body: CSB17 Colossians 1:22 But now he has reconciled you by his physical body through his death, to present you holy, faultless, and blameless before him--...

The Greeks, speaking Greek and not English (obviously), did not have the English word "annihilate." But if they were to write about the possibility of the whole person, body and soul, ceasing to have any conscious existence at some point (which is what I and other conditionalists mean by...