ETERNAL
PUNISHMENT, WHAT IS IT?
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou
shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof
thou shalt surely die. (Gen. 2:17)
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto
the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which
I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed
is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of
it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall
it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the
field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till
thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken:
for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. (Gen.
3:17-19)
For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and
they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. … For
the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints;
they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked
shall be cut off. … But the transgressors shall be
destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
(Ps. 37:22,28,38)
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so
also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth,
it shall die. (Ezek. 18:4)
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and
broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many
there be which go in thereat: (Matt. 7:13)
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but
the righteous into life eternal. (Matt. 25:46)
And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not
hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
(Acts 3:23)
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit
such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but
have pleasure in them that do them. (Rom. 1:32)
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that
all have sinned: (Rom. 5:12)
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 6:23) For to be
carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is
life and peace. (Rom. 8:6)
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should
not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
(2 Cor. 1:9)
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from
the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
(2 Thess. 1:9)
Compare the Apostle’s statement above, with
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee
from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art
there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
(Ps. 139:7,8)