{"id":13032,"date":"2022-02-24T09:26:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T14:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/?p=13032"},"modified":"2022-02-24T09:26:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T14:26:23","slug":"2-thess-19-is-hell-really-annihilation-of-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/2-thess-19-is-hell-really-annihilation-of-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Thess 1:9 &#8211; Is hell really annihilation of the soul?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Problem:<\/strong> Paul writes of these persecutors facing \u201ceternal destruction\u201d (2 Thess. 1:9). However, Annihilationists claim that we cannot be destroyed for eternity. Instead, this passage refers to a completed destruction that will have consequences for eternity. Is this the case?<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Solution:<\/strong> Greek scholar Robert Thomas writes, \u201cOlethros (\u2018destruction\u2019) does not refer to annihilation, which cannot be \u2018everlasting.\u2019 The word in LXX and NT usages never has this meaning but rather turns on the thought of separation from God and loss of everything worthwhile in life.\u201d[1] For more on this topic, see \u201cIs Hell Divine Overkill?\u201d and \u201cIs Hell Annihilation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[1] Thomas, R. L. (1981). 2 Thessalonians. In F. E. Gaebelein (Ed.), The Expositor\u2019s Bible Commentary: Ephesians through Philemon (Vol. 11, p. 313). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; (2 Thess 1:9)&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Problem: Paul writes of these persecutors facing \u201ceternal destruction\u201d (2 Thess. 1:9). However, Annihilationists claim that we cannot be destroyed for eternity. Instead, this passage refers to a completed destruction that will have consequences for eternity. Is this the case?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22,8,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-errors","category-bible-study","category-bible-teaching","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}