What is eternal conscious punishment?

Augustine believed in the literal existence of a lake of fire, where “by a miracle of their most omnipotent Creator, [the damned] can burn without being consumed, and suffer without dying.” In theological circles this doctrine is known as Eternal Conscious Torment (ECT). Critics fault it for its lack of proportion.

What is the significance of hell?

In religion and folklore, hell is a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death.

What does the Bible say about eternal life in Hell?

When something is burned up, it ceases to exist, even though the fire itself is unquenchable and burns forever. Perish means no longer alive. All people sin, but people to whom God has not spoken (no law) will perish (end of existence) and not be judged by the law. What a person gets for sin is death. Does not say eternal life in hell.

Will sinners burn in hell for eternity?

For example, the Bible clearly teaches that sinners will burn in Hell for eternity. This issue is so simple that it can be summed up in one sentence: Everybody has an eternal destiny eternal life in Heaven with Jesus or burning in eternal Hell with the devil.

Will a person Burn Forever in Hell?

Doesn’t say a person will burn forever in hell – only that the fire burns forever – and that the fire (in which a person eventually dies) is prepared for the devil and his angels who will burn there forever (see Revelation 20:20 below).

What is hell really like?

A place somewhere under the earth, where bad people are tormented and burn in hellfire for all eternity. It sounds horrible, but this is what most Christian churches teach. What is hell really like according to the Bible? Is hell real? This seems like a good question to start with. The simple answer is yes.