The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1

PART II (Chapters 11-28)

New Testament Evidence

11. Christ’s Infallible Testimony of Life Versus Death	183
I. Definitive Testimony of Jesus, Supreme Witness of All Time	183
1. Jesus Christ—Star Witness of All Time	183
2. Fatal Clash Comes Over Man’s Destiny	184
II. Transcendent Scope and Significance of Incarnation	185
1. Master Key to All Redemptive History	185
2. Becoming Man, He Retains Humanity Forever	186
3. Retains Only Scars of Sin in Universe	187
4. Purpose of Incarnation Was Fivefold	188
III. Eternal Life—Throbbing Heart of John’s Gospel Story	188
1. From Bleakness of Sin to Radiance of Salvation	189
2. New Testament a New Revelation of Life	189
3. Brought About by New Spiritual Ingeneration	190
IV. Two Progenitors, Two Births, Two Contrasting Destinies	191
1. Significance and Scope of the Term “Life”	191
2. Natural Dying Life; Supernatural Endless Life	193
3. Nicodemus the Pharisee Held to Innate Immortality	193
4. “Living Water” Springing Up Unto “Everlasting Life”	195
5. Central Doctrine of John’s Gospel	196
6. Controversy Over Bread From Heaven and Resurrection	197
7. Jewish Challenge of Advent, Resurrection, Damnation	197
8. Blinded by Platonism Jews Reject Life-Truth	198
9. Many Followers Turn Away Because of Claims	199
V. Rejection Comes Over Amazing “Zoe-Life” Claims	200
1. Conflict Develops Into Supreme Crisis	200
2. Again Sought to Stone Him Because of Claims	201
3. Miraculous Raising of Lazarus From Death	202
4. Burden of Christ’s High Priestly Prayer	204
5. “Life Solely in Christ” John’s Paramount Theme	205
6. Contingent Immortality Gives Honor to Christ	205
12. Coordinates All Aspects of Life, Death, and Destiny	207
I. Significance of Christ’s Life and Death in Plan of Redemption	207
1. Christ—Revealer of God and Redeemer of Man	207
2. Life-giving Scope and Significance of Christ’s Death	208
3. Christ’s Death Summit of Sacrifice for Man	210
4. Rejection of Christ’s Redemptive Provisions Supreme Sin	211
II. Pivotal Place of Christ’s Teachings on Life, Death, and Destiny	211
1. Proclamation of Truth and Confutation of Error	212
2. Key to Understanding Conflicts of Centuries	213
III. Sets Pattern for Eschatological and Chronological Sequence	214
1. Prophetic Repetition for Emphasis and Amplification	217
2. Repetition—Clearly Established Pattern of Prophecy	217
3. First Coverage Leads Up to the “End”	218
4. Second Coverage Likewise Leads to Advent	219
5. Celestial Signs Are Chronologically Placed	219
6. “Hour” Not Known, Imminence Can Be Known	220
IV. Transcendent Events Mark “End of the World”	221
1. Preparatory Events, Coming in Glory, Final Separations	221
2. “Wheat” Into God’s Garner; “Tares” Into Fire	222
V. Apostles’ Descriptions Agree With Christ’s	223
1. Second Advent Ushers In “Day of the Lord”	223
2. Second Advent Is Day of Separation	224
3. Eternal Results of Final Reaping	224
VI. “Sleep” of Death Followed by Resurrection “Awakening”	225
1. Christ and Paul Both Employ Metaphor of Sleep	226
2. No Conscious Lapse of Time Between Death and Resurrection	227
3. Premise of “Sleep” Only Way of Understanding Paul	228
4. Sleeping Dead Do Not Precede the Living	229
5. Intent of the “Quick” and the “Dead”	229
VII. The Resurrection Provision Pivotal in Christ’s Teaching	230
1. Christ’s Resurrection Prerequisite to Ours	230
2. Resurrection Is of the Whole Person	231
3. Certitude of Resurrection Rests on Christ’s Infallible Word	232
4. Not Uninterrupted Survival but Resurrection	233
13. Christ’s Great Parable of the Lost Opportunity	234
I. Problem Text (Luke 16:19-31): Parable-Fable of Dives and Lazarus	234
1. Clearly One of Christ’s Many Parables	235
2. Uttered When Jews Derided His Teachings	237
II. Significant Place of Parables in Christ’s Teaching	237
1. “Parable” and “Fable,” Definitions and Distinctions	237
2. Parabolic Method Adopted to Circumvent Prejudice	239
3. Revealed to Disciples; Concealed From Hostile Jews	240

4. Number and Scope of Christ’s Parables	241
5. Parables Not a Sound Basis for Doctrine	241
III. Doctrinal Dogmas of Pharisees in Time of Christ	242
1. Platonic Postulates Embraced by Time of Christ	242
2. Paralleling Allegories in OT Imagery	243
3. Not Biographical Sketch but Parabolic Fable	243
IV. Christ’s Great Parable of the Lost Opportunity	245
1. Rejoicing in Heaven: Resentment by Pharisees	245
2. Logical Climax of “Lost Opportunity” Parable	246
V. Salient Points and Perplexing Problems Outlined	247
1. Terse Outline of the Parable	247
2. Key Terms and Expressions Examined	248
3. Sufficiency of Scripture, Unwillingness to Believe	250
14. Gravity of Ascribing False Teachings to Christ	252
I. Josephus Illuminates Dives-Lazarus Story	252
1. Representative Character of Josephus’ Depiction	252
2. Multiple Features of Hades Described	254
3. “Just” Guided by “Angels” to “Bosom of Abraham”	254
4. “Unjust” Dragged to “Neighborhood” of Hell	255
5. Impassable Gulf Separates the Two Groups	255
6. Eternal Torment for Wicked After Judgment	256
7. Deflecting Inroads in Inter-Testamental Period	257
8. Advocates Inject Unwarranted Additions	258
II. Literalism Violates Consistency; Vitiates Christ’s Witness, Overturns Scripture Testimony	259
1. Scofield Makes Passage Wholly Literal	259
2. Inconsistencies Involved in Literal Interpretation	260
3. Literalism Contradicts Christ’s Explicit Declarations	261
4. Literalism Contradicts Inspired Revelation’s Dictums	262
III. Gravity of Ascribing False Teaching to Christ, Embodiment of Truth	263
1. Use of Parable Not Endorsement of Its Theology	263
2. Gravity of Implied Charges Against Christ	263
3. Makes Christ Guilty of Purveying Error and Perversion	264
4. Demands of Resurrection Brought On Crisis	264
IV. Major Area of Disagreement Between Christ and Pharisees	265
1. Differences as Opposite as Light and Darkness	265
2. Christ Must Not Be Arrayed Against Christ	266
V. Conclusion: Immortal Soulism Collapses Under Scrutiny	268
1. Fourfold Case Against Popular Contention	268
2. Specific Counts Against Acceptance Are Determinative	269
15. Christ’s Majestic Answer to the Penitent’s Plea	270
I. Problem Text (Luke 23:43): Penitent Thief—”Today” and “Paradise”	270
1. Setting of This Amazing Episode	270
2. Acquainted With Christ’s Claims and Offers	272
3. What, Where, and When Is “Paradise”?	272
II. Three “Heavens and Earths”—Past, Present, Future	273
1. No Conflict Between Peter’s and Paul’s Versions	274
2. Paradise of First Earth Restored in Third Earth	274
III. Penitent Neither in Kingdom Nor in Paradise That Day	275
1. Did Not Die on Same Day	275
2. “Together” That Day Only on Adjoining Crosses	275
3. Jesus Went to the Grave, Not to Paradise, That Day	276
4. Not in Heaven During “Three Days and Nights”	277
IV. Meaning Completely Altered by Position of Comma	278
1. Punctuation Constitutes Exegesis—Right or Wrong	278
2. Placing of Comma Determines Meaning	279
V. Determining Evidences on the Technical Side	279
1. Punctuation Based Entirely on Human Authority	280
2. Punctuation Not Introduced Till Time of Renaissance	280
3. Relationship of Greek Adverb “Semeron” to Problem	281
VI. Most Sublime Episode of Christ’s Redemptive Career	282
1. Recognized in Jesus the Coming King	283
2. Symbol of Multitudes in Earth’s Eleventh Hour	284
3. Problem Removed by Shift of Comma	284
4. Beware of Putting Falsehood on Lips of Christ	284
16. Christ Portrays Doom of Wicked as Utter Destruction	286
I. Seventeen Graphic Illustrations of Doom of Wicked	286
1. Six Illustrations From Inanimate Life	286
2. Second Group Based on Human Life	287
3. All Portray Total and Final Extinction	287
II. Christ’s Meaning of “Eternal” Fire, Punishment, Damnation	288
1. Meaning Determined by Noun to Which Attached	289
2. Divine Actions or Activities May Be Terminable	290
III. Christ’s Explicit Teachings on “Hell” Examined	291
1. Two Terms Used by Christ	291
2. Christ’s Specific Teachings on Gehenna	292
3. Explanatory Notes on the Seven Texts	293

4. Inspired Key to Expression “Eternal Fire”	294
5. Not Misery but “Destruction” Is Eternal	295
IV. “Hades”—True Understanding Based on NT Usage, Not Pagan-Romanist	297
1. Pagan Origin and Influence of “Hades”	297
2. English Translations Molded by Romanist Backgrounds	297
3. Hades Connected With Death, Never With Life	298
4. Hades Clearly the Grave, or Gravedom	298
5. All Souls Remain in Gravedom Until Resurrection	299
6. Gravedom: Place of Repose Throughout Death-Sleep	300
V. Problem Text (Mark 9:43-48): “Their Worm Dieth Not”	300
VI. Sin’s Punishment Does Not Continue Through All Eternity	301
17. Theologian Paul on Life, Death, and Immortality	303
I. “Christ Our Life” Is Post-Pentecostal Theme	303
1. Proclaimed First to Jews, Then to Gentiles	303
2. Paul Preaches With Futility to Platonic Athenians	305
3. Romans: Immortality a Gift Through Christ	305
4. 1 Corinthians: Immortality Must Be “Put On”	306
5. 2 Corinthians: Central Theme Christ Our Life	308
6. “Eternal Life” Theme Runs Through Remaining Epistles	309
7. Peter, James, and Jude Give Same Emphasis	310
II. Heart of Pauline Theology—Gift of Life Instead of Destruction	310
1. Redemption of Man Brings Life and Immortality	310
2. Tremendous Scope of Salvation	311
3. Opening Message Is on Eschatology	311
4. Punishment of Wicked Is Total Destruction	313
III. Places All Messages in Graphic Eschatological Setting	314
1. Second Advent Involves Resurrection and Translation	314
2. “Day of the Lord” Brings “Sudden Destruction” to Sinners	314
3. Attendant Circumstances of Advent Portrayed	314
4. Coming Apostasy Paul’s Grave Concern	315
5. Differentiates Between Resurrection of Righteous and Wicked	316
6. Our Vile Bodies Changed at Advent	317
7. Seducing Spirits Impinge on God’s Unapproachable Immortality	318
8. Immortality Brought Into Focus Through Gospel	318
IV. Pauline Portrayal and Usage of “Immortal” and “Immortality”	319
1. Absolute Immortality Is Attribute of God Alone	319
2. Christ the Revealer of Immortality to Man	320
3. Immortality Not Present Possession of Humanity	320
4. Man, Now Mortal, to Put On Immortality	320
5. Resurrection Is Time of Putting On Immortality	320
6. Those Not Receiving Immortality Are Doomed	322
7. Immortality Predicated Only of God	323
18. Paul’s Leading Problem Passage (2 Corinthians 5:1-9)	324
I. “Absent From the Body”; “Present With the Lord”	324
1. Peril of Invoking the Isolated Verse	324
2. Contention: Death Only a “Transition”	324
3. Contention: Soul Now Enjoying Celestial Life of Bliss	325
4. Unknown in Christian Church Until Nearly A.D. 200	326
II. Setting and Intent of Paul’s Unusual Portrayal	326
1. Two Lives for Believers—Present and Future	327
2. Earthen Vessels Must Be Replaced	329
III. Full Text of Problem Passage With Definitions	330
IV. Five Basic Considerations Involved	331
1. Three Consecutive States Impressively Portrayed	331
2. Shrinks From Being Unclothed in Death	331
3. Longs for Eternal State	332
4. Intermediate State the Basic Question	332
5. Death Not a Point of Time, but a Period	333
6. Interim Death State Versus Eternal Resurrection State	333
7. Significance of Term “Not Made With Hands”	334
8. Exemplified in Christ’s Natural and Resurrection Body	335
9. Earthly Tabernacle Temporary; Heavenly Temple Eternal	336
10. Simultaneous Reunion and Reward at Christ’s Return	338
V. Glossary of Key Words and Phrases by Verses	339
VI. Expositional Survey of Passage by Verses	340
1. Verse 1—Earthly Home Dissolved; Heavenly House Eternal	340
2. Verse 2—Groaning for Immortality Beyond Resurrection	342
3. Verse 3—Clothed Again After Naked, State of Death	342
4. Verse 4—Mortality to Be Swallowed Up by Immortality	343
5. Indwelling Spirit Is Pledge of Our Resurrection	345
6. Verse 6—At Home in Body; Absent From the Lord	346
7. Verse 8—Interval of Death Separates From Presence With Lord	346
8. Recapitulation: Three States for Man	347
19. Paul’s Other Problem Passages	348
I. (2 Corinthians 12:2-4): Paul’s Vision—”In or Out of the Body”	348
1. Exact Specifications of Passage	348
2. Visions Produced by Agency of Holy Spirit	349

3. “Visions” Inseparable Part of Prophetic Role	350
4. Paul’s Vision of Heaven Matched by Isaiah, Daniel, John	351
5. Absurdity of “Soul’s Separation” Theory	352
6. Preposterous Conclusions Involved	353
II. (Philippians 1:20-24): “To Depart, and to Be With Christ”	354
1. Basic Principles of Sound Interpretation	354
2. Passage Regarded as Bulwark of Immortal-Soulism	355
3. The Problem Passage in Its Entirety _	356
4. Historical Background for Philippian Epistle	356
5. The Twin Gateways to Glory	358
6. Paul’s “So” Precludes Every Other Means	358
III. Paul’s Baffling Dilemma—“Life” or “Death”	359
1. Christ “Magnified” by Either Life or Death	359
2. Involvements and Advantages of Death	360
3. Christ Will Call Forth From Dusty Beds	361
4. Only Two Designated Ways to Glory	361
5. Paul’s Multiple Testimony as to “When”	362
6. Resurrection, Not Death, Ushers Into Presence of Christ	363
IV. Paul’s Great Third Choice—Translation	364
1. Translation Far Better Than Living or Dying	364
2. Desired to Be Loosed, Set Free From Earth	365
3. Relation of Problem Passages to Whole of Scripture	366
20. Unique Witness of Epistles of Peter and John	368
I. Peter’s Portrayal of Cataclysmic End Events	368
1. Imposing Outline in Sweeping Strokes	368
2. Characteristics of Centuries That Precede	370
3. Coming Deluge of Fire in “Day of the Lord”	371
II. Problem Text (1 Peter 3:19)—Preaching to “Spirits in Prison”	372
1. Doubtful Texts Invoked to Support Doubtful Positions	372
2. Profound Implications of Papal Position	374
3. Christ Went Nowhere in Death; Preached to No One	375
4. Christ Was Made Alive; Did Not Continue Alive During Interim	375
5. When and to Whom Did Christ Preach?	376
III. Christ Truly “Died” According to Prediction, Fulfillment, Attestation	377
1. Explicit OT Prophecies of Forthcoming Death	377
2. Jesus’ Own Unequivocal Predictions of His Death	377
3. Inspiration’s Record of Christ’s Death	378
4. Apostolic Witness to Christ’s Death	379
5. Christ’s Post-Ascension Testimony From Heaven	381
6. Christ’s Death Established, Certified, Attested	381
7. All Is Lost if Christ Did Not Actually Die	381
8. Multiple Benefits Annulled if Christ Did Not Die	382
IV. Problem Text (2 Peter 2:4)—Fallen Angels Detained in “Tartarus”	383
1. Place of Detention for Fallen Angels	384
2. No Punishment Before Decisions of Judgment	384
V. John’s Epistles: Life in and Through Christ Is Central Thought	385
1. Life Manifested, Promised, Possessed in Christ	385
2. Possession of Eternal Life Conditioned on Indwelling Christ	386
21. Revelation—Inspiration’s Supreme Portrayal of Human Destiny	388
I. Tremendous Scope and Grand Finale of Book of Revelation	389
1. Sweeps in Past, Present, but Primarily Future	390
2. Triumph of “Seed” and Crushing of Serpent	390
3. “Day of the Lord” Is Master Key to Apocalypse	391
4. Covers Transition From Time to Eternity	393
5. Complete Vindication of God and Righteousness	394
II. “Day of the Lord”—God’s Great Day of Reckoning With Man	395
III. OT Texts and Terms Portraying “Day of the Lord”	396
IV. NT Portrayal of Day of the Lord Jesus Christ	398
V. “Day of the Lord”—Fulfills in Historical Actualities of Apocalypse	399
1. New Note Has Increasing Volume and Tempo	400
2. Detailed Bill of Particulars in Apocalypse	401
3. “Old” Passes Forever; “New” Established Forever	401
4. Consummating Testimony Seals Age-old Witness	402
22. Apocalypse Reveals Final Fate of Wicked	404
I. Teaching of the Apocalypse on Final Punishment	404
II. Gehenna “Lake of Fire” Totally Destroys All Sinners	405
1. “Second Death” Tied In With “Day of Wrath”	405
2. “Lake of Fire” Equated With “Second Death”	406
3. “Lake of Fire” Is Predicted “Gehenna of Fire”	406
4. Constitutes Inexorable Chain of Evidence	408
III. Problem Text (Revelation 14:11)—Torment Day and Night; Smoke Ascending Forever	409
1. Terms of Revelation 14:11 Limited to Specified Group	409
2. Smoke Ascends Up Forever—Fires Burned Out	410
3. Neither “Torment” nor “Smoke” Are Eternal	411
4. “Father” of First “No-Death” Lie Last to Die in Gehenna	412
IV. No Eternally Seething “Lake of Fire” in Coming “New Earth”	413
1. Dogma of Eternal Torment Involves Notorious Dualism	413

2. Celestial Conflict Terminates on Earth	414
3. New Earth and New Jerusalem Gloriously Real	415
4. Endless Life in Christ Undeviating Note of Apocalypse	416
23. Greek Terms and Usages—”Psuche” (Soul); “Pneuma” (Spirit)	419
I. Characteristic Advantages, Disadvantages, and Pitfalls of Greek	419
1. Issue of Immortality of Paramount Concern	420
2. Conflict Over Punishment of Wicked	420
II. “Psuche” in New Testament Usage	421
1. Hebrew Background of the Early Church	421
2. How the Translators Rendered “Psuche”	422
3. Meanings of “Psuche” Fall Into Four Categories	423
III. “Pneuma” in New Testament Usage	425
IV. Exit and Re-entry of the Spirit	427
1. Departure of “Spirit” From “Body” at Death	427
2. Variant Ways of Expressing Act of Dying	428
3. “Spirit” Departs at Death: Restored at Resurrection	429
24. Terms and Usages: “Aion” and “Aionios”	431
I. Principles Governing the Meaning of “Aion” and “Aionios”	431
1. Definitions and Usages	431
2. Specific “Aionios” Usages Outlined	433
II. “Aion” and “Aionios” in the Contrasts of Scripture	433
1. Golden Rule: Perpetuity Within Limits	433
2. Two Determinative Principles re “Aionios”	434
3. Gehazi’s “For Ever”—Leprosy Lasted Until Posterity Extinct	434
4. Length Governed by Noun to Which Attached	435
5. Body Blow to Immortal-Soul Theory	436
6. Restricted Use in the Apocalypse	436
III. Texts Exemplify Diversified Meanings of “Aion” and “Aionios”	436
IV. Sound Interpretative Principles Emerge for Guidance	438
1. Vast Scope of Meaning of “Aion Exhibited	439
2. God Has Infinity; Man Does Not	440
3. “Aionios”—Eternal in Results. Not in Process	441
4. Revelation 20:10—Example of Limited Torment	442
5. Beware of Unscriptural Foundations and Unsound Reasoning	443
25. Terms and Usages: “Immortal,” “Incorruption,” “Immortality,” “Eternal Life”	445
I. “Immortality”—Springs From God, Bestowed on Man	445
1. “Athanasia” (“Immortality”)—Possessed by God; Put On by Man	445
2. “Immortality” Is Immunity to Death or Destruction	446
3. Not Natural Endowment but Special Bestowment	446
II. “Athanasia,” “Aphthartos,” “Aphtharsia”—Restrict Innate Immortality to God	447
1. “Aphthartos” (“Incorruptible”) Likewise Confined Exclusively to God	447
2. “Aphtharsia” (“Incorruption”)—Not Inalienable Possession of Man	448
3. Observation	449
III. The Five English Uses of Immortal/Immortality Examined	449
1. God the Possessor, Man the Future Receiver	449
2. Recapitulation of Fivefold Witness	452
IV. Problem “Eternal Life” and “Immortality”—Differences, Similarities, and Relationships	452
1. Problem: Are “Eternal Life” and “Immortality” Equivalents?	452
2. God’s Immortality Absolute; Man’s Always Contingent	453
3. Eternal Life—God’s by Nature; Man’s to Receive	454
4. Both Eternal Life and Immortality Center in Christ	455
5. Eternal Life Based on Dual Relationships	455
6. Sound Conclusions Deducible From Scripture Evidence	456
V. Eternal Life—Present Possession, but in Christ	457
VI. Immortality—God’s Alone, Man’s to “Put On” at Advent	459
VII. Basic Twofold Provision—Condition of Eternal Life	459
1. Similar to Christ’s Relationship to the Father	461
2. Life of God Implanted Through New Birth	461
VIII. Believers Predestined Heirs of Eternal Life Hereafter	462
1. Already Heirs, Awaiting Time of Possession	462
2. Proleptic Figure Employed re “Eternal Life”	463
3. Eternal Life Vested in Christ, Not in Us	464
4. Minor Heir Does Not Have Possession Until of Age	464
26. Technical Terms: Sleeping, Waking, Resurrection	466
I. “Sleeping” and “Awakening”—NT Terms for Death and Resurrection	466
1. Multiple Speculations Over State in Death	466
2. “Sleep”—Common Term for “Dead in Christ”	467
3. Figure of “Sleep” Used Only of First Death	468
4. Uniform Usage Determines the Meaning	469
5. “Sleep” Implies Assurance of “Awakening”	470
6. “Awakening” From Death—Sleep Is Inspired Terminology	471
7. Translation Conceals Reiterated “Awakening” Emphasis	472
8. Bears Vital Relationship to Advent Hope	474
II. Two Separate General Resurrections—of Righteous and Wicked	474
1. Two General Resurrections Follow in Sequence	474
2. Resurrection Universal in Operation	475

3. Drama of Rebellion, Sin, and Death Over	476
III. Glory of Our Immortalized Resurrection Bodies	476
1. Resurrection of Body Indispensable to Future Life	476
2. Continuity of Identity and Personality Preserved	477
3. Resurrection Bodies to Be Vastly Different	478
4. “Spiritual Bodies” Perfectly Adapted to Resurrection Life	479
IV. Many in Heaven Through Special Resurrection or Translation	480
1. Enoch, Moses, and Elijah Are Earliest Trophies	480
2. Glorified Moses and Elijah Appear at Transfiguration	482
3. Special Resurrection at Christ’s Resurrection	483
4. God’s Stipulated Way for Immortalization	483
5. General Resurrection and Translation at Christ’s Return	484
27. Terms and Usages: Final Disposition of the Wicked	486
I. Multiple Terms Affirm Destruction, Perishing, Extinction	486
1. English Translations Signify Utter “Destruction”	486
2. Constable’s Considered Supporting Conclusions	488
II. Greek Terms Affirm “Destroy,” “Consume,” “Perish,” “Obliterate”	488
1. Leading Greek Terms Defined	488
2. Not One in List Implies Eternal Torment	490
III. Weymouth’s Devastating Charge of Manipulated Meanings	491
IV. Succinct Summary of Over-all Evidence	494
28. Summing Up the Case for Biblical Conditionalism	498
I. Conditionalism Accentuated and Enforced in New Testament	498
1. Complete Harmony Between Testaments	498
2. Immortalization Accentuated and Amplified in New Testament	499
3. Immortality an Acquisition, Not Inherent Possession	500
4. Contrasting Positions Succinctly Set Forth	500
5. Immortal-Soulism Is Immortality Without a Saviour	501
6. Conditionalism Is Positive, Not Negative	502
7. More Gained Through Christ Than Lost Through Adam	503
II. Issues Illuminated Through Significant Series of “Two’s”	504
1. Two Worlds: Temporal and Eternal	505
2. Two Adams: The Natural, Then the Spiritual	506
3. Second Adam: Progenitor of Immortal Race	507
4. Two Births: First Fleshly, Second Spiritual and Eternal	508
5. Two Covenants: First of Works, Second of Faith	508
6. Two Classes: Carnal and Perishing, Heavenly and Abiding	509
7. Two Kingdoms: Of God and of Satan	509
8. Two Advents: In the Flesh, and in Power and Glory	510
9. Two Resurrections: To “Life” and to “Damnation”	510
10. Finality of Separation Occurs at Second Advent	511
11. Two Deaths: First Death for All, Second Only for Wicked	512
12. Second Death Follows Second Resurrection	513
13. Second Death for Irreclaimably Wicked Only	514
14. The Two Ways: Way of Life, and Way of Death	515
15. Destined Endings of the Two Ways	516
III. Fundamental Fallacy of Immortal-Soulist Concept	517
1. Dualism Not Part of Divine Plan of the Ages	518