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52221 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 226.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… in referring to the “resurrection of the just” ( Luke 14:14 ). It was likewise used by the apostles in referring to Christ’s own resurrection ( Matthew 27:53; Acts …

52222 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 227.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… which refer to resurrection. (For example: Matthew 17:9; Matthew 20:19; John 6:39, 40, 44, 54 .)

52223 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 244.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… no reference to future punishment or to the condition of man between death and the resurrection. And not a word is said as to the duration of the flame in Hades …

52224 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 245.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… Christ’s reference to the “righteous” persons. As with the lost coin and the lost son, there is heavenly rejoicing over the recovery of the lost—but resentment …

52225 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 255.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… .” He refers to such souls as “prisoners driven by violence.” The angels “reproach” them, “threaten” them, and “thrust them still downward.” In fact, they are dragged “into …

52226 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 259.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… Scofield Reference Bible, in his note on Luke 16:23, says that the “hell” of this text—the Greek hades, and its Hebrew equivalent she’ol—is the “unseen world,” “the …

52227 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 260.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… remotest reference to the soul or spirit of man. Yet Dives is here represented as having “eyes” that see, a “tongue” that speaks, and as seeking relief from cooling …

52228 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 261.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… , Jesus referred to “hell” ( Matthew 10:28 ), “hell fire” ( Matthew 5:22 ), the “resurrection of damnation” ( John 5:29 ), the “damnation of hell” ( Matthew 23:33 ), and “eternal damnation …

52229 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 262.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… , without reference to character, lie silent and unconscious in the sleep of the first death until the resurrection day. In the Biblical Hades there is no speech …

52230 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 263.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… seven references to the complete destruction and disappearance of being, for the wicked, in His definitive descriptions of the relentless fires of Gehenna …

52231 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 274.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… no reference to an intermediate state. Rather, Christ’s promise is to what lies beyond—a joyful resurrection reunion for the penitent and his being forever …

52232 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 276.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… , gravedom. Referring to the first coming of Christ and His atoning death, the psalmist David prophesied, “For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell [Heb. she’ol, “the …

52233 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 286.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… and referred to tradition or to what some noted teacher had said. But Christ—Creator, Saviour, Priest, judge, and returning King—is the supreme authority of …

52234 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 292.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Christ’s allusions to Gehenna occur in seven passages—the only other New Testament reference being in James 3:6. We note them here:

52235 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 314.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… immediately refers to the “day of the Lord,” as coming unexpectedly to many, like “a thief in the night.” It brings “sudden destruction” ( 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 3 ) to the …

52236 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 316.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

The first Corinthian epistle likewise opens with a reference to “the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” ( 1 Corinthians 1:7 ). Then man’s usurping judgment will give way to God’s just and sovereign judgment.

52237 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 319.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… twice refers to the “hope of eternal life” ( Titus 1:2; Titus 3:7 ), promised, he declares, “before the world began” ( Titus 1:2 ). That is Paul’s comprehensive testimony in …

52238 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 321.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… consistently refers to immortality as a goal, an objective, which lies before the righteous, who live in quest of immortality. On the contrary, the “wrath” (orge …

52239 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 325.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… . Peter refers to a few such difficult Pauline expressions “hard to be understood,” which some wrest to their own ruin ( 2 Peter 3:16 ). So these verses are often taken …

52240 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 331.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… he refers to his glorious resurrection body to come, in likeness to that of his Lord’s. And he is satisfied.