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rCo Jesus said, rCLDo not fear those who kill the body but cannot
kill the soulrCY (Matthew 10:28, ESV). This shows the soul
continues beyond the death of the body.

rCo Jesus said it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for
Sodom and Gomorrah than for the cities that rejected Him
(Matthew 10:15; 11:22-24). Degrees of tolerability require
conscious awareness. Nonexistence does not vary by degree.

rCo Jesus also said of Judas, rCLIt would have been better for that
man if he had not been bornrCY (Mark 14:21, ESV). That cannot be
true if Judas simply ceased to exist. Nonexistence is not worse
than existence unless post-death punishment consciously occurs.

rCo Paul said, rCLWe would rather be away from the body and at home
with the LordrCY (2 Corinthians 5:8, ESV). This means the
believerrCOs soul goes to be with Christ after death.

rCo Jesus told of Lazarus who, after death, was comforted, while
the rich man was in torment and fully conscious to speak,
remember, reason, and feel regret and pain (Luke 16:22rCo25).
This clearly teaches that after a person dies, they remain
conscious in either a place of comfort or torment. Nowhere does
the Bible say this account in Luke is a "parable", or that
Jesus was speaking to them in "parables" when He taught about
it, as is the case when He spoke in parables (e.g. Mark 4).
Further, parables and symbols do not mean the exact opposite of
what they state. They convey truth that is consistent with the
meaning of the words they use. A parable that teaches people's
souls exist consciously in comfort or torment after physical
death cannot be construed to actually mean that after physical
death, the person "ceases to exist" and does "not experience
comfort or torment". Satan's Witnesses promote the lie that
"anything goes" if something is a parable or symbol, meaning
they can claim it means whatever they want it to. This is a LIE
and false, dangerous hermeneutic.

rCo John wrote, rCLThe smoke of their torment goes up forever and
ever, and they have no rest, day or nightrCY (Revelation 14:11,
ESV). This cannot describe unconscious nonexistence.

rCo Jesus said, rCLIt is better for you to enter life crippled than
with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable firerCY (Mark
9:43, ESV). The fire is unquenchable, not momentary. An eternal
fire serves no purpose unless what it burns endures.

rCo Revelation 20:10 says the devil, the beast, and the false
prophet rCLwill be tormented day and night forever and ever.rCY It
does not say they will cease to exist.

rCo Jesus said God is rCLnot God of the dead, but of the living,rCY
referring to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Matthew 22:32, ESV),
affirming their conscious existence after death.

rCo The thief on the cross was told, rCLToday you will be with me in
ParadiserCY (Luke 23:43, ESV). Jesus did not say rCLafter
resurrection,rCY but rCLtoday,rCY showing conscious life after death.

These passages all affirm conscious existence and consequences, either
of comfort or judgment after physical death. The Bible nowhere teaches annihilation after physical death.
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Good News rCa

Our offense against God was completely paid for when Christ died on the
cross (Colossians 2:14), and God openly proved this by raising Him to
life (Romans 1:4). Because of this sacrifice, God upholds His justice
while granting us forgiveness (Romans 3:26) and safety from the wrath to
come (1 Thessalonians 1:10). This rescue is a gift of pure grace for
those who believe (Romans 6:23). Call on the Lord in faith to receive
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