Chapter TEN
CONCLUSION: Will God Torture People Forever?
As pointed out a couple of times in this study already, the doctrine
of eternal torture is the silent subject of the Christian church. This
is strange especially when considering the importance of the issue
of eternal damnation—it literally deals with the eternal fate of
masses of humanity. Yet you won’t hear many Christians bring it
up. If you do, you aren’t likely to hear much elaboration on it. You
could almost say it’s a taboo subject. My impression is that most
Christians secretly wish this hideous teaching were not part of their
Christian doctrine but they keep from parting with it because
they’ve been taught that the scriptures adamantly teach it. Not to
mention they are pressured to unquestioningly believe whatever
their pastor or denomination officially affirms as true. The express
purpose of this study is to plainly show people that the scriptures do
not teach this perverse belief and never have.
What Adherents of Eternal Torture REALLY Believe
John 3:16 Says
As pointed out earlier in this study the eternal torture doctrine is
often covered up by various code words and phrases. Proponents of
this view teach that unrepentant sinners will “perish” or be
“destroyed” even though they really mean no such thing. Another
favorite cover-up phrase is that unrepentant sinners will be
“eternally separated from God.” This is a nice and vague expression.
Yet, none of these code words or phrases even remotely suggest
what adherents of eternal torture really mean by such language—
never-ending conscious torment with no merciful pause or end to
the suffering.
To illustrate what I’m getting at, let’s consider one of the most
popular verses of the bible:
JOHN 3:16
“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
We frequently see or hear this passage on billboards, in magazines,
on the radio, at sports events, in tracts, etc. What’s strange is that
adherents of eternal torment deny what this passage literally
teaches. In fact, they argue that “perish” in this text means
something completely opposite to what perish actually means.
Just for a moment let’s put aside these misleading code words and
quote this popular passage the way proponents of eternal torture
actually interpret it:
JOHN 3:16
“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not be tortured forever in hell but go
to heaven.”
This is what adherents of eternal torture really believe this passage
says. Yes, when we disregard all their misleading code words this is
what they honestly believe! Can you imagine this beloved
evangelical passage, written as such, plastered on billboards,
magazines, tracts, etc. everywhere? Can you imagine seeing it on a
banister or in the crowd at the next Superbowl? Why not? This is
what they really believe it says.
When the light of blatant truth exposes the lie like this, we see how
fiendish and ludicrous it really is.
John 3:16 happens to be my favorite passage in the bible. I adhere to
it wholeheartedly and completely. It plainly states the most
important truths of the bible: 1.) God loves us. 2.) He doesn’t want
any of us to perish, which is the ultimate wage of sin. 3.) He
therefore made a great sacrifice—the death of His Son—to set us
free from sin and its ultimate consequence. And 4.) He did this in
order to grant us the gracious gift of eternal life. This is all I’m
saying in this study in a nutshell. Why have religionists made such
easy-to-understand and beautiful truths as this so complicated,
hideous and ludicrous?
Will God Torture People Forever?
Will God torture people forever?—This is what I really wanted to
call this book. I decided not to, however, because I figured the
average person would consider it too extreme of a title and be
turned off. But is it too extreme? I believe the question “Will God
torture people forever?” rips through all the lies and niceties and
gets straight to the heart of the issue of damnation.
As already pointed out in Chapter One, many adherents of eternal
torture object to what this blunt question implies because they argue
that people “choose hell.” I often hear this clichéd statement.
Evidently, according to their reasoning, God has absolutely nothing
to do with people going to hell—the lake of fire—or what they will
experience there.
Actually “hell” is just another code word for adherents of eternal
torture. Whenever they use the word “hell” what they really mean is
eternal conscious torture with no merciful pause or end to the
suffering. So when they adamantly state that “People choose hell,”
what they really mean is “People choose never-ending fiery
conscious agony.” What utter ridiculousness.
It is true, however, that people choose sin, that is, they choose to
rebel against the righteous will of their Maker. And, as the bible
makes repeatedly clear, the wages of sin is death. So people choose
sin, which ultimately leads to death, and God is the supreme
authority and judge who must ultimately carry out this sentence. As
scripture declares:
JAMES 4:12 a
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save
and destroy,
When it comes down to it, God is ultimately either going to save
people—grant them eternal life—or destroy them—extinguish them
from existence. Because God is the supreme authority and giver of
life He therefore has the right to take life away, if He must. His
ultimate decision to take a person’s life is based upon that person’s
choices. God’s moral nature never changes ( Hebrews 13:8; James
1:17); His plain statement to the Israelites, “I have set before you
life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose
life,” (Deuteronomy 30:19 b) is His ultimate proposition to all
humanity as well. This explains why we see this bottom-line
proposition all over the bible: for example, Matthew 7:13-14, John
3:16, Romans 6:23, Romans 8:13, Galatians 6:8, etc. If people freely
choose to rebel against God and His righteous way, then they are
freely choosing to be cursed by Him and condemned to death. This
reveals how much respect God has for our free moral agency—
whatever choices we make He’s going to honor.
This helps us to understand Jesus’ straightforward and solemn
statement:
MATTHEW 10:28
“Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.
Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in
hell.”
Those who choose to fear God and receive His gift of reconciliation
will be blessed with eternal life (“life in the age to come”). Those
who foolishly refuse will be mercifully executed in the lake of fire,
God’s incinerator.
So to answer the question, Will God torture people forever? The
answer is no. Such an idea is utterly repulsive to the moral, just
nature of the Almighty. Literal death is the wage of sin, and He will
justly-but-mercifully issue out this wage on judgment day—if He
must.
God of course doesn’t want anyone to perish like this. As it is
written:
EZEKIEL 18:31-32
“Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a
new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, O house of Israel? For
I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign
LORD. Repent and live!”
God is talking to His people Israel here, but this passage reveals His
heart on the matter— He doesn’t want anyone to perish. This is
repeated in reference to all humanity:
2 PETER 3:7-9
By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for
fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of
ungodly men.( But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With
the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like
a day. (9) The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some
understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to
perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
God’s will on the matter is clear: He desires all humanity to repent
and be blessed with eternal life. Those who foolishly choose
selfishness and rebellion will suffer the destruction of the second
death.
If you are not sure that Jesus Christ is “the way, the truth and the
life” as He claimed in John 14:6, then I encourage you to honestly
and humbly seek it out. As the LORD declared in Jeremiah 29:13-14
a: “ ‘You will seek me and find when you seek me with all your
heart. I will be found by you,’ declares the LORD.” God will reveal
Himself to those who sincerely seek Him.
Conclusion
This study concludes that the doctrine of eternal conscious torture is
a sadistic teaching completely foreign to the bible. It stems from a
satanic lie, is founded on a pagan view of human nature (i.e. the
immortal soul which even God cannot destroy) and is perpetuated
by religious tradition. It is a horrible stain on Christianity and a
blasphemy to the just, merciful name of the Almighty.
Some may criticize that I’ve come across too strong in this writing,
others may argue that I’m overly repetitive with major points and
scripture citations, still others will object to my habit of illustrating
the absurdity of eternal torture by quoting plain bible passages the
way adherents of this belief really interpret them; but this error is
so deeply embedded in the psyche of the church and our culture that
it’s going to take such an approach to wake us up to biblical reality.
The doctrine of eternal torture is simply a gross mistake in the
history of Christendom. Being in any way tolerant of this error is
unacceptable. We need to quit mindlessly believing unbiblical
doctrines that misguided ministers continue to peddle generation
after generation and let the scriptural facts speak for themselves.
It’s time for Christians of all persuasions everywhere to stand up
and boldly proclaim the biblical truth about everlasting destruction.
Yes, this must be proclaimed in a spirit of love and compassion,
with much patience in face of the closed-minded stubbornness of
religionists and traditionalists; and, no, it’s not an issue to break
fellowship over (even though staunch advocates of eternal torment
are likely to do this). As we faithfully proclaim what the Judeo-
Christian scriptures plainly teach on human damnation the truth will
expose the hideous lie that the church has so wrongly embraced for
so long. The doctrine of eternal torture needs to finally be put to rest
in favor of what the bible has always clearly taught regarding
human damnation— everlasting literal destruction with no hope of
restoration or resurrection.
Let those of us who have “ears to hear” and understand this clear
biblical truth strive for the same bold spirit as that of the great
abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison:
“I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will
not retreat a single inch—and I will be heard.”

God is love, do not be deceive by does who preach about enternal condamnation, God will never destroy his own people into the lake of everlasting burning fire.

It is doctrines like this that take people to hell.

let me set things straight for you after Armageddon comes judgement (The great white Throne judgement). where saints and sinners will be judged The bible says death and hell will give up their dead
and will all assemble before the great white throne and he whose name isn't found in the book of life will be cast into the lake of fire-+- Revelation 20:11-15. The point of this is hell isn't eternal.

and ur second argument states that God can't leave people for long in hell. Fine God is merciful but he shouldn't be taken for granted. do u remember the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and how it was utterly destroyed, what if Jericho and what of the most common the world during Noah's time Genesis 6:5 described what God felt about the world during Noah's time, and they were sent an helper with a warning; to join in the ark else they would die with the flood, didn't the flood happen it did. Generally ur argument is flawed

Confusion in the house of God

why all this contradictions?