So how can it be "properly as taught in Scripture" if it is Annihilationism? That is NOT what is taught in Scripture at all. No one is vaporized in hellfire.
THEOPEDIA
Annihilationism is the belief that the final fate of those who are not saved is literal and final death and destruction. It runs counter to the mainstream traditional Christian understanding of hell as eternal suffering and separation from God.
In contrast to the more traditional view, which holds that the wicked will remain conscious in hell forever, annhilationism teaches that, whether or not God may use hell to exact some conscious punishment for sins, he will eventually destroy or annihilate the wicked completely, leaving only the righteous to live on in immortality.
What is to become of those who are not caught up to heaven with the Lord?
"Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it." Ps. 37:34."The Lord hath a controversy with the nations; He will plead with all flesh;
He will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord." Jer. 25:31 (2 Thess. 1:7, 8).
"But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished." Rev. 20:5.
"And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and
devoured them." Rev. 20:9.
"For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly,
shall be stubble: and the day that cometh
shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it
shall leave them neither root nor branch." ...You shall trample the
wicked, for
they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this,’ says the Lord of hosts” (Malachi 4:1, Malachi 4:3).
“Behold, they
shall be as stubble, the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; it shall not be a coal to be warmed by, nor a fire to sit before!” (Isaiah 47:14).
"And the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also; and
the works that are therein
shall be burned up." 2 Peter 3:10.
"For
evil doers shall be cut off; but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth." Ps. 37:9.
How many lost souls are being punished in hell today?
“The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to
reserve the unjust
under punishment for the day of judgment” (2 Peter 2:9).
“The wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
“Sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth
death” (James 1:15).
“The cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second
death” (Revelation 21:8).
“Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one
according to his work” (Revelation 22:12).
“He will reward each
according to his works” (Matthew 16:27).
“That servant who knew his master’s will, and did not ... do according to his will,
shall be beaten with many stripes. But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes,
shall be beaten with few” (Luke 12:47, 48).
“Rather fear Him who is able to
destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matthew 10:28).
“The soul who sins
shall die” (Ezekiel 18:20).
“
The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:10).
“
I turned you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all who saw you. …
You … shall be no more forever” (Ezekiel 28:18, 19).
“For yet a little while and the wicked
shall be no more. … The enemies of the Lord …
shall vanish. Into smoke
they shall vanish away” (Psalm 37:10, 20).
“God … gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
