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Sounds like the scriptures I posted hit a nerve...lol Solomon is talking about the soul. What do you think the soul is? I asked you this question in a previous post and you didn't, or couldn't respond. Similar to you trying to find a text in Revelation that states God will eternally torment...

I'm not sure why it is that believing the spirit of man (for all souls, not just some) returns to God, and flesh becomes dust and returns to the earth is a difficult concept to grasp. I'm sorry you feel that way. Regarding 2 Cor 5:8 being limited to believers only. Scripture states otherwise...

I didn't think you actually had one. I've never read one either. It would have been better had you said so. Regarding the soul as it pertains to the spirit of man and "where it ends up": Solomon distinctly states that the spirit of man returns to God. God being our spirit's eternal home...

I'm waiting for your verse wherein God sets man's spirit (God's own breath, the very image of God in man) on fire, and that He does so for all eternity and for the purpose of torment. I don't believe you have one, but I'll continue waiting and give you the benefit of the doubt. Do you know...

Do you have a verse in Revelation? Solomon uses the term "return" for both flesh and spirit after death. Our spirit will be reunited with God, as it was, in the same sense that dust is reunited with the earth, as it was. Ecc 3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to...

Where specifically is that stated, with regards to the spirit of man?

Of course, that is where the flesh goes in judgment. Do you believe God sets the spirit of man (God's own breath and image, called the candle of Lord) on fire for all eternity?

I have, many times. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

LOL...of course I am. I'm not actually interested in "Christian doctrine" though, at least not in the sense that I think you're using the term, nor am I trying to prove a particular doctrine (there are probably as many varied doctrines on a particular subject as denominations), but rather I'm...

Yes, however the command is to the spirit, not the flesh. The natural man does not and cannot receive the things of the Spirit, of which the Gospel is. 1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them...

If what you mean by "hell" is actually "sheol", or "hades", the "grave", or "gehenna", then yes, all souls according to the flesh (that is: the natural/carnal/old man that was crucified with Christ, Rom 6:6) go to "hell". And that is what scripture tells us, here: Job 34:15 All flesh shall...

I think we do know who the elect are. All things, including all souls, were created in Christ (Col 1:16). As such, all souls are owned by God. God calls them "mine" (Eze 18:4). Further, all live move and have their being in Him (Act 17:28). And still further, all souls are called the...

The first example you gave. God acted decisively (or will act) on both counts of unbelief, with mercy: Rom 11:30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: Rom 11:31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they...

It's more than that, actually. The Gospel is a proclamation of good news, a heralding of such. It's a proclamation to the world, to all souls therein, that Christ has died for your sins, was buried and was resurrected by God for it's attestation. However, not everyone hears the proclamation...

No problem, thanks for your time though.

I would agree that God is not bound by time. But I don't see how this is relevant to our discussion of the texts at hand. Perhaps we'll just agree to disagree on the meaning of the texts.

There is really too much to unpack here or respond to. This is better suited for a UR thread in the unorthodox theology department. So I won't do it here.

I'm simply reading the text as it's been stated/written by Jesus and John. It states unequivocally that the unbeliever has been judged already (past tense) and will not see life (future tense). Both are statements of fact. There is no getting around this, unless of course you do not believe...

I would agree that the extent of God's mercy is "to all". That is clearly defined in the text. And the only condition for God's mercy is to have been concluded in unbelief, as odd as that may sound, which is clearly stated in the proceeding clause. And then Paul summarizes this amazing text...

But this answer doesn't really answer the text.