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Yes, you have... :) He had already experienced the first resurrection (which is not physical, not from physical death). We did, yes. :) Nobody has said Lazarus's raising was not a resurrection. But, he had already experienced the first resurrection ~ having been born again of the Spirit...

Well, yes, but certainly not in the sense that "God couldn't find any of the others," but rather that only the ones whose names were/are in the Book are in the Book. The text reads, verbatim, "if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."...

LOL! Don't think any of us disagrees with this; I don't. But all will be granted this resurrection, which is actually the second. The first, specific only to God's elect, has already taken place prior to the final Judgment. These are the ones who, as Paul puts it in Ephesians 2, "even when...

And both in error. No man physically dies twice; Hebrews 9:27 is very clear that "it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment." And God Himself is the "consuming fire"... Deuteronomy 4:24 and Hebrews 12:29 are clear on that. The lake of fire of Revelation 19 and 20 is...

"To cease to exist" is not the sense in which 'destroyed' is used in God's Word. Yes, 'destroy(ed)' can mean "to put an end to the existence of (something)." But it can also mean ~ and does in the particular cases you are referring to in God's Word ~ "to bring (someone) to ruin emotionally...

Of course not. I've been very clear about that over and over again here. That you would postulate that my answer to this simple question could be yes... or that you would even ask it... is astounding. Grace and peace to you.

Agreed, but we disagree on what this perishing/consuming, the second death, is. It is far, far worse than you understand it to be. Disagree. God never says anything about anything ceasing to exist. Having been resurrected to eternal judgment (John 5:29), Jesus sends the wicked away, and they...

No, and He doesn't promise ~ perish the thought ~ to annihilate them, either. Agreed, but eternal punishment (the second death) is a far different thing than temporal death (the first death). They do cease to be here, but they do not cease to be. God originally created all of His creation...

In a certain sense, but this existence is not life. As Jesus says in John 5:28-29, "an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment." It's what...

No, they get eternal death, which, Hobie, is somewhat analogous to what we know in this life as life imprisonment ~ away from the truly living; they are not among those who have eternal life. The second death, like eternal life, is a state of being. From the New Heaven and New Earth, yes, and...

Yes, there will be no more sin and no more sinners in the New Heaven and New Earth. Sure, absolutely. The wicked will be... elsewhere, having been sent away by Jesus, and in that place, they will be in anguish day and night forever. Grace and peace to you.

Ah, so you do buy into annihilation... To answer your question, no, but you're applying life and death in the eternal realm in the same manner/sense as in the temporal realm, and such cannot Biblically be done. The wicked exist in eternity, but not in the presence of the One Who is life ~...

Their time on earth will end, yes. They will not cease to exist, though... neither the ones who enter into the New Heaven and New Earth and will no longer sin (us) nor the ones who remain sinners and depart to judgment, this place of "outer darkness," where there will be "weeping and gnashing...

Great! Well... I mean, clarify if and where you think necessary. Grace and peace to you.

WPM, I at least partly agree with Keraz here. You're right, it will certainly be climactic, but not fiery in the way you are seeing it. Jesus is the "fire." Our God is a consuming fire ~ and the "burning" will be His judgment, in that it will purify, or cleanse the earth once and for all ~...

I don't really take it as ad hominem or any kind of attack, it's just anger, pride, and... well, just sinful in a few different ways. You know... <chuckles>, if it were okay to add to the Bible, I might add internet bullying as the eleventh commandment... :) Anyway, yes, to be on the...

Very true. Quite a ridiculous insinuation. LOL! I just don't buy several of your ideas, Keraz. So, that's it. So long for now, Keraz. Grace and peace to you.

Hm. Interesting. Well, I see it as complete assurance, which, is faith (Hebrews 11:1), which is of God, which is... well, for now, as good as good can be. Yeah, interesting. Um... not sure what you mean by "again"... :) But yes, it's certainly not what it was made to be, and it is not yet...

Hmm, well it seems to me, Keraz, like you're preaching ~ arguing, rather ~ with the choir. :) And this does nothing to explain your arguing with me, much less why you characterize my disagreement with you here as a "scathing rejection of Biblical truths" and that I am "indicted" by...

Hmm, well, some people don't recognize some very important things regarding Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. <chuckles> Disagree. :) Well, I wouldn't characterize it as "remembering"... :) Well, there is a context, for sure. :) Peter is referring directly to Psalm 90:4. There is no passage of...