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The tefilin represents a spiritual reality in the heart of the Christian, and is a shadow of the reality. The reality is that "the word is night thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart" and that this is the righteousness of faith. As Jesus said, "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For...

You certainly have the right to reject the teaching of the Holy Spirit on this matter. It is also defined as everlasting punishment. duration: everlasting. nature: conscious torment. This is the teaching of the holy scriptures no matter how you try to weasel your way around it. The promise...

I have also shown above with scripture (in post #126: Is Hell worse for Some?) that the nature of the everlasting punishment is that it is conscious torment. i.e. the furnace of fire.

Being simply made unconscious is not punishment, it is mercy, compared to the reality of what the Lord calls eternal punishment in the holy scriptures.

The definition of death is separation; in this case, spiritual death is separation of the soul from the Lord Jesus Christ, even God, for all of eternity. It should be clear that, while many have fought against the truth of the matter, and sought to find any interpretation other than the one...

Mat 16:26, For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Mar 8:36, For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? You would only lose your soul according to this...

A dead soul is not necessarily nonexistent. I have given the definition for death, that it means separation.

If soul and spirit are not the same thing, what bearing does it have on the doctrine about everlasting punishment?

@charity, I am not certain how you can be in agreement with @Harvest 1874, in light of the following passages: Mat 13:41, The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; Mat 13:42, And shall cast them...

Right; and what I am saying is that the law (all 613 commandments) defines sin for both Jew and Gentile alike. Gentiles will be just as condemned for violating the OT law as will Jews. Now, if we are in Christ, then we are forgiven of all sin, and are not bound to the letter but will be...

The definition for death in scripture is separation (of the soul from the body) (or of the spirit from God).

God has set eternity in our hearts, so we have to deny the very real testimony of the Holy Spirit to begin to think that our souls don't go on consciously after we die.

By the law is the knowledge of sin; whether you are Jew or Gentile.

Also, do you have a picture on social media of the sun turning into darkness and the moon to blood? I would think also that such a thing would not be only for a moment, but something that lasts throughout the GT.

So, are we merely to discount the exhortation found in 2 Thessalonians 2 (mentioned in a post above); because time has passed since it was written? There is a qualification written by which we will know that it is even possible for it to be the day of the Lord. The falling away must come...

For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, as evidenced by the law mentioned by you in this thread. We were not born wearing titzit and tallit. That is one of the major reasons why Galatians 2:16 and Romans 3:20 hold true. No one will be justified by keeping the works of the law...

The word of the Lord is timeless.

1Jo 3:4, Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. "Whoever commits sin transgresses also the law", not, "whoever commits transgression of the law sins." The real definition of sin is that it is anything that is not of faith. Romans 14:23.

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I think that Romans 4:1-8 has the bearing on it that we need to see most clearly. My commentary on the passage found here: Commentary on Romans. and here: Romans 4:1-8.