BARNEY BRIGHT
Well-Known Member
no, Jesus says God is able to destroy the soul.
that doesn't mean God necessarily destroys all souls, and Jesus specifically points out that physical death ((what men can do to you)) does not accomplish the destruction of the soul. only God can do this -- but does He? certainly not upon mere physical death; see Luke 20:38 e.g.
What it's speaking about at Matthew 10:28 is that humans can kill you yes, but that death is temporary which means that when humans kill you you're in non-existence temporarily. If you have been faithful to God then he promises that you will be resurrected back into existence as a living person and that resurrection is a certainty. Only God can destroy a person out of existence forever. What that means is that if a human kills a person and that person has been unfaithful to God when those humans kill that unfaithful person God is the one who judges whether that person gets a resurrection back into existence as a living person. Only God can make such judgements not man. When it comes to those that God has judged as unrighteous and not deserving of a resurrection they will remain in non-existence for eternity. Satan his demons and all those among humanity that sides with him have never been promised eternal life which means God has never promised that they will exist forever. Only those that God judges as worthy of eternal life will exist forever.