11. Christ’s Infallible Testimony of Life Versus Death 183 I. Definitive Testimony of Jesus, Supreme Witness of All Time 183 1. Jesus Christ—Star Witness of All Time 183 2. Fatal Clash Comes Over Man’s Destiny 184 II. Transcendent Scope and Significance of Incarnation 185 1. Master Key to All Redemptive History 185 2. Becoming Man, He Retains Humanity Forever 186 3. Retains Only Scars of Sin in Universe 187 4. Purpose of Incarnation Was Fivefold 188 III. Eternal Life—Throbbing Heart of John’s Gospel Story 188 1. From Bleakness of Sin to Radiance of Salvation 189 2. New Testament a New Revelation of Life 189 3. Brought About by New Spiritual Ingeneration 190 IV. Two Progenitors, Two Births, Two Contrasting Destinies 191 1. Significance and Scope of the Term “Life” 191 2. Natural Dying Life; Supernatural Endless Life 193 3. Nicodemus the Pharisee Held to Innate Immortality 193 4. “Living Water” Springing Up Unto “Everlasting Life” 195 5. Central Doctrine of John’s Gospel 196 6. Controversy Over Bread From Heaven and Resurrection 197 7. Jewish Challenge of Advent, Resurrection, Damnation 197 8. Blinded by Platonism Jews Reject Life-Truth 198 9. Many Followers Turn Away Because of Claims 199 V. Rejection Comes Over Amazing “Zoe-Life” Claims 200 1. Conflict Develops Into Supreme Crisis 200 2. Again Sought to Stone Him Because of Claims 201 3. Miraculous Raising of Lazarus From Death 202 4. Burden of Christ’s High Priestly Prayer 204 5. “Life Solely in Christ” John’s Paramount Theme 205 6. Contingent Immortality Gives Honor to Christ 205 12. Coordinates All Aspects of Life, Death, and Destiny 207 I. Significance of Christ’s Life and Death in Plan of Redemption 207 1. Christ—Revealer of God and Redeemer of Man 207 2. Life-giving Scope and Significance of Christ’s Death 208 3. Christ’s Death Summit of Sacrifice for Man 210 4. Rejection of Christ’s Redemptive Provisions Supreme Sin 211 II. Pivotal Place of Christ’s Teachings on Life, Death, and Destiny 211 1. Proclamation of Truth and Confutation of Error 212 2. Key to Understanding Conflicts of Centuries 213 III. Sets Pattern for Eschatological and Chronological Sequence 214 1. Prophetic Repetition for Emphasis and Amplification 217 2. Repetition—Clearly Established Pattern of Prophecy 217 3. First Coverage Leads Up to the “End” 218 4. Second Coverage Likewise Leads to Advent 219 5. Celestial Signs Are Chronologically Placed 219 6. “Hour” Not Known, Imminence Can Be Known 220 IV. Transcendent Events Mark “End of the World” 221 1. Preparatory Events, Coming in Glory, Final Separations 221 2. “Wheat” Into God’s Garner; “Tares” Into Fire 222 V. Apostles’ Descriptions Agree With Christ’s 223 1. Second Advent Ushers In “Day of the Lord” 223 2. Second Advent Is Day of Separation 224 3. Eternal Results of Final Reaping 224 VI. “Sleep” of Death Followed by Resurrection “Awakening” 225 1. Christ and Paul Both Employ Metaphor of Sleep 226 2. No Conscious Lapse of Time Between Death and Resurrection 227 3. Premise of “Sleep” Only Way of Understanding Paul 228 4. Sleeping Dead Do Not Precede the Living 229 5. Intent of the “Quick” and the “Dead” 229 VII. The Resurrection Provision Pivotal in Christ’s Teaching 230 1. Christ’s Resurrection Prerequisite to Ours 230 2. Resurrection Is of the Whole Person 231 3. Certitude of Resurrection Rests on Christ’s Infallible Word 232 4. Not Uninterrupted Survival but Resurrection 233 13. Christ’s Great Parable of the Lost Opportunity 234 I. Problem Text (Luke 16:19-31): Parable-Fable of Dives and Lazarus 234 1. Clearly One of Christ’s Many Parables 235 2. Uttered When Jews Derided His Teachings 237 II. Significant Place of Parables in Christ’s Teaching 237 1. “Parable” and “Fable,” Definitions and Distinctions 237 2. Parabolic Method Adopted to Circumvent Prejudice 239 3. Revealed to Disciples; Concealed From Hostile Jews 240

4. Number and Scope of Christ’s Parables 241 5. Parables Not a Sound Basis for Doctrine 241 III. Doctrinal Dogmas of Pharisees in Time of Christ 242 1. Platonic Postulates Embraced by Time of Christ 242 2. Paralleling Allegories in OT Imagery 243 3. Not Biographical Sketch but Parabolic Fable 243 IV. Christ’s Great Parable of the Lost Opportunity 245 1. Rejoicing in Heaven: Resentment by Pharisees 245 2. Logical Climax of “Lost Opportunity” Parable 246 V. Salient Points and Perplexing Problems Outlined 247 1. Terse Outline of the Parable 247 2. Key Terms and Expressions Examined 248 3. Sufficiency of Scripture, Unwillingness to Believe 250 14. Gravity of Ascribing False Teachings to Christ 252 I. Josephus Illuminates Dives-Lazarus Story 252 1. Representative Character of Josephus’ Depiction 252 2. Multiple Features of Hades Described 254 3. “Just” Guided by “Angels” to “Bosom of Abraham” 254 4. “Unjust” Dragged to “Neighborhood” of Hell 255 5. Impassable Gulf Separates the Two Groups 255 6. Eternal Torment for Wicked After Judgment 256 7. Deflecting Inroads in Inter-Testamental Period 257 8. Advocates Inject Unwarranted Additions 258 II. Literalism Violates Consistency; Vitiates Christ’s Witness, Overturns Scripture Testimony 259 1. Scofield Makes Passage Wholly Literal 259 2. Inconsistencies Involved in Literal Interpretation 260 3. Literalism Contradicts Christ’s Explicit Declarations 261 4. Literalism Contradicts Inspired Revelation’s Dictums 262 III. Gravity of Ascribing False Teaching to Christ, Embodiment of Truth 263 1. Use of Parable Not Endorsement of Its Theology 263 2. Gravity of Implied Charges Against Christ 263 3. Makes Christ Guilty of Purveying Error and Perversion 264 4. Demands of Resurrection Brought On Crisis 264 IV. Major Area of Disagreement Between Christ and Pharisees 265 1. Differences as Opposite as Light and Darkness 265 2. Christ Must Not Be Arrayed Against Christ 266 V. Conclusion: Immortal Soulism Collapses Under Scrutiny 268 1. Fourfold Case Against Popular Contention 268 2. Specific Counts Against Acceptance Are Determinative 269 15. Christ’s Majestic Answer to the Penitent’s Plea 270 I. Problem Text (Luke 23:43): Penitent Thief—”Today” and “Paradise” 270 1. Setting of This Amazing Episode 270 2. Acquainted With Christ’s Claims and Offers 272 3. What, Where, and When Is “Paradise”? 272 II. Three “Heavens and Earths”—Past, Present, Future 273 1. No Conflict Between Peter’s and Paul’s Versions 274 2. Paradise of First Earth Restored in Third Earth 274 III. Penitent Neither in Kingdom Nor in Paradise That Day 275 1. Did Not Die on Same Day 275 2. “Together” That Day Only on Adjoining Crosses 275 3. Jesus Went to the Grave, Not to Paradise, That Day 276 4. Not in Heaven During “Three Days and Nights” 277 IV. Meaning Completely Altered by Position of Comma 278 1. Punctuation Constitutes Exegesis—Right or Wrong 278 2. Placing of Comma Determines Meaning 279 V. Determining Evidences on the Technical Side 279 1. Punctuation Based Entirely on Human Authority 280 2. Punctuation Not Introduced Till Time of Renaissance 280 3. Relationship of Greek Adverb “Semeron” to Problem 281 VI. Most Sublime Episode of Christ’s Redemptive Career 282 1. Recognized in Jesus the Coming King 283 2. Symbol of Multitudes in Earth’s Eleventh Hour 284 3. Problem Removed by Shift of Comma 284 4. Beware of Putting Falsehood on Lips of Christ 284 16. Christ Portrays Doom of Wicked as Utter Destruction 286 I. Seventeen Graphic Illustrations of Doom of Wicked 286 1. Six Illustrations From Inanimate Life 286 2. Second Group Based on Human Life 287 3. All Portray Total and Final Extinction 287 II. Christ’s Meaning of “Eternal” Fire, Punishment, Damnation 288 1. Meaning Determined by Noun to Which Attached 289 2. Divine Actions or Activities May Be Terminable 290 III. Christ’s Explicit Teachings on “Hell” Examined 291 1. Two Terms Used by Christ 291 2. Christ’s Specific Teachings on Gehenna 292 3. Explanatory Notes on the Seven Texts 293

4. Inspired Key to Expression “Eternal Fire” 294 5. Not Misery but “Destruction” Is Eternal 295 IV. “Hades”—True Understanding Based on NT Usage, Not Pagan-Romanist 297 1. Pagan Origin and Influence of “Hades” 297 2. English Translations Molded by Romanist Backgrounds 297 3. Hades Connected With Death, Never With Life 298 4. Hades Clearly the Grave, or Gravedom 298 5. All Souls Remain in Gravedom Until Resurrection 299 6. Gravedom: Place of Repose Throughout Death-Sleep 300 V. Problem Text (Mark 9:43-48): “Their Worm Dieth Not” 300 VI. Sin’s Punishment Does Not Continue Through All Eternity 301 17. Theologian Paul on Life, Death, and Immortality 303 I. “Christ Our Life” Is Post-Pentecostal Theme 303 1. Proclaimed First to Jews, Then to Gentiles 303 2. Paul Preaches With Futility to Platonic Athenians 305 3. Romans: Immortality a Gift Through Christ 305 4. 1 Corinthians: Immortality Must Be “Put On” 306 5. 2 Corinthians: Central Theme Christ Our Life 308 6. “Eternal Life” Theme Runs Through Remaining Epistles 309 7. Peter, James, and Jude Give Same Emphasis 310 II. Heart of Pauline Theology—Gift of Life Instead of Destruction 310 1. Redemption of Man Brings Life and Immortality 310 2. Tremendous Scope of Salvation 311 3. Opening Message Is on Eschatology 311 4. Punishment of Wicked Is Total Destruction 313 III. Places All Messages in Graphic Eschatological Setting 314 1. Second Advent Involves Resurrection and Translation 314 2. “Day of the Lord” Brings “Sudden Destruction” to Sinners 314 3. Attendant Circumstances of Advent Portrayed 314 4. Coming Apostasy Paul’s Grave Concern 315 5. Differentiates Between Resurrection of Righteous and Wicked 316 6. Our Vile Bodies Changed at Advent 317 7. Seducing Spirits Impinge on God’s Unapproachable Immortality 318 8. Immortality Brought Into Focus Through Gospel 318 IV. Pauline Portrayal and Usage of “Immortal” and “Immortality” 319 1. Absolute Immortality Is Attribute of God Alone 319 2. Christ the Revealer of Immortality to Man 320 3. Immortality Not Present Possession of Humanity 320 4. Man, Now Mortal, to Put On Immortality 320 5. Resurrection Is Time of Putting On Immortality 320 6. Those Not Receiving Immortality Are Doomed 322 7. Immortality Predicated Only of God 323 18. Paul’s Leading Problem Passage (2 Corinthians 5:1-9) 324 I. “Absent From the Body”; “Present With the Lord” 324 1. Peril of Invoking the Isolated Verse 324 2. Contention: Death Only a “Transition” 324 3. Contention: Soul Now Enjoying Celestial Life of Bliss 325 4. Unknown in Christian Church Until Nearly A.D. 200 326 II. Setting and Intent of Paul’s Unusual Portrayal 326 1. Two Lives for Believers—Present and Future 327 2. Earthen Vessels Must Be Replaced 329 III. Full Text of Problem Passage With Definitions 330 IV. Five Basic Considerations Involved 331 1. Three Consecutive States Impressively Portrayed 331 2. Shrinks From Being Unclothed in Death 331 3. Longs for Eternal State 332 4. Intermediate State the Basic Question 332 5. Death Not a Point of Time, but a Period 333 6. Interim Death State Versus Eternal Resurrection State 333 7. Significance of Term “Not Made With Hands” 334 8. Exemplified in Christ’s Natural and Resurrection Body 335 9. Earthly Tabernacle Temporary; Heavenly Temple Eternal 336 10. Simultaneous Reunion and Reward at Christ’s Return 338 V. Glossary of Key Words and Phrases by Verses 339 VI. Expositional Survey of Passage by Verses 340 1. Verse 1—Earthly Home Dissolved; Heavenly House Eternal 340 2. Verse 2—Groaning for Immortality Beyond Resurrection 342 3. Verse 3—Clothed Again After Naked, State of Death 342 4. Verse 4—Mortality to Be Swallowed Up by Immortality 343 5. Indwelling Spirit Is Pledge of Our Resurrection 345 6. Verse 6—At Home in Body; Absent From the Lord 346 7. Verse 8—Interval of Death Separates From Presence With Lord 346 8. Recapitulation: Three States for Man 347 19. Paul’s Other Problem Passages 348 I. (2 Corinthians 12:2-4): Paul’s Vision—”In or Out of the Body” 348 1. Exact Specifications of Passage 348 2. Visions Produced by Agency of Holy Spirit 349

3. “Visions” Inseparable Part of Prophetic Role 350 4. Paul’s Vision of Heaven Matched by Isaiah, Daniel, John 351 5. Absurdity of “Soul’s Separation” Theory 352 6. Preposterous Conclusions Involved 353 II. (Philippians 1:20-24): “To Depart, and to Be With Christ” 354 1. Basic Principles of Sound Interpretation 354 2. Passage Regarded as Bulwark of Immortal-Soulism 355 3. The Problem Passage in Its Entirety _ 356 4. Historical Background for Philippian Epistle 356 5. The Twin Gateways to Glory 358 6. Paul’s “So” Precludes Every Other Means 358 III. Paul’s Baffling Dilemma—“Life” or “Death” 359 1. Christ “Magnified” by Either Life or Death 359 2. Involvements and Advantages of Death 360 3. Christ Will Call Forth From Dusty Beds 361 4. Only Two Designated Ways to Glory 361 5. Paul’s Multiple Testimony as to “When” 362 6. Resurrection, Not Death, Ushers Into Presence of Christ 363 IV. Paul’s Great Third Choice—Translation 364 1. Translation Far Better Than Living or Dying 364 2. Desired to Be Loosed, Set Free From Earth 365 3. Relation of Problem Passages to Whole of Scripture 366 20. Unique Witness of Epistles of Peter and John 368 I. Peter’s Portrayal of Cataclysmic End Events 368 1. Imposing Outline in Sweeping Strokes 368 2. Characteristics of Centuries That Precede 370 3. Coming Deluge of Fire in “Day of the Lord” 371 II. Problem Text (1 Peter 3:19)—Preaching to “Spirits in Prison” 372 1. Doubtful Texts Invoked to Support Doubtful Positions 372 2. Profound Implications of Papal Position 374 3. Christ Went Nowhere in Death; Preached to No One 375 4. Christ Was Made Alive; Did Not Continue Alive During Interim 375 5. When and to Whom Did Christ Preach? 376 III. Christ Truly “Died” According to Prediction, Fulfillment, Attestation 377 1. Explicit OT Prophecies of Forthcoming Death 377 2. Jesus’ Own Unequivocal Predictions of His Death 377 3. Inspiration’s Record of Christ’s Death 378 4. Apostolic Witness to Christ’s Death 379 5. Christ’s Post-Ascension Testimony From Heaven 381 6. Christ’s Death Established, Certified, Attested 381 7. All Is Lost if Christ Did Not Actually Die 381 8. Multiple Benefits Annulled if Christ Did Not Die 382 IV. Problem Text (2 Peter 2:4)—Fallen Angels Detained in “Tartarus” 383 1. Place of Detention for Fallen Angels 384 2. No Punishment Before Decisions of Judgment 384 V. John’s Epistles: Life in and Through Christ Is Central Thought 385 1. Life Manifested, Promised, Possessed in Christ 385 2. Possession of Eternal Life Conditioned on Indwelling Christ 386 21. Revelation—Inspiration’s Supreme Portrayal of Human Destiny 388 I. Tremendous Scope and Grand Finale of Book of Revelation 389 1. Sweeps in Past, Present, but Primarily Future 390 2. Triumph of “Seed” and Crushing of Serpent 390 3. “Day of the Lord” Is Master Key to Apocalypse 391 4. Covers Transition From Time to Eternity 393 5. Complete Vindication of God and Righteousness 394 II. “Day of the Lord”—God’s Great Day of Reckoning With Man 395 III. OT Texts and Terms Portraying “Day of the Lord” 396 IV. NT Portrayal of Day of the Lord Jesus Christ 398 V. “Day of the Lord”—Fulfills in Historical Actualities of Apocalypse 399 1. New Note Has Increasing Volume and Tempo 400 2. Detailed Bill of Particulars in Apocalypse 401 3. “Old” Passes Forever; “New” Established Forever 401 4. Consummating Testimony Seals Age-old Witness 402 22. Apocalypse Reveals Final Fate of Wicked 404 I. Teaching of the Apocalypse on Final Punishment 404 II. Gehenna “Lake of Fire” Totally Destroys All Sinners 405 1. “Second Death” Tied In With “Day of Wrath” 405 2. “Lake of Fire” Equated With “Second Death” 406 3. “Lake of Fire” Is Predicted “Gehenna of Fire” 406 4. Constitutes Inexorable Chain of Evidence 408 III. Problem Text (Revelation 14:11)—Torment Day and Night; Smoke Ascending Forever 409 1. Terms of Revelation 14:11 Limited to Specified Group 409 2. Smoke Ascends Up Forever—Fires Burned Out 410 3. Neither “Torment” nor “Smoke” Are Eternal 411 4. “Father” of First “No-Death” Lie Last to Die in Gehenna 412 IV. No Eternally Seething “Lake of Fire” in Coming “New Earth” 413 1. Dogma of Eternal Torment Involves Notorious Dualism 413

2. Celestial Conflict Terminates on Earth 414 3. New Earth and New Jerusalem Gloriously Real 415 4. Endless Life in Christ Undeviating Note of Apocalypse 416 23. Greek Terms and Usages—”Psuche” (Soul); “Pneuma” (Spirit) 419 I. Characteristic Advantages, Disadvantages, and Pitfalls of Greek 419 1. Issue of Immortality of Paramount Concern 420 2. Conflict Over Punishment of Wicked 420 II. “Psuche” in New Testament Usage 421 1. Hebrew Background of the Early Church 421 2. How the Translators Rendered “Psuche” 422 3. Meanings of “Psuche” Fall Into Four Categories 423 III. “Pneuma” in New Testament Usage 425 IV. Exit and Re-entry of the Spirit 427 1. Departure of “Spirit” From “Body” at Death 427 2. Variant Ways of Expressing Act of Dying 428 3. “Spirit” Departs at Death: Restored at Resurrection 429 24. Terms and Usages: “Aion” and “Aionios” 431 I. Principles Governing the Meaning of “Aion” and “Aionios” 431 1. Definitions and Usages 431 2. Specific “Aionios” Usages Outlined 433 II. “Aion” and “Aionios” in the Contrasts of Scripture 433 1. Golden Rule: Perpetuity Within Limits 433 2. Two Determinative Principles re “Aionios” 434 3. Gehazi’s “For Ever”—Leprosy Lasted Until Posterity Extinct 434 4. Length Governed by Noun to Which Attached 435 5. Body Blow to Immortal-Soul Theory 436 6. Restricted Use in the Apocalypse 436 III. Texts Exemplify Diversified Meanings of “Aion” and “Aionios” 436 IV. Sound Interpretative Principles Emerge for Guidance 438 1. Vast Scope of Meaning of “Aion Exhibited 439 2. God Has Infinity; Man Does Not 440 3. “Aionios”—Eternal in Results. Not in Process 441 4. Revelation 20:10—Example of Limited Torment 442 5. Beware of Unscriptural Foundations and Unsound Reasoning 443 25. Terms and Usages: “Immortal,” “Incorruption,” “Immortality,” “Eternal Life” 445 I. “Immortality”—Springs From God, Bestowed on Man 445 1. “Athanasia” (“Immortality”)—Possessed by God; Put On by Man 445 2. “Immortality” Is Immunity to Death or Destruction 446 3. Not Natural Endowment but Special Bestowment 446 II. “Athanasia,” “Aphthartos,” “Aphtharsia”—Restrict Innate Immortality to God 447 1. “Aphthartos” (“Incorruptible”) Likewise Confined Exclusively to God 447 2. “Aphtharsia” (“Incorruption”)—Not Inalienable Possession of Man 448 3. Observation 449 III. The Five English Uses of Immortal/Immortality Examined 449 1. God the Possessor, Man the Future Receiver 449 2. Recapitulation of Fivefold Witness 452 IV. Problem “Eternal Life” and “Immortality”—Differences, Similarities, and Relationships 452 1. Problem: Are “Eternal Life” and “Immortality” Equivalents? 452 2. God’s Immortality Absolute; Man’s Always Contingent 453 3. Eternal Life—God’s by Nature; Man’s to Receive 454 4. Both Eternal Life and Immortality Center in Christ 455 5. Eternal Life Based on Dual Relationships 455 6. Sound Conclusions Deducible From Scripture Evidence 456 V. Eternal Life—Present Possession, but in Christ 457 VI. Immortality—God’s Alone, Man’s to “Put On” at Advent 459 VII. Basic Twofold Provision—Condition of Eternal Life 459 1. Similar to Christ’s Relationship to the Father 461 2. Life of God Implanted Through New Birth 461 VIII. Believers Predestined Heirs of Eternal Life Hereafter 462 1. Already Heirs, Awaiting Time of Possession 462 2. Proleptic Figure Employed re “Eternal Life” 463 3. Eternal Life Vested in Christ, Not in Us 464 4. Minor Heir Does Not Have Possession Until of Age 464 26. Technical Terms: Sleeping, Waking, Resurrection 466 I. “Sleeping” and “Awakening”—NT Terms for Death and Resurrection 466 1. Multiple Speculations Over State in Death 466 2. “Sleep”—Common Term for “Dead in Christ” 467 3. Figure of “Sleep” Used Only of First Death 468 4. Uniform Usage Determines the Meaning 469 5. “Sleep” Implies Assurance of “Awakening” 470 6. “Awakening” From Death—Sleep Is Inspired Terminology 471 7. Translation Conceals Reiterated “Awakening” Emphasis 472 8. Bears Vital Relationship to Advent Hope 474 II. Two Separate General Resurrections—of Righteous and Wicked 474 1. Two General Resurrections Follow in Sequence 474 2. Resurrection Universal in Operation 475

3. Drama of Rebellion, Sin, and Death Over 476 III. Glory of Our Immortalized Resurrection Bodies 476 1. Resurrection of Body Indispensable to Future Life 476 2. Continuity of Identity and Personality Preserved 477 3. Resurrection Bodies to Be Vastly Different 478 4. “Spiritual Bodies” Perfectly Adapted to Resurrection Life 479 IV. Many in Heaven Through Special Resurrection or Translation 480 1. Enoch, Moses, and Elijah Are Earliest Trophies 480 2. Glorified Moses and Elijah Appear at Transfiguration 482 3. Special Resurrection at Christ’s Resurrection 483 4. God’s Stipulated Way for Immortalization 483 5. General Resurrection and Translation at Christ’s Return 484 27. Terms and Usages: Final Disposition of the Wicked 486 I. Multiple Terms Affirm Destruction, Perishing, Extinction 486 1. English Translations Signify Utter “Destruction” 486 2. Constable’s Considered Supporting Conclusions 488 II. Greek Terms Affirm “Destroy,” “Consume,” “Perish,” “Obliterate” 488 1. Leading Greek Terms Defined 488 2. Not One in List Implies Eternal Torment 490 III. Weymouth’s Devastating Charge of Manipulated Meanings 491 IV. Succinct Summary of Over-all Evidence 494 28. Summing Up the Case for Biblical Conditionalism 498 I. Conditionalism Accentuated and Enforced in New Testament 498 1. Complete Harmony Between Testaments 498 2. Immortalization Accentuated and Amplified in New Testament 499 3. Immortality an Acquisition, Not Inherent Possession 500 4. Contrasting Positions Succinctly Set Forth 500 5. Immortal-Soulism Is Immortality Without a Saviour 501 6. Conditionalism Is Positive, Not Negative 502 7. More Gained Through Christ Than Lost Through Adam 503 II. Issues Illuminated Through Significant Series of “Two’s” 504 1. Two Worlds: Temporal and Eternal 505 2. Two Adams: The Natural, Then the Spiritual 506 3. Second Adam: Progenitor of Immortal Race 507 4. Two Births: First Fleshly, Second Spiritual and Eternal 508 5. Two Covenants: First of Works, Second of Faith 508 6. Two Classes: Carnal and Perishing, Heavenly and Abiding 509 7. Two Kingdoms: Of God and of Satan 509 8. Two Advents: In the Flesh, and in Power and Glory 510 9. Two Resurrections: To “Life” and to “Damnation” 510 10. Finality of Separation Occurs at Second Advent 511 11. Two Deaths: First Death for All, Second Only for Wicked 512 12. Second Death Follows Second Resurrection 513 13. Second Death for Irreclaimably Wicked Only 514 14. The Two Ways: Way of Life, and Way of Death 515 15. Destined Endings of the Two Ways 516 III. Fundamental Fallacy of Immortal-Soulist Concept 517 1. Dualism Not Part of Divine Plan of the Ages 518

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PART III (Chapters 29-43)