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    A fire that no external agent can extinguish, applied to ... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The term "unquenchable fire," as used in the NT, supports the claim that the punishment of the wicked lasts forever

    A fire that no external agent can extinguish, applied to divine judgment, entails that the punitive process continues without termination, since only God could end it and God wills it to persist.

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    Key Terms

    Divine judgment(as used in theology)
    A decision or punishment made by God based on God's assessment of human actions or moral status.
    entails(describes a logical relationship between statements)
    Logically forces or guarantees; if A entails B, then whenever A is true, B must also be true.
    eternal punishment / unending punishment(as used in religious philosophy)
    A penalty that lasts forever without ever stopping, sometimes called Hell in Christian theology.
    external agent(as used in theology and causation)
    An outside force or being that can act on something—in this case, something other than God that might be able to stop the fire.
    punitive(as used in ethics and theology)

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