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    The term "unquenchable fire," as used in the NT, supports... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Scripture argues that the punishment of the wicked lasts forever
    Supports→The NT langauge requires us to conclude that God will make the wicked immortal so they can be tortured forever

    The term "unquenchable fire," as used in the NT, supports the claim that the punishment of the wicked lasts forever

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    • 1.The NT authors, particularly Jesus in Mark 9:43-48, cite Isaiah 66:24 while shifting the referent from corpses to living persons cast into Gehenna.
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    • 2.This shift in referent from dead bodies to conscious persons fundamentally alters the semantic import of 'unquenchable,' indicating ongoing experience rather than mere consumption.
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    • 3.When a source text is applied to a new referent with altered ontological properties, the derived meaning is governed by the new context, not the original.
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    • 1.The term 'asbestos' (unquenchable) in ancient Greek usage, as documented by Liddell-Scott, denotes a fire that cannot be externally suppressed or extinguished by any agency.
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    • 2.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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    • 3.Origen, even in defending universal restoration, acknowledged 'unquenchable' implied a divinely sustained process, confirming the term carries durational weight independent of OT annihilationist contexts.
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    • 1.The phrase, as used in the OT, supports annihilationism
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    • 2.If the above is true, the phrase, as used in the OT, supports annihilationism
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    • 1.The phrase, as used in the OT, supports annihilationism
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    • 2.If the above is true, the phrase, as used in the OT, supports annihilationism
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    • This phrase, as used in the NT, is taken from the OT
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    • Annihilationism is mutually exclusive with God making the wicked immortal so they can suffer forever
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    • If the above is true, then it is not the case that the term "unquenchable fire" as used in the NT supports eternal punishment
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    • This phrase, as used in the NT, is taken from the OT
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    • Annihilationism is mutually exclusive with God making the wicked immortal so they can suffer forever
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    • If the above is true, then it is not the case that the term "unquenchable fire" as used in the NT supports eternal punishment
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    Proof of definition segmentsEternal Conscious TormentAll sources support it

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    Scripture argues that the punishment of the wicked lasts forever

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