Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 9000 Last things » 9010 Death » 9020 death » 9023 death, of unbelievers The departure from the present life of unrepentant people to await final banishment from God. Death is inevitable Psalm 49:10; Psalm 89:48 See also 2 Samuel 14:14; Job 30:23; Psalm 37:36; Ecclesiastes 3:19-20; Ecclesiastes 8:8 The premature death of unbelievers is the consequence of sin Proverbs 10:27 OT writers, for whom God's blessing on the righteous occurs mostly in the present life, often saw early or sudden death as divine judgment on the wicked. See also 1 Chronicles 10:13; Job 22:16; Psalm 9:17; Psalm 37:1-2,22,38; Psalm 55:23; Psalm 139:19; Proverbs 5:21-23; Proverbs 11:19; Proverbs 14:12; Isaiah 17:14; Ezekiel 3:19; Ezekiel 18:4,20; Daniel 5:30; Luke 12:20 Aspects of the death of unbelievers They die unforgiven John 8:21,24 They die without hope Proverbs 11:7; Ecclesiastes 8:10 God has no pleasure in their death Ezekiel 18:23 See also Ezekiel 18:32; 2 Peter 3:9 Descriptions of the death of unbelievers Being destroyed Perishing Being in fire Being in darkness The consequences of the death of unbelievers The intermediate state of awaiting judgment Revelation 20:13 See also Luke 16:23; John 5:29; Acts 24:15 The judgment Hebrews 9:27 See also John 5:29 The eternal consequences Daniel 12:2; Matthew 25:41 See also Matthew 18:8; Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:45-48; Galatians 1:8-9; Hebrews 6:2; Jude 7 The challenge of the death of unbelievers The call to prepare 2 Kings 20:1 See also Ecclesiastes 7:17; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Amos 4:12 The only escape is through Jesus Christ John 8:51 Death for believers is swallowed up in life, so that they are never personally aware of the pain and sting of death (compare Jn 11:26). See also John 5:24 See also
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