Dictionary of Bible Themes The departure from the present life of unrepentant people to await final banishment from God. Psalms 49:10; 89:48Death is inevitable See also 2 Samuel 14:14Job 30:23 Psalms 37:36 Ecclesiastes 3:19-20; 8:8 Proverbs 10:27 The premature death of unbelievers is the consequence of sin See also 1 Chronicles 10:13OT 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. Job 22:16Psalms 9:17; 37:1-2,22,38; 55:23; 139:19 Proverbs 5:21-23; 11:19; 14:12 Isaiah 17:14 Ezekiel 3:19; 18:4,20 Daniel 5:30 Luke 12:20 John 8:21,24 Aspects of the death of unbelievers They die unforgiven Proverbs 11:7Ecclesiastes 8:10 They die without hope Ezekiel 18:23See also God has no pleasure in their death Ezekiel 18:322 Peter 3:9 Matthew 7:13 Descriptions of the death of unbelievers Romans 9:22Being destroyed John 3:162 Peter 2:12 Perishing Luke 16:22-24Hebrews 10:27 Being in fire Matthew 25:302 Peter 2:17 Being in darkness Revelation 20:13The consequences of the death of unbelievers See also The intermediate state of awaiting judgment Luke 16:23John 5:29 Acts 24:15 Hebrews 9:27 See also The judgment John 5:29Daniel 12:2 Matthew 25:41 The eternal consequences See also Matthew 18:8; 25:46Mark 9:45-48 Galatians 1:8-9 Hebrews 6:2 Jude 1:7 2 Kings 20:1 The challenge of the death of unbelievers See also The call to prepare Ecclesiastes 7:17; 9:10Amos 4:12 John 8:51 The only escape is through Jesus Christ See also John 5:24Death 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 4827 frost5296 disabilities 5482 punishment 6112 banishment 6733 repentance 8342 servanthood 8733 envy 8735 evil, origins of 8757 folly, effects of 9121 eternity 9210 judgment, God's 9510 hell |
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