According to the Bible, when will the punishment of the wicked take place?
During their life here below.
Immediately after their death.
At the end of times.
There won’t be any punishment of the wicked.
According to the Bible, where will the punishment of the wicked take place?
In heaven.
On earth.
In the depths of the earth.
There won’t be any punishment of the wicked.
To suffer eternally, the wicked would have to be immortal. Now, the First Epistle of John says, «No has life abiding in him.» And the same Epistle also says, «He that does the of God stays .»
According to the Word of God, what will the final lot of the wicked be?
They will be reincarnated in another body, to improve themselves.
They will be forgiven, and will live forever with the righteous.
They will suffer the eternal torments of Hell.
They will be completely and definitively destroyed.
The answer to the preceding question is confirmed by the prophet Malachi , who describes the final lot of the wicked this way, «You shall down the wicked, for they shall be under the soles of your feet.» Likewise, the prophet Isaiah says, «They that war against you shall be as , and as a thing of .»
The expressions «everlasting punishment» and «eternal judgment» are sometimes presented as meaning «everlasting sufferings». Yet, the book of Psalms tells us this about God: «His anger is but for a .» And the prophet Isaiah adds this, concerning God’s judgment: «With the breath of His lips shall He the wicked.»
The expression «everlasting fire» is also presented as meaning «everlasting sufferings in the fire of Hell». Yet, the Epistle of Jude says that two cities have suffered «the vengeance of eternal fire». What is the name of these two cities?
Tyre and Sidon.
Gog and Magog.
Sodom and Gomorrah.
Babylon and Niniveh.
The words «for ever» don’t necessarily mean «eternally». Indeed, the First Book of Samuel clearly shows the meaning of the words «for ever»: «I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there abide . (...) As long as he he shall be lent to the Lord.»
According to the Word of God, what will the final lot of Satan be?
He will manage Hell, where the wicked suffer forever and ever.
He will become Lucifer again, and will obey God throughout eternity.
He will be annihilated forever.
He will be banished forever on a distant planet.
After the carrying out of the Last Judgment, the Word of God indicates what will happen to death itself. The prophet Isaiah tells us, «[The Lord] will up death in victory.» And the apostle Paul, in the First Epistle to the Corinthians , confirms the same thing by saying, «The last enemy that shall be is death.»