Frank Goad
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Refuting Error
Three Articles Below: 1. The Bible Versus Soul Sleep 2. Is Universalism Biblical? 3. Dear Muslim Reader – Who Do You Say I Am? THE BIBLE VERSUS SOUL SLEEP (and Annihilationism & Universal…
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Rev. 22:14-15
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may ENTER by the gates into the city. OUTSIDE ARE the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.
This is “THE” KILLER TEXT for not only the “soul sleep” doctrine, but Annihilationism and Universalism as well. Notice that this text is talking about the state of the dead AFTER the final (AD 70) resurrection has taken place. The righteous have their new immortal bodies and are INSIDE the heavenly city. The unsaved are still conscious and are OUTSIDE the gates of the heavenly city. The unsaved did not get “immortality” at the resurrection event, yet they are still conscious, so this necessarily implies that “immortality” is not the same thing as “consciousness of the soul.” These unsaved folks are still conscious after the resurrection, even though their bodies have died and they did not receive “immortality” at the resurrection. They remain consciously OUTSIDE of heaven forever after the resurrection event. This not only refutes the “soul sleep” idea, but shows that the wicked do not cease to exist (Annihilationism), nor are they given a “second chance” to repent and accept Christ and “ENTER” into heaven (Universalism).
