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This is one of the strongest arguments against the doctrine of eternal conscious torment.

The Bible repeatedly teaches that immortality is a gift, not something mankind naturally possesses.

“Who only hath immortality…” (1 Timothy 6:16)

The saved “seek for… immortality” (Romans 2:7), and at Christ’s return, “this mortal must put on immortality” (1 Corinthians 15:53-54). If every lost person lives forever in torment, then they also possess immortality. The only difference is where they spend eternity. But that isn’t what Scripture teaches.

Go all the way back to Eden. After Adam sinned, God drove humanity from the garden “lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever” (Genesis 3:22). Why guard the Tree of Life if sinners were already destined to live forever anyway?

The consistent biblical picture is that sin leads to death, not endless life in misery.

“The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)

Notice the contrast isn’t eternal life in heaven versus eternal life in hell. It’s eternal life versus death.

Jesus warned that God is able to “destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matthew 10:28). Malachi says the wicked become ashes under the feet of the righteous (Malachi 4:1-3). Revelation calls the final punishment “the second death” (Revelation 20:14), not the second life.

God is both perfectly just and perfectly loving. He will completely eradicate sin, suffering, and sinners who refuse His grace. He will not preserve evil forever in a never-ending torture chamber.

The good news of the gospel is not merely that believers avoid torment. It’s that through Christ we receive the gift of everlasting life that would otherwise be lost.