[Excerpted & Adapted from False Teachers, by Darwin Fish, pp. 519-21]
ADVENTISTS REJECT THE BIBLICAL TRUTH OF AN ETERNAL HELL OF TORMENT:
“No one is burning in hell fire today. Jesus made this plain when He said: ‘As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.’ Matthew 13:40.
And the apostle Peter wrote: ‘The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.’ 2 Peter 2:9.
The wicked will be ‘reserved unto’ the judgment-day to receive their reward. This makes it clear that no one is burning now in hell fire” (THE LOVE OF GOD Revealed in Hell Fire, by L. E. Tucker, SEARCH for Truth S Series, A Quiet Hour Publication, p. 4).
“NO ONE IS BURNING in hell fire today”? Those from Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them know first hand that this is a lie:
“…as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, SUFFERING THE VENGEANCE OF ETERNAL FIRE” (Jude 7).
IN THEIR REJECTION OF A BIBLICAL HELL, ADVENTISTS BLASPHEME THE GOD OF THE BIBLE:
“If there were a great chamber of fire that would burn throughout eternity, this would mean that people whom God had created would be suffering on and on, endless ages of time. Always God would realize that in His universe souls were suffering torment that would never end. If this were so, Satan would be the victor and God’s universe would be marred forever! Sin would be constantly before God, and never again could God be happy amongst His children” (Ibid., p. 18).
NOT ONLY IS GOD going to “realize that in His universe souls” are “suffering torment” that will never end, but they will suffer in His very presence (e.g. Revelation 14:10-11); people will go out and look at them (Isaiah 66:24); and the righteous (Psalm 58:9-10), the daughters of Jerusalem (Psalm 97:7-9), creation (Psalm 96:10-13), and God Himself will rejoice over their judgment (Psalm 104:31; Luke 10:21-23; Revelation 18:20; 19:1-7).
IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH THE ADVEN-TIST’S BLASPHEMY CONTINUES WITH…
“But thank God, this is not true! THERE IS NO BURNING HELL NOW! AND THERE IS NO BURNING HELL THROUGHOUT ALL ETERNITY! The fires of hell are going to be hot enough to burn up the wicked and all sin—not just scorch men with fire.
What kind of a God do you serve? Is He a fiend that takes pleasure in roasting and toasting His children? Does he pull them out of the fire when they have scorched a little too long, and when they have cooled down, drag them back into the flame? Is this the kind of a God you serve? No; a thousand times no!
Our God is a God of love and justice. His Word is clear: ‘For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up.’
It doesn’t say, ‘burn them forever and ever’” (Ibid., p. 18-19; my emph.).
MALACHI 4:1 DOESN’T, BUT Revelation 20:10 essentially does. “And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”
ELLEN G. WHITE, WHO NOW KNOWS OTHERWISE, TAUGHT THAT IT IS HERESY TO TEACH ETERNAL TORMENT:
“The Heresy of Eternal Torment
Evil has been wrought by the heresy of eternal torment. The religion of the Bible, full of love and goodness, is darkened by superstition and clothed with terror. Satan has painted the character of God in false colors” (Lion On The Loose, p. 37; see also p. 77).
NOT ONLY DOES SHE call the Biblical doctrine of Hell heresy, but she attributes this teaching of Christ (e.g. Matthew 5:22, 29-30; 10:28; 18:9; etc.) to the Devil!
MOREOVER, ADVENTISTS, IN THEIR REJECTION OF HELL, OBLITERATE THE MOST SERIOUS WARNING OF THE GOSPEL:
“For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). This death includes the SECOND DEATH (i.e., HELL— Revelation 21:8).
But, Adventists reject the gospel of God and state the opposite of the Word of God. As the Adventist L. E. Tucker writes,
“You see, the wages of sin is not eternal torment” (THE LOVE OF GOD Revealed in Hell Fire, p. 22).
WHAT A HELLISH LIE!!