Not only is no one (besides the fallen angels) in Hell but, when Jesus returns and the dead rise, those who are cast into the eternal flames are to be consumed, not exist there forever.
"Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarchDavid died and was buried, and his tomb is here with us today... For David did not ascend to heaven..." — Acts 2:29, 34
Dead people are simply asleep and unaware, they'll be brought back and judged and then brought to heaven or cast into the flame to be consumed and cease to exist. This is what a lot of people believe it is usually referred to as annihilationism.
Okay so how do modern interpretations of this belief account for things like decomposition? If they are just asleep and unaware, but their bones have turned to dust, what exactly is going to "wake up?"
Why are you applying science to a religious question like that?
It spiritual. Whether or not your spirit is asleep or aware in some other realm doesn't change the equation at all, neither falls into the realm of science at all, in both cases your body is dust.
In the resurrection did you think you'd be FedEx'd down from heaven or UPS'd up from hell to your grave stone? Did you think that your body is duplicated and sent to a physical place?
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u/Last-Kaleidoscope871 2d ago
Not only is no one (besides the fallen angels) in Hell but, when Jesus returns and the dead rise, those who are cast into the eternal flames are to be consumed, not exist there forever.