Hellfire and Judgment Study Guide

This study guide accompanies my episode on eschatological fire—the Bible’s “Day of the Lord” imagery as judgment, justice, and new creation. If you’ve ever noticed how quickly conversations about fire in Scripture collapse into “hellfire” being a fight between an "eternal conscious torment" or "annihilation" narrative (or, less seen, only “purifying fire”), this guide is meant to slow us down and let the texts speak in their own contexts.

The anchor passages I discuss in my episode on "Final Fire"—Daniel 7, Zephaniah 3, 2 Peter 3, and Revelation 20–22—show that biblical fire imagery works in multiple “scenes": courtroom verdict, covenant jealousy against idolatry, cosmic exposure and transition, and finally the radiance of God’s presence filling a renewed world.

The goal isn’t to win an argument or provide a quick doctrinal shortcut. The purpose here is to give you some material for genuine study. The PDF includes things like:

• Passage lists you can load directly into Logos Bible Software
• A “fire-map” worksheet you can use on any text
• Small group discussion questions where you dig directly into the text
• Fair framing of three major Christian views of hell and final judgment (eternal conscious torment, conditional immortality, and universal reconciliation)

Use it as a take-home companion—something you can pray through, mark up, and return to over time.

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Eschatological Fire Study Guide

Combine it with episode 162 of Genesis Marks the Spot to study end-times judgment from the perspective of Scripture and how various people have interpreted it in systematic theology.