Tom, if we will have hair in the new earth we will have death because hair is comprised of dead cells.

BTW, the Bible also says that the earth is fixed.

If sin kills why is Lucifer still alive? Then again, how do we know he is still alive?

The first death is not the result of sin, it is the result of God not allowing us to eat the fruit of the tree of life. And the second death will not be the result of sin, it will be the result of God punishing and destroying unsaveable sinners in the lake of fire.

The first death is a sleep. Jesus did not come to save us from dying the first death. Instead, He came to make it possible for us to avoid being punished and destroyed in the lake of fire. If everyone is saved then there would be no such thing as a lake of fire. There would be no need of it. The fact people will die eternally in the lake of fire is evidence not everyone has been saved.

The reason God resurrects the unsaved, instead of leaving them in the grave, is because they have not paid the wages of sin. Otherwise, it would suffice to leave them in the grave. But sleeping in the grave does not pay the wages of sin. In other words, the first death does not satisfy the just and loving demands of the law. Unsaved sinners must be punished for their sins before they are destroyed eternally in the lake of fire.

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If a prisoner in death row has his death postponed, what was he saved from?


Death.


Of course not! He will die anyway. He is only saved from death if he is granted pardon.

Let's say you are crossing the street, not paying attention to where you are going. A man pushes you out of the way from an oncoming truck, which would have killed you had he not done so. Thirty years later, once again, you are crossing the street not paying attention, and get killed by an oncoming truck. Does this make it untrue that the old man saved you from death, giving you an extra thirty years of life?

The first death is a sleep. Jesus did not come to save us from dying the first death. Instead, He came to make it possible for us to avoid being punished and destroyed in the lake of fire.

That's a negative way of looking at it, isn't it? Christ came to give us eternal life.

If everyone is saved then there would be no such thing as a lake of fire. There would be no need of it. The fact people will die eternally in the lake of fire is evidence not everyone has been saved.

The reason God resurrects the unsaved, instead of leaving them in the grave, is because they have not paid the wages of sin.

This can't be the reason because, to use your paradigm, the wages of sin were fully paid by Christ. Christ didn't pay the wages of only those who would accept Him, but for all.

Otherwise, it would suffice to leave them in the grave. But sleeping in the grave does not pay the wages of sin. In other words, the first death does not satisfy the just and loving demands of the law.

Christ did this.

Unsaved sinners must be punished for their sins before they are destroyed eternally in the lake of fire.

How are they punished?