... "man is destined to die once and after that to face judgement," (Hebrews 9 v27), and the soul then goes to wait in what is known as the intermediate state. Then comes resurrection followed by divine judgement. Evangelicals believe that you are judged on whether or not you have been justified by faith in Christ, not just whether or not you have done good deeds throughout your life. They believe step five, the final step, is heaven or hell. Even within the evangelical view there is a debate about the nature of heaven and hell. For some, heaven and hell are everlasting conscious reward/ punishment for the individual, for others is it the ultimate extinction of the individual in hell. Universalism has never gained wide acceptance amongst evangelicals; a more immediate challenge to the traditional Christian view is what is known as conditional immortality. Instead of accepting that unbelievers will ...

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