Delivered by P Brad Smith 09/02/25. Death And Hell. Part - A. One of the common mistakes made when trying to interpret the Bible, comes from overlooking the most basic rule of study... comparing scriptures with themselves. The concept of eternal punishing after judgement, is strangely missing from every prominent Old Testament reference. It is very hard to imagine why God would not warn Adam and Eve and numerous other key players in their times right up to Christ, that death would include eternal torment filled with unrelenting pain and horror for all time... with no relief whatsoever. Adam was warned that he would surely die and that is exactly what happened. There is a huge difference between death (which is often quick and uneventful) compared to eternal torturous pain. Why would God hide, or disguise such a hideous result for thousand years, if such a terrible punishment were literally true? A PDF copy of the "short" talk notes is available at: https://www.brf.org.au/articles/articles.jsp?category=9 A PDF copy of the complete main article is available at: https://cdnarticles.brf.org.au/20240919_pbs_main_points_death_and_hellV1.0.pdf A MP3 audio of this talk is available at: https://www.brf.org.au/audio/audio.jsp?category=1 A YouTube link to the uploaded video. https://youtu.be/Ipyutj72hks

Delivered by P Brad Smith 09/02/25. Death And Hell. Part - B. God created the earth and all the various forms of life upon it... he created all the life cycles, all the majesty of perfect function and all the beauty and harmony they reveal. Likewise, God created and controls the spiritual world (he set the conditions for heaven, earth and for hell). Whatever happens to those that fail judgement(the vast majority of everyone ever born), is a choice that God has made, designed created and supported... thus it must reflect his nature. God is not stuck with laws that go against his will or choices... he designed them. A PDF copy of the "short" talk notes is available at: https://www.brf.org.au/articles/articles.jsp?category=9 A PDF copy of the complete main article is available at: https://cdnarticles.brf.org.au/20240919_pbs_main_points_death_and_hellV1.0.pdf A MP3 audio of this talk is available at: https://www.brf.org.au/audio/audio.jsp?category=1 A YouTube link to the uploaded video. https://youtu.be/Tr-Pu4p438g