Dear Lucy,
I'm sorry, but a place of eternal is a myth--you said the alternative is"eternal burning' but you won't find that term used in Scripture anywhere. It is Eternal Destruction and Eternal Punishment--all things ending with 'tion' and 'ment' are completed/finished--it is not ongoing--the eternal means there is no coming back from it. Also you say you can't judge God--but Satan is the author of the doctrine of eternal torment as he is so many false doctrines in our churches. Also Jeus said,
"Do not fear those who can kill the body, rather fear the One who can destroy both body and SOUL in hell"
“And they shall go forth, and
look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for
their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.”
Isaiah 66:24 KJV
“And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And
the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and
they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.”
Revelation 14:9-11 KJV
the living spirit in man is eternal the flesh is not at a persons death the spirit returns to God who gave the spirit of life and the body returns To The dust it was created from it’s the exact opposite of creation a body is made of dust the. The spirit gives the body life
the spirit parts the body at death and the body returns to dust while the persons living spirit goes to
Christ for judgement
Creation
“And the Lord God
formed man of the dust of the ground,
and
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;
and man
became a living soul.”
Genesis 2:7 KJV
and at death
“Then shall
the dust return to the earth as it was:
and
the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
Ecclesiastes 12:7 KJV
To Understand how man is created having a body and then a living spirit within the body like a tabernacle to dwell In on earth. But also
the spirit is eternal coming out from God the father of spirit so it can be with the lord forever or choose satans eternal Home where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth and the work does not die nor thier spark is never quenched.
spirit is eternal so there’s a place with the lord when we die for our spirit or there is a place with Satan and his family when we die.
when we die The exact opposite of creation happens first the body dies and then The spirit returns to God.
it’s what makes this sure for every living person
for believers who are made alive from death by the gospel
“Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
John 5:24 KJV
they will Part thier flesh and go alive by the spirit to appear before the lord being judged by the gospel in which they believed
“For we must
all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive
the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”
2 Corinthians 5:10 KJV
They heard the good news about eternal
Life and repented and believed the gospel
“Verily, verily, I say unto you,
If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.”
John 8:51 KJV
they realize they are being saved from death beforehand being part of the first resurrection of the spirit , and the death of thier body is only a stage of life because of Christ
“Forasmuch then as the
children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.”
Hebrews 2:14-15 KJV
“I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and
have the keys of hell and of death.”
Revelation 1:18 KJV
“And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write,
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that
they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.”
Revelation 14:13 KJV
death doesn’t cease a Christians life anymore it’s only then moving from broken down rental house into an everlasting mansion in the true promised land
And then ,
non believers who die in thier sins
“Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and
shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath;
I am from above: ye are of this world;
I am not of this world. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.”
John 8:21, 23-24 KJV
It’s different if we die in sin having no remission than if we receive remission of our sins baptized into Christ and believe the gospel and follow the lords ways
They who do not believe are waiting in thier graves ,or in the prison of Sheol or in hell , or in some form of torment or sleep until the last day.
at the last day of this creation
the dead will rise to be judged the living accepted the gospel in life
“And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And
I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up
the dead which were in them: and
they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
Revelation 20:11-15 KJV
Christians who are baptized into Christs death are already alive from death and are saved from that jidgement of the dead. But it’s definately designed as a place of punishment and torment and living spirit doesn’t die as does flesh it came from God and lasts forever