Final Destinies
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life in heaven and the unsaved to eternal damnation in hell, both of which are literal places. We believe the souls of the redeemed are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious happiness they await the first resurrection, when soul and body are reunited and glorified to be forever with the Lord. We believe the souls of unbelievers are, at death, absent from the body and in conscious misery until the second resurrection, when, with the soul and body reunited, they shall appear at the Great White Throne Judgment and shall be cast into the lake of fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting punishment. (Matthew 25:46; John 5:28-29; John 11:25-26; Luke
