The End of the Unrepentant: A Study of the Biblical Themes of Fire and Being Consumed

Synopsis: The End of the Unrepentant stands as the most thorough exegetical analysis of the biblical teachings about the fate of the unrepentant ever written. Following up the authors acclaimed monograph After the Thousand Years: Resurrection and Judgment in Revelation 20 this study makes use of the nexus of the Isaiah Apocalypse (Isa 24-27) and Revelation 20 as a paradigm or interpretive lens through which to understand the teachings of the Psalms the Prophets Jesus and the NT about resurrection judgment and the divergent futures of the faithful and the unrepentant. The question of whether hell is everlasting has been a topic of interest for many decades now among evangelicals and the controversy has only intensified in recent years. Many Christians feel uneasy about the idea of everlasting torment but their belief in the authority of Scripture leaves them feeling that this doctrine is inescapable. The End of the Unrepentant is written for them. It mounts a unique positive exegetical argument for annihilationism--an argument so thoroughly founded on the prophetic words of Jesus Isaiah and John that it shifts the exegetical burden of proof to those who would wish for theological reasons to affirm everlasting torment. Author Biography: J. Webb Mealy (PhD Biblical Studies Sheffield) is the author of After the Thousand Years: Resurrection and Judgment in Revelation 20 and translator of The Spoken English New Testament. He teaches biblical studies and theology to lay people and is co-founder and executive director of Share First Oakland a volunteer-based charitable organization that feeds the hungry.