A Systematic Exploration of Death, Judgment, Resurrection, and the Final State
What happens when we die? Where are the dead now? Why do we need resurrection if souls are immortal? What is the final state, and what does “God all in all” actually mean?
Most Christians have inherited answers to these questions without examining whether they fit together coherently. This series presents a systematic eschatological framework that addresses the “storage problem” in traditional views, integrates conditional immortality with orthodox Trinitarianism, and takes seriously the idea that God exists outside time.
This isn’t an attempt to start a new movement or claim final answers. It’s an invitation to think carefully about what Scripture teaches, to test inherited assumptions, and to pursue coherence where it’s possible while maintaining humility about what remains mysterious.
Read the Series in Order:
Part 1: The Frangibility of Reality: Introducing a Coherent Eschatology Beginning with the physics of matter and energy, exploring why most eschatology lacks coherence, and introducing the “storage problem” that drives this framework.
Part 2: Foundational Commitments: Building Blocks of the Framework God outside time and space, conditional immortality, the ageless purpose, and why I reject dispensational premillennialism.
Part 3: The Fate of the Wicked: Between ECT, Universalism, and Annihilationism Examining the three major positions on hell and making the biblical case for conditional immortality within orthodox Christianity.
Part 4: The Eschatological Framework: Death to Consummation What happens at death, the intermediate state, Christ’s return, resurrection, and the final state where God becomes “all in all.”
Part 5: Biblical-Theological Support: Key Texts Examined Detailed exegesis of the key passages supporting judgment at death, annihilation of the wicked, resurrection, and new creation.
Part 6: Addressing Objections and Difficult Passages Tackling the Great White Throne judgment, “eternal punishment” language, the rich man and Lazarus, and the mechanics of resurrection.
Part 7: Conclusion – Why This Framework Matters The pastoral implications, the danger of unexamined eschatology, and the balance of confidence with humility in theological conviction.
Who This Series Is For
- Anyone wrestling with questions about death, judgment, and eternity
- Christians who find traditional eschatology incoherent or morally troubling
- Those interested in how conditional immortality fits with orthodox Trinitarianism
- Readers wanting to think systematically about eschatology rather than accepting labels
- Anyone open to examining their inherited theological frameworks
A Note on Approach
I’m not a professional theologian. I’m a compliance manager who studies theology part-time and thinks carefully about what Scripture teaches. This framework emerged from years of wrestling with questions that traditional eschatology couldn’t answer coherently.
I offer it with appropriate confidence in the core elements and humility about the details. Read critically. Test it against Scripture. Engage thoughtfully. That’s the invitation.