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what destruction means

Daniel 2:24 (JDV)

Daniel 2:24 Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had assigned to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He came and said to him, “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon! Bring me into the presence of the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”

what destruction means

Arioch had no intention to hold the wise men in prison and torture them perpetually. The king’s command was that they be killed. Theologians and preachers will tell you that in the Bible to be “destroyed” in hell means to be tormented forever. It does not. The Aramaic word destroy — אֲבַד (‘abad) here means to put to death. Hell is not perpetual torment. Hell is permanent destruction — the second death.