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[color:"blue"]They will be suffering in both body and soul.

Interesting point!! I am torn betwixt the reprobate receiving a "new body fit for destruction" and not receiving a body at all.
    [*]New body: Because man was created both body and soul, it seems only right that ALL mankind should be rejoined to a body wherein the soul resides. Unlike angelic beings, man is bipartite.[*]No body: Reason would suggest that there is no purpose in the reprobate having a "new body", for that which is to suffer is the soul from which sin originates. Not all sin is expressed through the body, e.g., emotive sins such as hatred, lust, coveting, etc.[/LIST]If I had to choose between the two, I would lean toward #1; all men receive a new body after its own kind.
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    [color:"blue"]Furthermore, I would not want to say that the damned experience exactly what Christ experienced on the cross as stated in her original post.

    I would also agree with this and even dogmatically. Christ's suffering was the accumulated wrath for all the sins of all the elect. He did not suffer the pangs of death for the reprobate, although as we know, the quality of His suffering was sufficient for all. Moreover, each individual will be judged and punished according to both the original depravity of nature from which all sins flow and in accord with the actual sins committed. Thus, we could say that a Hitler will suffer far more than a child who died in infancy. And so, each individual's suffering will be inline with what justice demands; no more and no less.

    Lastly, the reprobate in hell will surely express their hatred and rebellion toward God, but I believe even more so. As I stated in my previous reply, this hatred of God and of all righteousness is now restrained by the work of the Holy Spirit. And, there will no longer be any "Common Grace", but rather the full release of sinfulness. The natural man while in the body is not as bad as he possibly could be. However, in hell where there will be no restraints whatsoever, depravity will be given full reign.



In His Grace,

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