Have we not seen that God foreknew the fall of Adam and the condemnation of all in Adam? — for did not “by the offence of one [Adam] judgment came upon ALL MEN to condemnation”? Rom. 5:18.

Have we not seen that man was condemned to DEATH and not to eternal torment? Rom. 6:23.

If the condemnation upon man is eternal life in torment, would it not be a gift of God? For, is not “the gift of God eternal life” in any condition? Rom. 6:23.

If the condemnation upon man were eternal torment, would not our Lord have been subject to eternal torment in order to take our place — to pay the penalty that was put upon us? Rom. 5:6, 8; I Cor. 15:3; II Cor. 5:14.

Did the apostle Paul say that the wages of sin is eternal life in torment, or did he say that the wages of sin is DEATH? Rom. 6:23.

Does not the apostle Paul say that “by one man’s [Adam’s] offence death reigned”? Rom. 5:17.

Do the scriptures teach that sin hath reigned unto eternal torment or unto death? Rom. 5:21; 6:23.

Did God say to Adam that “in the day [one day is, with the Lord, as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day — Psa. 90:4; II Pet. 3:8] that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely” be eternally tormented, or that “thou shalt surely die”? Gen. 2:17.

Are not many made sinners by one man’s (Adam’s) disobedience? — and are not many dead through or by the offence of one (Adam)? Rom. 5:15-19; I Cor 15:21, 22.

Did not, by one man [Adam], sin enter into the world, and death [not eternal torment] by sin; and so death [not eternal torment] passed upon all men, for that all have sinned? Rom. 5:12.

Are we not brought into this world in sin and death, without our consent? And will not the world be awakened out of death (sleep) without asking their consent, for, as we all die in Adam, will we not also in like manner be made alive in (by) Christ? I Cor. 15:22.

While the scriptures clearly teach the condemnation of all before birth, do they not teach equally as clearly the salvation of all from this Adamic condemnation? (Luke 19:10; I Tim. 4:10; I John 2:2). And does not this grand salvation from the Adamic or first death, which is promised by our Lord, necessitate all being ransomed from the grave? (I Tim. 2:6; Hos. 13:14; John 5:25-28). Does it not necessitate a redemption from death? (I Pet. 1:18,19; I Cor. 7:23; Hos. 13:14; Psa. 49:8, 15; 103:4; 106:10). Does it not necessitate an awakening (egeiro) of the dead, both the just and the unjust? (Acts 24:15; I Cor. 15:21, 22). Does it not make certain the “restitution of all things”? (Acts 3:21; 15:13-18; Rev. 21:1-5). Do not the scriptures promise all this and would not the fulfillment of all these promises NECESSITATE future probation?

Out of the weary shades of night,
Out of darkness cometh light;
In fearful doubt of midnight storm,
Courage and hope of faith are born.

From mountain height the tempest flings
Earth’s hope beneath death’s mighty wings;
But lo! there shines the “morning star,”
Gleaming in glory from afar.