Annihilation of the Wicked

"THEY SHALL BE BURNED UP. "Behold the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord." Mal.4:1; Ps.21:9; 97:3; Matt. 3:12; 7:19; 13:30,40,50; John 15:6; Heb.6:8; Rev.18:8. 

[Burn: To consume with fire, to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or

fire. To burn up: to consume entirely by fire. - Web.] 

NOTE. - The wicked are compared to the most combustible and destructible materials, as chaff [Matt.3:12], stubble [Mal.4:1] tares [Matt.13:40], branches [John 15:6], thistle-down [Isa.17:13, margin]; which would be utterly subversive of the idea of unending life in a consuming fire." 

Uriah Smith