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http://www.whiteestate.org/devotional/mar/12_09.asp this is one description in Ellen Whites writings regarding the final destruction of the wicked. The Great Controversy has more. I am not able to copy and edit well on my smart phone, hence will not discuss this at length. While I agree with the above statements you made, the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy tell us plainly what happens to the unsaved and Satan at the end of time and no reasoning supersedes these. If you can present a substantial passage without commentary from the Bible or Spirit of Prophecy that says God does not kill the wicked at the end of time please post the link. It will require no commentary and I know there is not one in the Bible and since inspiration does not contradict itself there is none in the Spirit of Prophecy. I sincerely hope you reconsider your position brother.

I'm thinking New Hampshire, because I was thinking Vermont and since that's not a chose than it has to be NH.Because if I'm not mistaken the school is in NE?? Answer: Brown University is a private, Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1764 as "The College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations," Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. At its foundation, Brown was the first college in the United States to accept students regardless of their religious affiliation. Undergraduate admissions is highly selective, with an acceptance rate of 9% for the class of 2020, according to the university. Oh well at least I got NE correct!

And who would be better able to describe the God Who is Love than a servant (or should I say slave) of the god of this world? …3And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 2 Corinthians 4 God is Love!~Jesus saves!

God does not destroy here and now in general but in the judgement day He will destroy Satan. Jesus says he will say to the wicked depart from me into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels. Yes I know the fire does not burn forever but the results are forever. While Satan did in a sense destroy himself he does not literally blot himself out of existence . That is the work of God. His strange work but His work nonetheless.

http://tinyurl.com/hzf55tz 13 places we are forbidden to visit

You wrote: "1Do not judge, or you will be judged. 2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.… Matthew 7 Here is my biblical view of judging: Judging According to the Bible With that statement you have condemned all the court decisions made by the court system, all the verdicts of history, and all the rulings of the highest courts of the land What the Bible condemns is not the acts of judging, but rather wrong judgments. New International Version (©2011) “Do not show partiality in judging;” [Deut. 1:17] King James Bible Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Do not forget that we are talking about the church justifying the violation of one of God's Commandments, the one designed to protect the right to life of every human being, including you and myself. If the church justifies murder, then what do we need the church for? Like those who killed Jesus, we pretend to honor sacred time--the Sabbath--but are telling the world that we are neutral regarding the sacredness of human life. When the Apostle Paul discovered that Peter--the president of the General Conference at the time--was not living according to the Gospel, he publicly reprimanded him. Did he sin in judging and condemning the hypocrisy of Peter? John the Baptist publicly condemned the sin of King Herod. Did he sin in doing this? Likewise, Elijah the prophet, condemned the actions of King Ahab. Should he have conducted himself with more respect towards the king? My view is that are times when we must speak clearly and without hesitation. We must emulate the testimony of Jesus, the Faithful Witness, who described each of the seven churches including their individual merits and shortcomings. If we remain silent on this life and death issue, God will--and he is actually doing this already--use non Adventists to proclaim the permanence and validity of his Law. The message of the three angel's of Revelation will be proclaimed regardless of what we Adventist do. Yes, God is love! but beware of the "wrath of the lamb"!

V.13 (NET) says, "This is what will happen throughout the earth, among the nations. It will be like when they beat an olive tree, and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest." That is some vivid imagery! I don't know why pastors don't connect this chapter with the others ie- Matthew 24

ESV | ‎Ps 121:1 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? ‎2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. ‎3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. ‎4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. ‎5 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand. ‎6 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. ‎7 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. ‎8 The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. Nothing can happen to you or me without God's permission.

It appears to me you've answered your own question, but you asked one that leads to a nice story. I won't give the name of the lady, for the sake of privacy, so let's just call her Charlotte. Charlotte was a new Adventist, barely baptized. Still learning about our beliefs, she visited our home on Sabbath afternoons for awhile and studied with my mother. One such afternoon, my mother decided it was time to teach Charlotte about tithing. Surprisingly, no one had told her about tithe before. However, when she learned about it, she told my mother that she could not possibly tithe, because she would have no money left for food after her bills were paid. My mother said, "bring your bills and everything over next week and we'll look at it together." She did. As my mother helped to do the math, she found that what Charlotte said had been true. In fact, if she paid tithe, she would have just $5 for food for the entire month! Knowing that God promises to bless us when we pay tithe, and knowing that it is an obligation that is just as binding upon us as any of our other bills, my mother encouraged Charlotte to go ahead and pay the tithe. In the back of her mind, she thought she might have to help give Charlotte some food or something when she ran out! Charlotte, as soon as she got her paycheck, sent the tithe in right away. She didn't wait to take it to the church on Sabbath--she sent it straight to the conference office by mail! Her live-in boyfriend, who was not Adventist and had not been baptized when she was, told her not to do it. But she paid the tithe anyway. That month, their housemates who had helped to share the rent with them moved out. However, when they left, they had already paid their part for the month and they left the refrigerator full of food. They had just enough food to make it to the end of that month. Again, the boyfriend told Charlotte she better not pay the tithe, but again she sent the check straight to the conference office as soon as she had been paid. This second month, God provided in helping her to find cheaper housing much nearer to the university she was attending, which saved travel expenses as well! Again, they had just enough to make it to the end of the month--and my mother never had need of helping them! The third month, she paid the tithe again. This time, the government gave her a much larger grant for her studies than she had expected, and yet again she had sufficient to cover all of her bills. By this time, her boyfriend had changed his tune. "Don't stop paying the tithe!" he exclaimed. I don't think she did, either. God keeps His promises. We're the ones who think cheating Him will benefit us--against all reason. How patient He is with us! But how much better off we should be if we would but take Him at His Word and trust Him fully! Oh….one more part of the story that may be of interest to some. She later commented to my mother that she had paid tithe in a Sunday church before and had never had this kind of experience. "You have to pay it to the Adventist church," she said.