CLASSIFICATIONS.md — Destruction Vocabulary¶

Classification Audit Trail¶

This file contains the full Tree 3/4 walkthroughs for every E-item classified as Cond. or ECT and every N-item in this study.

E-Item Walkthroughs (Tree 3)¶

E1 — "The way of the ungodly shall perish (abad)" (Psa 1:6)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "perish" (abad) = destruction/cessation vocabulary applied to the wicked. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): The grammatical subject is "the way of the ungodly" — this is an abstract concept (a way/path), not a literal human. However, the "way" metonymically represents the people who walk it. The verse contrasts "the righteous" (literal humans, v.6a) with "the ungodly" (literal humans, v.6b). PASS — the subject through metonymy is the ungodly (literal humans).

Gate 2 (Grammar): abad Qal impf 3fs — intransitive "shall perish." No alternative parsing. The Qal of abad means "to perish" without ambiguity. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Wisdom poetry (Psalm 1). Didactic in function — direct teaching about the two paths. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E2 (Psa 37:20), E3 (Psa 37:10), E7 (Psa 92:9), E9 (Psa 145:20), and all other destruction vocabulary E-items. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E2 — "The wicked shall perish (abad)... consume (kalah); into smoke shall they consume away" (Psa 37:20)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "perish" (abad) + "consume" (kalah) + "into smoke" = destruction/cessation vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "The wicked" and "the enemies of the LORD" — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): abad Qal impf 3mp ("shall perish") + kalah Qal perf 3p ("consumed") x2. Standard forms, no alternative parsing. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Wisdom psalm. Didactic function — direct teaching on the fate of the wicked. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with all other destruction vocabulary E-items. The smoke simile reinforces cessation. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E3 — "Yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be (ayin)" (Psa 37:10)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "shall not be" (ayin) = non-existence/cessation language. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "The wicked" — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): ayin rasha = "the wicked is not." ayin = noun of non-existence (H369). einennu = "he is not" with 3ms suffix. No alternative parsing for ayin. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Wisdom psalm. Didactic. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E4 (Psa 59:13), E5 (Psa 104:35), E6 (Oba 1:16), and all non-existence statements. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E4 — "Consume (kalah) them in wrath, that they may not be (ayin)" (Psa 59:13)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "consume" (kalah) + "may not be" (ayin) = destruction + non-existence. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "Them" — refers to enemies/wicked in context. Literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): kalah Piel imperative + we'einemo ("and they are not"). Standard forms. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Imprecatory psalm (prayer). Didactic in its theological content — expresses belief about what consumption produces. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E3 (Psa 37:10), E5 (Psa 104:35). No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E5 — "Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more (ayin)" (Psa 104:35)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "consumed" (tamam) + "be no more" (ayin) = destruction + non-existence. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "Sinners" and "the wicked" — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): tamam + ayin. Standard forms. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Praise psalm with wisdom element. Didactic. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E3, E4. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E6 — "They shall be as though they had not been (kelo hayu)" (Oba 1:16)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "as though they had not been" = cessation/non-existence. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "All the heathen" — literal humans/nations. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): kelo hayu = "as if they had not been." Standard construction. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Prophetic oracle. Direct-speech prophecy ("Thus saith the LORD" context). PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E3, E4, E5. Strongest cessation formula. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E7 — "The wicked shall be destroyed (shamad) for ever" (Psa 92:7)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "destroyed" (shamad) = destruction vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "The wicked" and "workers of iniquity" — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): shamad Niphal inf + adey-ad. "To be destroyed to perpetuity." No alternative parsing. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Sabbath psalm with wisdom element. Didactic. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E8 (shamad in Psa 37:38), E9 (shamad in Psa 145:20). No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E8 — "The transgressors shall be destroyed (shamad) together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off" (Psa 37:38)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "destroyed" (shamad) + "cut off" (karath) = destruction vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "Transgressors" and "the wicked" — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): shamad Niphal perf 3p + karath Niphal perf 3fs. Prophetic perfects. Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Wisdom psalm. Didactic. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E2, E7, E9. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E9 — "The LORD preserveth (shamar) all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy (shamad)" (Psa 145:20)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "destroy" (shamad) = destruction vocabulary applied to the wicked. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "All the wicked" — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): shamad Hiphil impf 3ms. Causative active — God actively destroys. No alternative parsing. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Acrostic praise psalm with didactic content. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E7, E8, and all destruction vocabulary E-items. The shamar/shamad contrast reinforces: preservation vs. destruction. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E10 — "He shall perish (abad) for ever like his own dung" (Job 20:7)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "perish" (abad) + "for ever" = destruction + permanence. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "He" — the wicked man described in Job 20. Literal human. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): abad Qal impf 3ms + lanetsach. Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Wisdom discourse (Job's friend Zophar speaking). Didactic. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E1, E2, E7. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E11 — "Broad is the way that leadeth to destruction (apoleia); narrow the way to life" (Matt 7:13-14)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "destruction" (apoleia) = destruction vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): People who enter the gate — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): apoleia as destination noun. Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Sermon on the Mount — didactic teaching. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E12 (John 3:16), E14 (Rom 6:23), E15 (Phil 3:19). No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E12 — "Should not perish (apollymi) but have everlasting life" (John 3:16)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "perish" (apollymi) = destruction/cessation vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "Whosoever believeth" (and by implication, whosoever does not believe) — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): apollymi Aor Mid Subj 3s in purpose clause (hina me). The antithesis is structural: me apoletai vs. eche zoen aionion. No alternative parsing. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Gospel narrative — Jesus' direct teaching (didactic). PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E11, E13, E14, and all perish-vs-life passages. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E13 — "Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish (apollymi)" (Luke 13:3,5)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "perish" (apollymi) = destruction vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "Ye" — Jesus' audience, literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): apollymi Fut Mid Ind 2p. Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Direct teaching (didactic). PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E12, E11. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E14 — "The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life" (Rom 6:23)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "death" (thanatos) as the penalty for sin = cessation vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): Sinners generally — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): thanatos (death) vs. zoe aionios (eternal life). Standard construction. No alternative parsing. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Pauline epistle — didactic teaching. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E12 (perish vs. life), E11 (destruction vs. life). No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E15 — "Whose end (telos) is destruction (apoleia)" (Phil 3:19)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "destruction" (apoleia) = destruction vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "Enemies of the cross of Christ" — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): telos + apoleia. Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Pauline epistle — didactic. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E11, E14. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E16 — "Punished with everlasting destruction (olethros aionios) from the presence of the Lord" (2 Thess 1:9)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "destruction" (olethros) = destruction vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "Them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel" (v.8) — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): olethron aionion. Both accusative. aionios modifies olethros (destruction noun). apo prosopou = "from the presence" — grammatically can mean "away from" (separation) or "proceeding from" (source). The ambiguity of apo is a grammar issue, BUT the positional reading (Cond.) depends on olethros meaning actual destruction, which is the lexical value regardless of how apo is read. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Pauline epistle — didactic. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E14 (death vs. life), E15 (end is destruction), E11 (destruction vs. life). The Hebrews pattern (Heb 9:12, 6:2, 5:9) supports "everlasting destruction" = permanent result. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E17 — "God is able to destroy (apollymi) both soul and body in gehenna" (Matt 10:28)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "destroy" (apollymi) = destruction vocabulary applied to the whole person. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "Soul and body" — the entire human person. Literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): apolesai (apollymi Aor Act Inf, "to destroy"). Contrasted with apokteinai (apokteino, "to kill"). Deliberate word choice: humans kill (apokteino); God destroys (apollymi — lexically stronger). No alternative parsing. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Direct teaching in the sending discourse — didactic. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E12 (perish), E11 (destruction vs. life), E9 (God destroys the wicked). No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E18 — "The day shall burn them up (lahat)... neither root nor branch... ashes under the soles of your feet" (Mal 4:1,3)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "burn up" + "neither root nor branch" + "ashes" = destruction/cessation vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "All the proud" and "all that do wickedly" — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): lahat Piel perf 3ms ("devour/burn up"). qash ("stubble"). epher ("ashes"). Standard forms. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Prophetic oracle — direct-speech prophecy ("saith the LORD of hosts"). PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E2 (consume into smoke), E6 (as though they had not been), and all cessation imagery. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E19 — "Sodom turned to ashes, an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly" (2 Pet 2:6)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "turned to ashes" = destruction/cessation result. Applied as paradigm for the ungodly. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): The cities and their inhabitants — literal people/places used as a paradigm for literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): tephrosas (tephroo, "reduce to ashes"). hupodeigma ("example/pattern"). Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Apostolic epistle — didactic. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E18 (ashes), E6 (as though they had not been). No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E20 — "Reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition (apoleia) of ungodly men" (2 Pet 3:7)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "perdition" (apoleia) = destruction vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "Ungodly men" — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): apoleia as the fate of ungodly men. Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Apostolic epistle — didactic. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E11, E15, E16. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E21 — "Not willing that any should perish (apollymi), but that all should come to repentance" (2 Pet 3:9)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "perish" (apollymi) = destruction vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "Any" — generic humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): apollymi Aor Mid Inf. Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Apostolic epistle — didactic. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E12, E13. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E22 — "Fiery indignation, which shall devour (esthio) the adversaries" (Heb 10:27)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "devour" (esthio) = consumption/cessation vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "The adversaries" — literal humans who reject the gospel. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): esthio = "to eat/devour." Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Epistle — didactic. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E18, E19. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E23 — "Foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction (olethros) and perdition (apoleia)" (1 Tim 6:9)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "destruction" (olethros) + "perdition" (apoleia) = double destruction vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "Men" (anthropous) — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): olethron kai apoleian. Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Pauline epistle — didactic. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E15, E16, E20. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E24 — "Vessels of wrath fitted to destruction (apoleia)" (Rom 9:22)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "destruction" (apoleia) = destruction vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "Vessels of wrath" — metaphor for humans who face judgment. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): katartismena eis apoleian. Perfect passive participle + eis apoleia. Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Pauline epistle — didactic theological argument. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E15, E20. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E25 — "Drawing back unto perdition (apoleia); believing to the saving (peripoiesis) of the soul" (Heb 10:39)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "perdition" (apoleia) = destruction vocabulary in binary with soul-saving. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): Generic believers/unbelievers — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): apoleia vs. peripoiesis psyches. Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Epistle — didactic. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E11, E17. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E26 — "I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth... never shalt thou be any more" (Ezek 28:18-19)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "ashes" + "never any more" (ayin + olam) = destruction + permanent non-existence. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): The "king of Tyrus" — a human ruler, though the passage may allude to a supernatural power behind the throne. As a prophetic oracle against a historical king, the subject is a literal person/power. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): epher ("ashes") + we-eyneka ad-olam ("you are not, to eternity"). Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Prophetic oracle against Tyre — direct-speech prophecy. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E3, E6, E18 (ashes). No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E27 — "He shall destroy (shamad) the sinners thereof out of it" (Isa 13:9)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "destroy" (shamad) = destruction vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "The sinners" — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): shamad Hiphil impf 3ms. Causative active. Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Prophetic oracle — Day-of-the-LORD passage. Direct-speech prophecy. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E7, E8, E9. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E28 — "They that forsake the LORD shall be consumed (kalah)... they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them" (Isa 1:28,31)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "consumed" (kalah) + "burn together" = destruction vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): "They that forsake the LORD" — literal humans. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): kalah. Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Prophetic oracle — direct teaching. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E2, E4, E18. "None shall quench" = unquenchable fire that consumes completely. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

E29 — "Utter end (kalah)... devoured as stubble fully dry" (Nah 1:8-10)¶

Candidate: Cond.

Step 1 — Vocabulary Scan: V1: "utter end" (kalah) + "devoured as stubble" = destruction/cessation vocabulary. YES → Candidate: Cond.

Step 2 — Four Validation Gates:

Gate 1 (Subject): Nineveh/enemies — literal people/city. PASS.

Gate 2 (Grammar): kalah. Standard. PASS.

Gate 3 (Genre): Prophetic oracle against Nineveh. PASS.

Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E18, E28. No conflict. PASS.

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

N-Item Walkthroughs (Tree 4)¶

N1 — "Destruction vocabulary and torment vocabulary are distinct word families with non-overlapping semantic ranges"¶

Candidate: Neutral

Gate 0 (Foundation):

N-Test 1 (Universal agreement): Would both ECT and conditionalist scholars agree that apollymi/apoleia/olethros and basanizo/basanismos are different Greek word families? YES — this is a lexicographic fact.

N-Test 2 (No interpretation required): Is this the only possible conclusion from the E-item data? YES — the words are from different roots with different definitions.

N-Test 3 (Zero added concepts): Does this add anything beyond the lexicographic data? NO.

All three YES → PASS → Tier N confirmed.

Position: Neutral — both sides accept this as a lexicographic observation.

Classification: Neutral — CONFIRMED.

N2 — "No lexicon defines any of the seven destruction words as 'torment' or 'ongoing conscious suffering'"¶

Candidate: Neutral

Gate 0 (Foundation):

N-Test 1: Would both sides agree? YES — this is verifiable lexicographic data.

N-Test 2: Only possible conclusion? YES — standard lexicons are public and checkable.

N-Test 3: Zero added concepts? YES.

All three YES → PASS.

Position: Neutral — factual observation about lexicographic classifications.

Classification: Neutral — CONFIRMED.

N3 — "The LXX translators chose destruction words with cessation semantics for Hebrew destruction terms, not torment words"¶

Candidate: Neutral

Gate 0 (Foundation):

N-Test 1: Would both sides agree that the LXX chose apollymi for abad (not basanizo)? YES — translation data is verifiable.

N-Test 2: Only possible conclusion? YES — the translations are what they are.

N-Test 3: Zero added concepts? YES.

All three YES → PASS.

Position: Neutral — factual observation about LXX translation choices.

Classification: Neutral — CONFIRMED.

N4 — "Every biblical simile for the fate of the wicked depicts a substance that ceases to exist; no simile depicts something continuing to exist in a ruined state"¶

Candidate: Cond.

Gate 0 (Foundation):

N-Test 1: Would both sides agree on the observation? An ECT scholar would agree that the similes depict chaff, wax, smoke, ashes, etc. — all substances that cease to exist in their current form. The observation is factual. YES.

N-Test 2: Only possible conclusion? YES — the similes are what they are.

N-Test 3: Zero added concepts? YES — this simply catalogs what the similes depict.

All three YES → PASS.

Position — Tree 3 Vocabulary Scan: The observation uses destruction/cessation vocabulary (ceasing to exist). V1 → Cond.

Gates 1-4: Subject = the wicked (literal humans, PASS). Grammar = N/A for pattern observation (PASS). Genre = cross-genre observation (PASS). Harmony = no conflict (PASS).

Classification: Cond. — CONFIRMED.

N5 — "The perish-vs-life contrast appears across four authors and both testaments (John 3:16, Matt 7:13-14, Rom 6:23, Phil 3:19, Psa 145:20)"¶

Candidate: Neutral

Gate 0 (Foundation):

N-Test 1: Would both sides agree these passages present a binary of destruction/death vs. life? YES — the textual structure is observable.

N-Test 2: Only possible conclusion? YES — the passages contain these contrasts.

N-Test 3: Zero added concepts? YES.

All three YES → PASS.

Position: Neutral — factual observation about textual patterns across authors.

Classification: Neutral — CONFIRMED.

N6 — "The Hebrews pattern (eternal redemption, eternal judgment, eternal salvation) shows that aionios + result-noun describes the permanence of the result, not the duration of an ongoing process"¶

Candidate: Neutral → Reclassified to I-tier.

Gate 0 (Foundation):

N-Test 1: Would an ECT scholar agree that aionios + result-noun always means permanent result rather than ongoing process? NO — an ECT scholar would argue that "everlasting punishment" (Matt 25:46) could describe an ongoing process of punishing.

FAIL → N-Test 1 fails → This item is misclassified as N. → Reclassify as I. → Apply Tree 2.

Reclassification: I-A (Evidence-Extending). Source test: all components from E-items (Heb 9:12, 6:2, 5:9). Direction test: does not require any E/N to mean other than its lexical value. Type: I-A. Position: Cond. (systematizes the pattern toward destruction as permanent result).

Summary¶

Item	Reference	Candidate	Tree Result	Final
E1	Psa 1:6	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E2	Psa 37:20	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E3	Psa 37:10	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E4	Psa 59:13	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E5	Psa 104:35	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E6	Oba 1:16	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E7	Psa 92:7	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E8	Psa 37:38	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E9	Psa 145:20	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E10	Job 20:7	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E11	Matt 7:13-14	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E12	John 3:16	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E13	Luke 13:3,5	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E14	Rom 6:23	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E15	Phil 3:19	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E16	2 Thess 1:9	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E17	Matt 10:28	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E18	Mal 4:1,3	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E19	2 Pet 2:6	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E20	2 Pet 3:7	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E21	2 Pet 3:9	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E22	Heb 10:27	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E23	1 Tim 6:9	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E24	Rom 9:22	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E25	Heb 10:39	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E26	Ezek 28:18-19	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E27	Isa 13:9	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E28	Isa 1:28,31	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
E29	Nah 1:8-10	Cond.	All gates pass	Cond.
N1	Vocab families	Neutral	Gate 0 pass	Neutral
N2	No torment in lexicon	Neutral	Gate 0 pass	Neutral
N3	LXX choices	Neutral	Gate 0 pass	Neutral
N4	Cessation similes	Cond.	Gate 0 pass, Gates 1-4 pass	Cond.
N5	Perish-vs-life pattern	Neutral	Gate 0 pass	Neutral
N6	Hebrews aionios pattern	Cond.	Gate 0 FAIL → Reclassified to I-A Cond.	I-A Cond.