Death and Resurrection - Seventh-day Adventist Fundamental Belief 26

The wages of sin is death. But God, who alone is immortal, will grant eternal life to His redeemed. Until that day death is an unconscious state for all people. When Christ, who is our life, appears, the resurrected righteous and the living righteous will be glorified and caught up to meet their Lord. The second resurrection, the resurrection of the unrighteous, will take place a thousand years later. (Rom. 6:23; 1 Tim. 6:15, 16; Eccl. 9:5, 6; Ps. 146:3, 4; John 11:11-14; Col. 3:4; 1 Cor. 15:51-54; 1 Thess. 4:13-17; John 5:28, 29; Rev. 20:1-10.)

Resources by other Christians

The Adventist view is known as “conditional immortality,” that is, humans are granted immortality on condition of their acceptance of salvation in Christ. Scholars from other denominations have also written on this subject.

The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment, by William Edward Fudge, an American Christian theologian, lawyer, and author who grew up in a devout Churches of Christ family. He is best known for his advocacy of annihilationism (conditional immortality), the view that the wicked are ultimately destroyed rather than eternally tormented, as explained in this book.

There’s also a movie based on Mr Fudge’s exploration of the subject. It’s called Hell and Mr Fudge.
Currently (Aug. 2036) I see it viewable for free on Youtube: Hell and Mr Fudge (2012) You can also find more on Edward Fudge ministries.

Immortality of the Soul or Resurrection of the Dead?: The Witness of the New Testament by Oscar Cullmann (1902–1999), a prominent French Lutheran theologian and New Testament scholar renowned for his work in early Christian history, salvation theology, and ecumenical dialogue. Born in Strasbourg, he held professorships at the University of Strasbourg and the University of Basel, where he served as Rector, and also taught at the Sorbonne in Paris.

“The Case for Conditional Immortality,” by John Wenham, a respected evangelical biblical scholar r and Oxford graduate. The essay is taken from chapter 27 of his autobiography Facing Hell. It is approximately 30 pages and explicitly defines conditional immortality as the view that humans are only potentially immortal, with immortality being received through God’s grace.

“The Destruction of the Finally Impenitent,” by Clark Pinnock, a major evangelical theologian and professor at McMaster Divinity College. This is a substantial scholarly essay that was subsequently reproduced in Rethinking Hell: Readings in Evangelical Conditionalism. This book contains writings by other conditionalists, including:

John W. Wenham — “The Case for Conditional Immortality”
John R. W. Stott — “Judgment and Hell”
Philip E. Hughes — “Is the Soul Immortal?”
E. Earle Ellis — “New Testament Teaching on Hell”
Ralph G. Bowles — “Does Revelation 14:11 Teach Eternal Torment?”
Anthony C. Thiselton — “Claims about ‘Hell’ and Wrath”
Christopher D. Marshall — “Divine and Human Punishment in the New Testament”
Roger E. Olson — “Diverse Christian Beliefs about Life Beyond Death”
Ben Witherington III — “Equally Orthodox Christians”