Many people ask
that if God is good,
why should He punish sinners
for all eternity in hell?
Isn't this so much
and already unjust
in comparison
to the length of time
one has sinned on earth?
I believe that the eternity of hell
does not really depend on the weight of one's sins
for no matter what the weight,
God can forgive us with His unfathomable Mercy.
No matter what the weight,
God can make us pay for it
and we can be released
after we have rendered what has been due.
But hell, as it is hell which is eternal
is not based on the weight
or in the multitude of one's sins
but on the condition of one's heart
when one has already received
all that is needed to be received
in order for the heart to make a choice
When the mortal man realizes
he is no longer mortal,
when the veil of time and space
had been lifted up and he sees,
when he becomes such a spirit
as the angels are,
he will render a judgment upon himself
and he will render an eternal decision
as the angels have made
Will he approach God's Divine Mercy
and accept whatever punishment is due his sins?
Or will he despise all that is God's
and turn to the light which is not Light
with those fallen stars
who will never
ever
bow down again
unto Him
who is just
and who is Love.
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Dear Jocelyn;
I appreciate your thoughts on everlasting punishment in hell,but I would ask you to give some thought to what follows.
First.Consider what Jesus in the book of Revelation brings to our attention. Rev. 1:1 and Rev.20:13-14
“The sea gave up the dead that were in it;and death and HELL delivered up the DEAD that were in them; and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and HELL were cast into the lake of fire.”
Questions.If as many people feel God judges and then sends some people to HELL for eternity why do we now read in Revelation of their being RELEASED from HELL along with those who died at sea and then judged by God.?
Also,how can HELL be the same as the
LAKE OF FIRE if Hell is “CAST INTO the LAKE OF FIRE”.
The Bible actually says the lake of fire is symbolic of a different kind of DEATH. Rev.20:14
Also think about the description of death at Ecclesiastes 9:5 “the dead are CONSCIOUS OF NOTHING AT ALL”. So if the dead are conscious of nothing how could they feel any kind of pain or suffering in HELL.
Another point of reason, How does it magnify God’s justice to sentence wicked people to spend ETERNITY in
EXCRUCIATING PUNISHMENT for a few short years of rebellion against his laws here on earth.
The bible says that God made man in his image. He gave man a conscience
to know right from wrong. So as an example in a court of law how would you judge a wilful murderer. Would YOU, if you could,sentence him to an eternity of unbearable pain or to death? True some people,we might call them sadistic, would make the murderer suffer horrible pain forever. I think most rational people would prefer they be executed rather than tortured. Why would a GOD of justice do any less.
What does the Bible say is the destiny of those who sin? “the wages of sin is DEATH”. not torture. Romans 6:23
What sentence did God pronounce on Adam whose sin brought suffering and death to ALL mankind. “YOU (Adam) will positively DIE” Genesis 2:17.
And what did that DEATH mean. Did it mean only his body would die but his
thoughts would live on in some form? Perhaps something called a soul? NO. Ezekiel 18:4 says that “the SOUL that is sinning-it itself WILL DIE”. NOT BE TORTURED. SOULS CAN DIE!
GOD also told Adam “for dust YOU(Adam)are and to dust YOU will return” Gen. 2:19 God did not sentence Adam to EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT.
Why is there confusion as to what the Bible says about Hell? “Much confusion and misunderstanding has been caused through the early translators of the Bible persistently rendering the Hebrew word Sheol and the Greek words Hades and Gehenna
by the English word Hell. The simple transliteration of these words by the translators of the revised editions of the Bible has not sufficed to appreciably clear up this confusion and misconception”.
-The Encyclopedia Americana (1942),Vol.XIV, p.81
As this reference notes there is much confusion about Hell.
The simple truth is that the word hell come from an old English word Hel meaning to hide, conceal,cover.
Its basically what we do when we bury some one in the grave. And our word for grave is what old Hebrew called She’ohl and the Greeks called hai’des. Also the early Bible translators translated the Greek word Ge’en na (a location symbolizing everlasting DEATH) by the word Hell.
So what wicked people really have to fear is EVERLASTING DEATH without any hope of a resurrection thru all eternity. However those who love God will experience what revelation 21:3 says….
“Look! The tent of God is with mankind and he will reside with them and they will be his peoples. And god himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be any more. The former things have passed away”.
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For no one is abandoned by the Lord forever.Though He brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatness of his unfailing love.-Lamentations 3