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Sam_777
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Well said chrisse.
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Sam_777
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Does God Torture Sinners?
"*Though no human jury would return such a verdict, some today charge God with being a million times more cruel. They proclaim He tortures sinners for a thousand million years and more. These men say victims writhe, scream and cry out to heaven for mercy but every cry is thrown back by the unyielding voice of God, who meets each plea with, “Burn on, burn on!”
What blasphemy! How perverted can human minds become that they should charge God with being more diabolical than the devil himself? Small wonder the prophet Nahum exclaimed, “Why are you scheming against the Lord? He will destroy you with one blow; he won’t need to strike twice! His enemies, tangled like thornbushes and staggering like drunks, will be burned up like dry stubble in a field. Who is this wicked counselor of yours who plots evil against the Lord?” (Nahum 1: 9-11, NLT).
Could any language be plainer? If the book of Nahum is part of the Scriptures and the Scriptures are the inspired Word of God, then God is going to destroy the wicked, not torture them eternally.
But God does not leave any great truth in the Bible to hang on one verse or on the writings of one prophet. In Romans 6:23 we read, “The wages of sin is death”—not eternal life in hell fire. Ezekiel says, “The soul who sins is the one who will die” (Ezekiel 18:4).
Christ Himself said that both soul and body will be destroyed in hell (see Matthew 10:28). The Greek word translated “destroy” in this text is rendered “to destroy utterly” by Liddell and Scott in their Greek-English lexicon.*"
"*With the fires of destruction completely out, God will create “a new heaven and a new earth” (2 Peter 3:13).
He will also “wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain*, for the old order of things has passed away” (Revelation 21:4)."
"*Though no human jury would return such a verdict, some today charge God with being a million times more cruel. They proclaim He tortures sinners for a thousand million years and more. These men say victims writhe, scream and cry out to heaven for mercy but every cry is thrown back by the unyielding voice of God, who meets each plea with, “Burn on, burn on!”
What blasphemy! How perverted can human minds become that they should charge God with being more diabolical than the devil himself? Small wonder the prophet Nahum exclaimed, “Why are you scheming against the Lord? He will destroy you with one blow; he won’t need to strike twice! His enemies, tangled like thornbushes and staggering like drunks, will be burned up like dry stubble in a field. Who is this wicked counselor of yours who plots evil against the Lord?” (Nahum 1: 9-11, NLT).
Could any language be plainer? If the book of Nahum is part of the Scriptures and the Scriptures are the inspired Word of God, then God is going to destroy the wicked, not torture them eternally.
But God does not leave any great truth in the Bible to hang on one verse or on the writings of one prophet. In Romans 6:23 we read, “The wages of sin is death”—not eternal life in hell fire. Ezekiel says, “The soul who sins is the one who will die” (Ezekiel 18:4).
Christ Himself said that both soul and body will be destroyed in hell (see Matthew 10:28). The Greek word translated “destroy” in this text is rendered “to destroy utterly” by Liddell and Scott in their Greek-English lexicon.*"
"*With the fires of destruction completely out, God will create “a new heaven and a new earth” (2 Peter 3:13).
He will also “wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain*, for the old order of things has passed away” (Revelation 21:4)."
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neploho
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I don’t need a religion to judge your claims.
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neploho
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Yes, the chief punishment of hell is eternal seperation of God.Sam_777 is doing just fine on his path to the Truth.
The eternal fire is not fire as we know it. However, human depictions of hell are limited by human knowledge.
I remember as a little girl being taught by the nuns about Paradise imagining a place where there were lots of other children, and all we did was play. There were no parents or teachers, lots of sweets, and fair ground rides galore. Of course, the nuns didn’t tell me this - it was how I pictured eternal happiness as a child. I grew out of that around 12 and understood it was the eternal happiness of being with YHWH.
However, we have images of Paradise that depict the human understanding of beauty and happiness (non-islamicly speaking of course).
I guess we’ll find out one way or the other soon enough.
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chrisse
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No, separation from YHWH, and I pray you’ll come to know YHWH sooner rather than later.
May YHWH bless you.
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