God and eternal punishment.
Did God create a hell, where sinners are punished for all eternity ? “God is love,” 1 John 4.8, would it make sense for a God, who is the very definition of love to create such a place? In Genesis, God created the heavens and the earth, and he looked upon his creation and, “behold, it was very good.” Gen.1.31. Man suffers for the sin he commits, Gal. 6.7 states,” Be not deceived, God is not mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Man’s actions do result in consequences, but not in a torture chamber called hell.
God created man and set him in the Garden of Eden. He also placed in the garden two trees, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life. Adam and Eve committed sin by disobeying God, and eating of the tree of the knowledge of…
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How do you contest the threat of hell when it is mentioned in the bible so much?
Hi David, Thank you for taking time to comment. I do believe in hell and the threat of it. In my article I am stating that what I have concluded from scripture, is hell is the eternal separation from God, when he delivers the soul of a non-believer into hell fire. That soul ceases to exist for eternity. But is not eternally tortured.