I struggle with the concept of the hot, fiery, tortuous eternity in hell for non-believers -- I just have a hard time picturing Jesus allowing someone to burn baby burn. So, I've been reading different perspectives on the topic of hell that makes more sense to me. I may never understand hell, but what I do believe is that there is a choice to live for God or not, and that the end will be different based on that choice. I'm thinking that living for God will have a better final destination.
Here's a very good article I found on heck..
Why We Need Hell
It is tragic that some Christians have been so battered with stories of a prideful, vindictive God that they have fled from Jesus’ fold. No wonder some become atheists; who would want to spend eternity with such a tyrant?
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Solid thoughts. Thanks for sharing those Kev. I liked that the article was simple to read.
ReplyDeleteI've never pictured Hell as a firey burning place either. Just an existence of misery.
Although the depiction in Constantine gets my imagination going.