2 results for tag: eternal punishment
Eternal Torture – Divine or Human Vengeance? by Greg Albrecht
Hell is a subject many religious people get all hot and bothered about. It's one of the most disputed and controversial teachings within Christendom. The squabbling is not about the surety of judgment for depravity and wickedness. Most Christians agree that there is and will be divine judgment for evil. The battle for hell is all about specifications, temperature and longevity. The debate involves comprehending and communicating divine justice—and in the process humans expose definitions of time and space into eternity.
But the Bible does not suggest that God needs to import our flawed perspectives into the perfec...
Q&R with Brad Jersak – “Eternal Punishment”? Oh, those goats
Question:
How does Matthew 25:31-46 not contradict the grace and mercy of God and God's desire that all shall be saved?
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.... 46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Response:
Thanks for this important and well-stated question. In response, I think it best to start with how they DO, in fact, contradict a number of key New Testament passages, including from the lips of Jesus, IF we follow translations that use ...