And yet in Deuteronomy 24 we're told the sins of the father do not pass to the son. Each is responsible for their own sins and punishment.
The myth of eternal torment in a hell is immoral. And contrary to scripture. Our Omniscient Sovereign God says, love me or I'll burn you for eternity? No.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 NW — For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all,
Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave* (“Sheol”), whither thou goest.
The Hebrew Bible doesn't speak of a fire and brimstone place of eternal torment.
Sheol is in the Hebrew Bible. Changing that word to the Greek God of the underworld name, Hades, corrupts God's original word, Sheol. The grave.
New Testament Christians know, the wages of sin is death. Not eternal torture in fire.
Now, YOU may not like the idea of eternal torments in a place called Hell, I know I do not like it but you know what............
God did not ask YOU or ME what I thought of it or if I liked it.
It is because GOD SAID that it is.
Now, what does denying the existence of Hell bring in the first place????
Well, it takes away the responsibility of morality. Think about this, if people eliminated the acceptance of Hell or judgment after their earthly lives –
Sin would be free. If people chose to ignore the existence of Hell, anyone can choose to live an immoral life and get away with it. YES my friend........that is exactly what our human nature of sin will demand from us.
Allow me to ask you......If there were NO speed limi sign anywhere on the Interstates, how fast would YOU drive??
Dont answer, I know how fast. As fast as your car would go! NO LIMITS.
Love is a two sided coin. God's Love is everlasting (1 John 4:16) and eternal. While His love is absolute, there’s another thing we are certain of. On the other side of the coin, God loves all except for wickedness or evil (Proverbs 6:16-19).
“Hate” there is an understatement, the Lord loathes evil and Heaven is not the destination for evil. Where do YOU think that the wicked, evil, lost person should speand eternity????
This is why Hell exists because the heavens keep no trace of evil simply because God loathes it. Would YOU as an owner of a household keep something YOU hate around YOUR house????
God wants us to live with morality and kindness and love one for another. He loves us but,
He hates our sins. In our lifetime, we are given two options which are clearly depicted in the Bible. The first option is found in Matthew 25:33-34 where we are to inherit the Kingdom of God. Now, the other option is found in Matthew 25:41 where we are given to understand the consequences of not choosing Heaven. In this, God commands us to depart from Him and bathe in the lasting fire with the devil and his angels.
Now that IS what the Bible says. Love it or not!
Whether we believe personally in the eternally torment of hell or we dont.......does not change the Bible fact that there is such a place and the lost of all the ages will be there!
This whole topic reminds me of the bumper sticker..........."GOD SAID AND THAT IS ALL THERE IS TO IT".