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Spirit
of the Word - Covenant
Eschatology - Introductory
Note - New Stuff
Is
Hell Holy and Just?
Or
Does God Have to Have a Hell in Order to be Just and Holy?
by Gary Amirault
When I inform Christians who are not aware that there have been many English Bible translations produced which do not contain the teaching of a Hell of everlasting punishment, one of their first responses is often, “But there has to be a Hell – God is Just and Holy.” Somehow these Christians seem to have to split God in two. One side of Him is merciful, forgiving and kind whose love never comes to an end and does not fail. This side of God is all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present and nothing can withstand this side of God’s will. This side of God is absolutely sovereign. He knows the beginning from the end, laid out a perfect plan which will come to a perfect end. On this side of the traditional view of God which makes Him a split personality, it is easy to read the man dozens of Scripture verses that speak of Universal Salvation. On this side of God, surely, there's no problem for Jesus to become just like the Bible says, truly the “savior of the world.“
But then they
take a
couple of other attributes of God and turn Him into a Dr. Hekyl and Mr.
Hyde! “God is also Just and Holy,” they say and this demands a Hell in
which billions upon billions of human beings created in God’s image
must be forever punished in ways the human mind c
Tell me, dear
earthling, if you were God, do you think you would have to relegate
everyone on the earth to a place of misery simply for having been born
into a world of sin and death in order to be just and holy? There are
millions of Christians who have been taught this and believe it. The
Doctrine of Original Sin is contained in many Christian denominations.
Simply for being born into this world, a child is worthy of being
thrown into literal flames for all eternity. Thousands of famous,
well-known church leaders have taught this for many centuries. All of
us have that stain of original sin on us, they say, and sin c
Tell me, again, dear fellow human being, who might send your child to a corner of the room for a few minutes for some small infraction, do you think you have to send your child to a place of everlasting burnings for punishment to make yourself “just and holy?” How many times would the child have to do something before you finally get so ticked you boot him/her to eternal flames? How many times did Jesus tell YOU to forgive your enemies? Hmmm? Personally, I know of no sane mother who would ever think of sending her children to eternal tortures for any infraction. A sane mother couldn't do it. She is made in God's image. And a “sane“ God couldn't, wouldn't and didn't do it either! The Doctrine of Hell truly turns Christians insane if they honestly walk out their beliefs. Most Christians don't really walk out their beliefs, they become hypocrites. Most Christians backfile their beliefs about Hell so they can at least function. Look if you saw the world daily as you have been taught on Sunday morning and midweek Bible study, you'd go bonkers! And I've spoken to many Christians who DID you bonkers. And some committed suicide...from the teaching of Hell. Imagine walking through the world looking deep into those around you and carrying the weight in your soul that if you don't open your mouth and wallet and beg people to get saved, the next moment, they might be in eternity screaming from the torment...forever. If you saw a house on fire with a child at the window trying to get out, wouldn't you risk your life to try to save it? Well, there are millions of souls, who, according to tradition are in that condition everyday all around you. But you don't look at them like that, do you? Why? Because it would drive you to spend your time begging them to get saved. You'd look like a religious nut. They would thrown you into an insane asylum for being crazy. THAT is what would happen IF you lived what you believe as a hell-believing Christian. This is proof most people don't live what they say they believe and financially support. Most Christians live the life of a hypocrite and since most of their Christain neighbors play the same game, they feel comfortable with it despite what Jesus had to say about hypocrisy.
Does punishment
have to be forever in order to make one “Just and Holy?”
Look
at the justice systems of the world, we try (and often fail) to suit
the punishment to the crime. There is NO crime committed in finite time
that deserves infinite punishment, NO crime. Yet hundreds of thousands
of Christians leaders feed a couple billion Christians this lie, year
after year.
Does "everlasting punishment" make God Holy And Just?
Of course not! There is no rational or heavenly reason why God’s punishments and corrections have to be of an eternal length in order to make Himself Just and Holy. As a matter of fact, according to most of the world who has rejected the rotten image of God the church has perpetrated upon humanity for 1600 years, the Doctrine of Hell does NOT make God just and holy in their eyes, it makes Him look more like the character the church calls SATAN!!!
And the fact of
the
matter is, THAT is where this horrible teaching came from, from the
devil himself. And those Christians and their leaders who teach such
wickedness are doing the Devil’s work, not the work of Christ. I say
this again, those Christians who teach that in order for God to be just
and holy, He must send most of mankind to eternal damnation, are NOT
preaching the “good news” of the
In
conclusion, can God still be Holy and Just without a Hell of
everlasting punishment? Could you? Think about it. Sometimes the
religious dogmas, traditions of men and creeds we have been brought up
with are so ridiculously stupid we are afraid to call them what they
are because they are wrapped in the coverings of “God's stuff.“ Well,
the teaching of Hell is worse than stupid, it's downright blasphemous
and it's time to stop excusing people who peddle it. If you are
preaching it, you're a liar who got this teaching from the father of
lies, Satan. Furthermore you're character assasinating God's true
image. Stop it!
For facts about Hell and its inventors, visit:
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