"The Last Day changes the reality of people, Hell and pity"

[Alex_Smith]

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"]It is so hard to make sense of Hell: how can we rejoice in Heaven when
our loved ones are suffering in Hell?

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What if God’s final day of judgment truly changes the reality of
things: when God withdraws his mercy, it is less possible for us to
think or feel meaningfully about mercy?

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And what if, when God withdraws that forbearance and decrees that
enough is enough, it is actually not possible to think or feel these
same thoughts and feelings?

Are you saying the unchangeable God one day loves someone and the next day hates them? And that God will cause us to do the same?

Are you saying Lamentations 3:22 is wrong, that “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;” isn’t true?

How interconnected is the human race? Gregory of Nyssa, in his Homily on 1 Corinthians 15:28, certainly thinks we are interconnected, “And on the basis of the whole human nature with which the divinity was mixed, which is a certain sort of first-fruits of the common dough, humanity exists according to Christ, through whom all humanity is joined to the divinity.” This at least means that while one part is suffering, the rest, including Christ suffers.

Arrrgh, I’ve lent both my copies of “The Inescapable Love of God” to friends, Talbott is brilliant in this area!! Please feel free to read his post in full and comment, particularly if you can think of some good Bible verses to rebut this awful idea.

[Alex_Smith]

Wow, he deleted all my comments!

Note to commenters: I do not want to host a discussion thread about universalism on this blog.

If you would like to pursue that discussion two friends of mine have recently posted on the topic:

talkingchristianity.blogspot.com/
post-apocalyptictheology.blogspot.com/

Anyway I posted in on FaceBook and asked the same questions there facebook.com/smith.c.alex/p … 5227419442 If you’re not my FB friend, please just ask

[revdrew61]

Where does he get this view from that God withdraws his mercy at the day of judgement? It seems very unbiblical to me. And why is he so afraid of honest questions and different points of view? Perhaps he suspects that his doctrine of hell is not sufficiently robust to stand scrutiny or debate. I would respectfully point him in the direction of Gamaliel’s advice in Acts 5. I’d also say that a healthy church has room for different viewpoints and is a safe place for honest debate between people with different perspectives. Hang in there buddy.

[AllanS]

Wow, he deleted all my comments!

Hmmmmm. So he’s trying to understand how he can be happy in heaven knowing multitudes are in hell, but does not want to discuss universalism. *That *makes sense!

[Alex_Smith]

Thanks everyone for the encouragement and prayers.

I’m trying to be polite and loving, but at the same time question teaching which I honestly believe misrepresents God That’s hard to do if you’re not even allowed to ask questions