So this is what I was thinking and felt in my spirit about Hell. Now I don't want it mean that you are free to do what you want and start killing because you aren't afraid anymore. Because this is just a theory not sure if its true but there is scripture to back it up. So its how Christians understand the bible we don't completely understand all of its meaning but we can by context clues come up with a good theories and understanding.As time passes we go, OOOH so thats what it meant. Similar to the prophecies of Jesus, not all were as literal and some were metaphorical.Like the stumbling Stone in Zion, it was Jesus not a literal stone.
Many People say 'Why would such a loving God send people to eternal fire?' .
I did think that in the past, but understood that it was the way to rid evil and let the righteous live freely. But what is the 'lake of fire' 'brimstone and sulfur' 'wailing and gnashing of teeth'.
Very scary to think of.Every Christian fears it,and fear God for it.Even we who have the holyspirit should be afraid, because we can fall away, as many do known as the 'fallen away' which there is no coming back to repentance. I often question my own salvation and feel sick to my stomach of the fear if I am no longer his. We should work out our salvation with fear and trembling. But we have hope and keep walking in faith.
Now that we hear of fire and brimstone and punishment. What if many of us got it wrong, both atheist,muslims, christians, and whomever else believe in everlasting fire in a literal way.
Let me give you scriptures and see if you can see the point I am about to make.
Proverbs 25:21
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Romans also uses this verse.
And Jesus tells us many times to love our enemy and not repay evil for evil.Bless those who curse us, pray for them who persecute us.
Proverbs 25:21 like many proverbs can be seen in many ways, and are also symbolic, but some are not. We know that the first part feed your enemy is true as in literal. The second part is either literal,or just symbolic. Meaning if you do good to them, than you should either A.Torture them with burning them or destroying them B.Make his evil master whom he listened to be destroyed or heap coal of fire on his master(head means master or someone above him, like Jesus is our head). Which I do question if these coals are actively burning or are they just to be for future use. It would seem nonsensical to bless them than burn them.Would God tell us bless your enemy and than tell us curse your enemy? Or to not condemn them and than condemn them? It is written condemn not and you shall not be condemned. If you condemn you are condemned.And the result is hunger and thirst.
So will God forsake the enemy and not feed the enemy?
Will he do the opposite of what Jesus said not to do, which is bless the enemy?
I know he is God and does as he pleases. But it is questionable whether it is his will
to cut them off forever? They are scriptures that say we can be cut off, but no time is specified.
When God says 'I will never leave you nor forsake you'. We often think its just for those who believe.
But what does Jesus say of God? 'For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust'
That means God is so good that he still does good for the evil/unjust. That means good for the unbelievers. So we see that God has a good nature.And the only reason evil comes is because Satan has power. When he no longer has power the curses will go away and evil.The deceptions of satan will be gone. So what happens when people go to the lake of fire? Probably the same thing at proverbs, they suffer. Now consider yourself when you were saved.You were once an enemy of God an he gave you the gift of eternal life. Now when he did good to you than does that mean he will later heap coals of fire on your head? No, it means you were ashamed of your evil ways and in him being nice you were persuaded to change what you thought of him and even the way you think of other things.You become more loving to your own enemies. So you see that maybe it is not what we think it to be and if you do than get ready when you recieve the gift of God and bread and water from him when you were his enemy for him to put coal of fire on your head.
Further more if his enemies were to be cut off forever that would mean there is no more hunger nor thirst because you would be dead. But revelations says we will hunger and thirst and it will not be quenched. This sounds horrible. But what does it mean?
I understand it to mean that you will always be an enemy and you will always come back for bread and water to whom you once did wrong too, and you will never be satisfied meaning you will always need to come back. We know wether heaven or hell we need food to keep alive. There is no possible way we could maintain alive. So either the condemned are given some food in hell to keep in a state of liveliness since they do know something and that is hunger and thirst. Revelation says the lake of fire is SECOND DEATH. And scriptures says 'fear him who can destroy your soul' Destroy means to obliterate your existence, meaning you are void of existing anymore. No more memory of you. Some say we have eternal life in hell but eternal life is only presented as a gift to those who overcome are granted to eat of it which is in the paradise of God. Those who dont die and cease to exist like we die now and if not for God we would cease to exist. So why the gnashing of teeth? Because when coals of fire on your head you yell and suffer, so its like that in hell. So the alternative is that those who are going to be thrown in the lake of fire are first going to be given bread and water, meaning the the bread which is Jesus and the water which is the word of God. And than the coal of fire.Which like I said would be awkward to say bless your enemy and than given a new command curse your enemy.
Meaning you kept him alive to than kill him. That would be contradictory and would nullify the good act you did before.Meaning yeah Im feeding you but than im gonna kill you. Like I said it would be strange but we dont know, what exactly will happen.
MY CONCLUSION: Burning for eternal life means living off the hand of someone who considers you an enemy.They feed you and doing so they burn you, and this is a repeating process.That happens to the evil people.The good people will never go hungry or thirst.Meaning they eat just on time.And the evil people come to these people for some food all the time. So you know that hungry feeling you get, well it will occur after a time,for eternity and you have to come to them for food, and doing so they make you feel cursed. While they feel blessed that there enemy is finally their footstool as promised. So its called the lake of fire, because it is more grievous, because every night and day they will be hungry like we are now and the righteous ones will feed them.
In a way its a blessing for the enemy but not as great reward as the righteous ones.As we know everyone is rewarded differently even among the righteous, some will have a better resurrection.
God bless I hope this helps. Remember I just feel this way now, I dont know if I am right but the scriptures seem to point out so.If anyone has a scripture that may counter this please do comment.I dont mind being rebuked if I am wrong, but do rebuke properly and give a reason why you believe that I am wrong, and use scriptures. If I myself find scripture that may counter my understanding I will post underneath of why its not that way.
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