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Originally Posted by Antipas
Much of the talk about "Hell" in the Bible may very well be hyperbole. For example...
Matthew 5:29
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
When Jesus spoke of Hell, Jesus described a place where the punishment fits the crime and where the punishment eventually ends:
^^^ Now if you could pull clear scripture on this then one would assume that if a sinful infant went didn't go to heaven, he would..... well not be facing eternal damnation.... |
I did. Let's look at it again...
Luke 12:47-48
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Let's look CLOSELY at this verse and consider it's implications. First, those who know God's will and don't do it are punished with greater punishment than those who don't know God's will and didn't do it. This establishes varying degrees of punishment. Time fits the crime with relation to knowledge of God's will.
Also, if we're talking "lake of fire" an eternity in the lake of fire is an eternity in the lake of fire. There is no variation. BUT... if one's "part" in the lake of fire is temporary... then you have greater and lesser torments. In short, if both are beaten with stripes forever there can be no degrees of many vs. few. For this relative relationship to exist the beatings must end; some before others.
Christ's teaching in this text would demand a universalist approach when harmonized with the whole of Scripture. This text assails the righteous justice of God.
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