(August 3, 2015 at 9:23 am)Chad32 Wrote:(August 3, 2015 at 12:42 am)Godschild Wrote: It is eternal, Matthew 25:46 "And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life. The verses preceding this tell who will be going into eternal punishment." Hell is a place of darkness, no hope, and no escape from that hopelessness, no one can possibly understand what this will be like, so God gave man an explanation he could understand. This is my belief and I can't say I'm correct in this belief, but for me it fits with all God's justice and love. Of coarse there's more to this than my simple explanation. I do not want to derail this thread with what hell is.
GC
And someone also quote a passage saying it's eternal destruction. Implying that your soul gets destroyed, never to return. Like I said, it's debatable. Depending on who you ask on this site, you'll get different answers. Either way it's just the carrot and stick ploy. Bribery (heaven), or blackmail (hell). All dependent on who you know, not what you do.
I see you have already received the correct interpretation for destruction, and it seems you are agreeing, I appreciate it.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
