(November 5, 2013 at 6:33 am)Tonus Wrote:(October 27, 2013 at 1:26 am)snowtracks Wrote: but as you may know, Christ spend an eternity in hell for each person so they could avoid it.
That doesn't make sense. If he spent an eternity in hell, then he is there now and he always will be. He cannot have spent an eternity for each person, since an eternity is basically forever.
The Bible tells us he was dead for three days and a half. That's not an eternity. And for an eternal being, that amount of time is not even the blink of an eye. And it's remarkably unfair for that same being to condemn others to an eternity of punishment.
the ministry of the 3'rd Person of the Godhead (Holy Spirit) is to bring to each person the truth pertaining to the Christ's work on the cross which took place prior to the 3 1/2 days burial. When a person receive this information they do know it's the truth. Those that reject the truth (but again they know it's the truth), when they die they have committed the 'unpardonable sin'. These individuals know what they are doing and have consciously elected to not accept His work and determine they rather have eternal separation from God.
We all, yes all, have to stand before the 2'nd person of the Godhead personally (this is another indication God has an access to infinite time dim's), and this will be the paramount issue. Therefore the plea goes out to 'whosoever wills'.
Atheist Credo: A universe by chance that also just happened to admit the observer by chance.