How can a loving god cast his sons into ETERNAL lake of fire?
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"HELL" is a latin word that means \n"land of the dead", so it is up to your beliefs, i believe there is a hell, but it is not a firery pit, i believe it is a huge grave yard for the forsaken, and that the only the good will be left in the light with each other and the bad will be in the darkness to walk alone by their lonely selves.
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Again you do nothing but muddy the water of a clear stream.\n\nLuk 12:49  I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? \nLuk 12:50  But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! \nLuk 12:51  Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
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There are reasons why God could not save us from sin with a snap of His fingers.  His holy and just character would not allow it.  A payment had to rectify the transgressions committed.\n\nWhat He did though is offer a SOLUTION to the sin problem that  would also lead to eternal life.  The solution was Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son.\n\nCan man just do anything he wants and expect eternal life?  No.  Adam and Eve were given the opportunity to live forever and CHOSE to blow it.  THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES for blowing it, in every aspect of life.  Adam and Eve were no exeption, rather they were mankind's first examples to demonstrated that there are consequences for doing wrong.  Instead of being able to live forever, they would die.\n\nThe consequences to sin then is death.  So, what is the remedy?\n\nSomething had to remedy sin.  There is no darkness in God.  He is holy.  No man could ever see God and live.  He is too holy and full of pure light...beyond our scope of understanding.   Therefore, He had to make a way for us to be able to exist with Him forever in His magnificent glory, splendor, and light.  Sin is darkness and can not abide with light.\n\nIn Leviticus 17:11 God told the Israelites that the life of the body is in the blood. He gave them rules for pouring that blood on the altar. They had to do this in order to cover their sins. \n\nWithout the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins Hebrews tells us.  The blood represents life.  If a sacrifice were made, it would remedy the sin...wash the sin away...cleanse the sinner from the sin.  Why? Because God said so.\n\nIn the TNK, this was temporarily accomplished through animal sacrifices...spotless animals.  The reason for Jesus Christ coming in the flesh was so that he could be the final sacrifice.  He would literally give His life, so that all might live.  He was blameless, he did no sin, therefore he qualified as the "spotless Lamb" of God.  He gave His only begotten Son who was willing to die for the world.\n\nIn the offering the priests shed animal blood, but that blood only provided a cover for sin. Only the blood Christ shed was able to put sin away (Hebrews 9:26)! \n\nCouldn't God have died for us?  No.  God is not a man.  Only a flesh and blood sinless person could be the exchange.  His Son was what He gave, with His Son willlingly doing so.\n\nJesus GAVE his life freely out of love.  It was not "taken" from him.  His blood poured out to cover the sins of all who believe and wash them...freeing them from the bondage of sin.  All sin was imputed to him to reconcile the world to God.  Jesus Christ, through His sacrifice, put the world in a position to be "reconciled" in actuality to God.\n\nReconciliation removes the hatred (Romans 5:10; Colossians 1:21; Ephesians 2:16); reconciliation makes a person clean. Through reconciliation God paid for our sins and put them away (2 Corinthians 5:19; Hebrews 9:26; 1:3). Reconciliation breaks down the walls between God and man (Ephesians 2:14). At one time you and I were the enemies of God. By faith in Christ we brought ourselves back to God (Colossians 1:21). The war is over! God signed a peace treaty in the blood of Christ (Colossians 1:20)! \n\nAnyone, who believes God and His Son can be washed clean by the spilled blood of Christ.  God then, by His loving grace, declares a person "righteous" who has this kind of saving faith.\n\nJust as God raised Christ from the grave to a new body and immortality, so will He do the same for all who believe.  At the first resurrection, and at the last trump, Christ will return.  All in Christ (true Christians) will be changed instantly to an incorruptible, immortal body and person never to sin again and fit to dwell in the light of God.
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This chapter is highly illustrative of God the Father, Who sends forth His Holy Spirit to win the consent of the individual soul to become the bride of His Son. Keep these resemblances constantly in mind as you read and see how the story unfolds. First meet the Father and note His concern about His Son's bride. Then get acquainted with the Holy Spirit's great, selfless heart, Whose one purpose is to win the girl for His Master's Son. Then meet the Son and note His tenderness as He claims His bride. The longest chapter in Genesis is devoted to this important story
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The sin of blaspheming God's Spirit of truth is called unbelief.  It is unpardonable for obvious reasons.  Those who commit this will have understood the truth of the gospel and rejected it anyway.  The penalty is death in the lake of fire.\n\n"And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come."  Matthew 12:31-32\n\n"And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven."  Luke 12:10 \n\n"But the...UNBELIEVING...shall have their part in the lake, which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death."  Rev. 21:8\n\nAnd whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."  Rev. 20:15
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This is the main reason why God created man...to prove Satan wrong when he said "God, you're not fair for casting me into hell-how can a loving God send one of His creatures to Hell?"\n\nHave you heard of Col. R.B. Thieme, Jr. in Houston, TX?
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God would never command such a sinful act that pleases you so selfishly from His people.\n\nPeace.
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No this is not the real Heaven. this earth will be cast into the lake of fire....BIBLE....God will build a new earth . the Bible speaks of the third heaven also...read the Bible , your answers are all there!!
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God did not invent hell.  Catholics did.  The original term for hell in early early old testament was not burning in a lake of fire, it was being sent from the presence of god for all eternity, (a true hell in itself)  The final rule of dogmatic law also stated that whatever men (popes) hold true on earth, god will hold true in heaven.  So the lake of fire was born.  (Matthew 18:18; Matthew 18:19 for you doubters)\n\nPlease Christians note:  I never said there was no god or no hell, only that it was invented by the Pope.
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If i was god i'd vaporize the entire solar system and start anew with a perfected race, and no satan. \n\nussually when you wipe out the offspring those babies cant fight the isrealies 8+ years later for revenge, and the parents are so old they wont last against the rest of the army
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Ro 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. \nRo 12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. \nRo 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. \nASK ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO OK.
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Hell itself is a grave. Apparently you have fallen for some false teaching yourself. Hell is to be cast into the lake of fire.So why have you beleved in false teaching?
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God is the way the truth and the life, he sent his only son to die, so that you can have eternal life if you accept him into your heart. Pray to Him and ask Him to come into your heart
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In fact Bible has got Sons of God in Tons, here are few examples... ((TONS A ton is 2000 lbs weight, that is about a thousand kilograms.)\n\n'Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the SON OF GOD." \nLUKE 3:38 \n\n"That the SONS OF GOD saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took wives of all which they chose. ". . when the SONS OF GOD came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." \nGENESIS 6:2 and 4 \n\n" . . Thus- saith the Lord, Israel is MY SON even my FIRSTBORN." \nEXODUS 4:22 \n\n" . . and Ephraim is my FIRSTBORN," \nJEREMIAH 31:9 \n\n" . . Thou (o David) ART MY SON; this day have I (God) BEGOTTEN thee. " \nPSALMS 2:7 \n\n("FIRST BORN:" How can there be two "firstborns"?) ("BEGOTTEN" How can God beget David at the age of forty? "This day'?) \n\n"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the SONS OF GOD. ' \nROMANS 8:14
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Well, I have studied mythology from a lot of various religions and the story of a great flood seems to be the one mythological story that is universal (the characters are always different and sometimes they don't build a boat, they climb a certain mountain or hill as instructed by the divine with all the creatures, but it is always basically the same story).\n\nScholars say that the oldest version of the story, atleast that is recorded, would be the one told in Hinduism about a man named Manu who finds a fish in a stream while bathing there. It is little and the fish asks Manu to take it home for safety to help it. So Manu does and the fish continues to outgrow its home and is transfered from one container to the next before finally being so large that Manu finally takes the fish to the ocean to set it free (not sure why the fish went from being a fresh water fish to a salt water fish, but it's a mythological story so let's just accept the story for what it is). Anyways, the fish thanks Manu and then tells Manu that there is going to be a great flood because waters from the North are coming and the ocean is going to rise because the waters of the North along with the rains will cause there levels to rise higher than normal. He advises Manu to gather up two of each animal and two of every seed (plants are included in the Hindu version) and to put them on a boat. Manu builds the boat and does as he is asked and just as the fish predicted, the waters start to rise. Well after a month of the ocean rising, the waters start to recede. The fish returns, but this time with a horn on its head. He calls out to Manu to tie a rope to the horn on the fish and so Manu does. The fish then toes the boat to the top of a nearby mountain and tells Manu to let everything go (the mountain in the story is not specified). Manu, having realized that the fish is God (the aspect of Vishnu) offers praise to God and is grateful for the help. (It is important to remember that in this story God is not punishing mankind or nature, but instead that the flooding is caused by natural things. the waters of the north are thought to refer to the ice melting and this along with the rains, implying that it is the normal cycle of rains, is what made the waters rise. Thus in this story God is preserving all life not punishing it. It's important to remember that Hindus believe that life reincarnates so more than two of the animals and seeds; male and female; would have been sufficient just to repopulate that type of creature and the others that may have perished would have been reincarnated. A bit different than the later versions, the Biblical version, where the flood is a punishment from God and only two of every animal are also spared; apparently even the animals were being bad??). This story is in one of the oldest Puranas of Hinduism (the only books older are the Vedas and the Upanishads). \n\nNow, many scholars believe there may be older versions of the story. However, being a practicing Hindu there is one aspect I can't help but overlook and that is that when Hinduism tells a mythological story then it isn't to be believed that the things actually happened just as the story is telling you. In fact, most Hindu mythological stories have a deeper meaning to them. The symbolism of the story represents aspects of our inner self and all the various symbolism is describing things about ourself and the processes we go through on our spiritual journey. That said, the flood may have in fact never happened and that the flood may be a symbolic tool used in the story (along with Manu, the fish and all the containers...because the story makes a point to describe all the containers which seems excedingly boring to read actually and sort of over makes the case that the fish is getting bigger). \n\nFrom Hindu India, the story then changed when it entered Zoroastrian Persia (Zoroaster is actually mentioned in the Hindu Vedas as a teacher that later it say
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The Christian idea of hell comes from the New Testament.  Specifically, Luke chapter 16.  Jesus tells a story about a man who finds himself suffering in hell.  Later in the New Testament there is talk about an eternal lake of fire, which sinful people will be thrown into, and where the devil will suffer eternally.  People have extrapolated what happens to the devil to include all people thrown into the lake of fire suffering eternally too.  However, I find that the New Testament has a whole lot more references to people either going to heaven or dieing.  A person might be tossed into an eternal lake of fire, but while the lake of fire might last forever, the people thrown in will die quickly.  I noticed one person pointing out some verses in the New Testament book of Revelations.  He says that the verses say the damned shall be tormented forever, but the verses clearly say the smoke from the people will go on forever.  So the people die.
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God is a Spirit that dwells, where he is welcomed into a Sin free environment . God then gives his word to the Spirit he joins, as he did all the authors of the Scriptures ,inspiring them to write his words.The best thing about this is god is not asleep or dead, & he still inspires , the same Holy Spirit that lives in those who accept his Son. also bears witness and they are all in agreement.