Re: No Place Like Hell
Sorry manna-man, God doesn't need anyone to defend his character...he has done just fine for eternity not needing you, me or anyone else. God's character was on full display when he sent his only begotten son to make the ultimate sacrifice on the cross. I solemnly tell you that the worse doctrine of demons is to add or take away from the sacred Word he has given. The Lord Jesus' words ARE THE WORD OF GOD: "The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth". (Matt 13:41,42) I have studied Koine Greek for over 20 years. The proper and correct translation of κάμινος kaminos - πῦρ pyr IS FURNACE OF FIRE or FIERY FURNACE. This comports completely with the Lake of Fire in Revelation 20. This Lake of Fire burns "forever and ever". No crazy poem or rant or rave from heretical Universalists is EVER going to change what the Lord Jesus proclaimed in these verses.
manna-man you are too insistent on your private interpretation. You also insult me and others here by implying that if we don't accept your private interpretation our "love has waxed cold as ice". This is the kind of thing Witness Lee would say. Shame on you.
Yes, God is in control. Nice of you to admit that. He is also the Potter. We are all but vessels of clay. The Potter has full control over his clay:
But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump done vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory
This Gary Amirault fellow, who you have referenced twice now, is a stone-cold Universalist. Do you not understand that? His "poem" is blasphemous and belittles the sacrifice of the cross made by the Lord Jesus.
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αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν - 1 Peter 5:11
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