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Originally Posted by james73
So 99.9% of people are Lake of Fire bound? Isn't it terribly irresponsible to have children, in that case?
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.1% is the extreme number but it's probably 2.5%. I included 1 of 1000 because that's what one South Korean Presbyterian mega church pastor reported. The guy was loaded with over 150m net worth from book sales. After his NDE he sold everything. He could have had a real NDE but judged the ratio inaccurately when he was out of body.
Regarding having children, they're not God's children which I'll get to later.
Jesus uses the term "dead" to refer to those folks who die from the second death in the lake of fire. It sounds harsh but these people are pretty much dead to God.
Jesus never used the word "death" when referring to those who would resurrect again. He showed this by saying Lazarus was only sleeping and for the dead girl who passed away in Mark 5:39, he also said she was "only sleeping". But he didn't hesitate to use this word "death" for people living at the time who were destined for hell (let the dead bury the dead).
If that sounds harsh to you it's because God is holy. His holiness is like the part of him that's the incredible hulk. He cannot control it beyond the bounds of the conditions he set for salvation. Hell is simply his undiluted wrath, yet he still desires all men be saved and does not delight in the punishment of the wicked. That's why he needed folks like Moses to intercede for him in Exodus and Numbers, if Moses hadn't stepped up he would have wiped out all the Israelites due to their rebellion. This scenario happened more than once.
These people that died were never God's to begin with also. They are children of the devil, which they show by obeying him rather than God. We're mastered by those whom we obey, so we belong to whoever we listen to (Romans 6). This is the legal authority all the demons, angels and God himself recognizes.
1 John 3:8
Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
Romans 6:16
Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
1 Cor 6:12
“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be enslaved by anything.