Loading…

Whatever Happened to Hell? is unavailable, but you can change that!

Nobody can think seriously about hell and remain emotionally and psychologically unaffected. The idea that after a few years of life on earth an untold number of human beings, many of whom would be thought of as decent, law-abiding citizens, will spend eternity in indescribable agony and exposed to God’s relentless anger is overwhelming. Reaction to the paralyzing prospect of everlasting...

hell’s ‘fire’ is metaphoric, we have not begun to answer the real question: another question will help us to do so. We have seen that fire is the most pervasive element in hell; what then is the single greatest factor that makes hell to be hell? The answer is the presence of God. The Bible teaches that God is everywhere. God himself made it clear that he is not localized or limited: ‘ “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the Lord, “and not a God far away? Can anyone hide in secret places so that I
Page 159
Buy this book at Logos.com