What is more, the sinner in hell will have a greater knowledge of himself. As one scholar has put it, ‘All creatures will share in God’s abhorrence of sin and evil; the sinner will hate himself, he will appreciate the value of his life and see it as God does. Hell is nothing but full knowledge of the truth, remorse in agreement with God.’35 Yet none of these things will change the basic situation; God and the unrepentant sinner will stand in eternal opposition to each other. God will hate the wicked
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