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I believe God is fair and just, but I still have questions about the Lake of Fire.
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<blockquote data-quote="food4thought" data-source="post: 69238269" data-attributes="member: 3467"><p>I do not believe that there will be an eternal furnace/lake of fire where sinners will be eternally cooked... but I do believe that the lake of fire represents hell, something so terrible as to be compared (for the benefit of our understanding the horrifying nature of this place) to a lake of fire and burning sulfur. Note that Jesus does not refer to hell as a lake of fire, but as the valley of Gehenna, a place where garbage is thrown out and burned, also a place once used for all kinds of idolatrous and unclean practices. This was an accursed place to the Jewish mind, and thus a fitting reference point for Jesus to use in denoting the eternal place of the unsaved.</p><p></p><p>Make no mistake, hell is real and horrifying, but to try to say it is literally a lake of fire ignores what our Lord said about it by calling it Gehennah. Suffice it to say that if we as fallen carnal earthly beings could comprehend what the literal spiritual reality of hell actually was, we would avoid it the way we avoid jumping into a lake of lava or a burning heap of gross garbage or dwelling in a place of complete and absolute darkness.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="food4thought, post: 69238269, member: 3467"] I do not believe that there will be an eternal furnace/lake of fire where sinners will be eternally cooked... but I do believe that the lake of fire represents hell, something so terrible as to be compared (for the benefit of our understanding the horrifying nature of this place) to a lake of fire and burning sulfur. Note that Jesus does not refer to hell as a lake of fire, but as the valley of Gehenna, a place where garbage is thrown out and burned, also a place once used for all kinds of idolatrous and unclean practices. This was an accursed place to the Jewish mind, and thus a fitting reference point for Jesus to use in denoting the eternal place of the unsaved. Make no mistake, hell is real and horrifying, but to try to say it is literally a lake of fire ignores what our Lord said about it by calling it Gehennah. Suffice it to say that if we as fallen carnal earthly beings could comprehend what the literal spiritual reality of hell actually was, we would avoid it the way we avoid jumping into a lake of lava or a burning heap of gross garbage or dwelling in a place of complete and absolute darkness. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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