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"Hell" and "love" are incompatible and shouldn't be in the same sentence. Saying "only a loving God would create hell" is a skewed perception of kindness, love, and mercy.
Like say someone has a legal guardian, and the person doesn't want to be with their legal guardian. The legal guardian wishes the child would stay with them, but they know they can't force it, so they send them to say, another guardian who could take care of them, or, if they're not really a "child" and could go somewhere on their own, the guardian could give advice, and the one they're taking care of could take or leave it. But the advice could keep the out of danger.
That sort of thing would be "loving". And a loving God could easily do that because he supposedly knows everything, and thus could forewarn them of any danger, or even eliminate the danger to begin with.
If hell is added into the mix, then the legal guardian situation becomes like this: the legal guardian takes care of a child, but the child does not want to stay with them. In response, the guardian says that they'll send the child some place where they won't be. Said place is a burning flaming tar pit that the child is tossed into, to burn in screaming agony, without end, until they die. And by the way, the legal guardian created said flaming tar pit of agony.
Flawed analogy ~
There is not another guardian "to take care of them".
God is Love and has great mercy for His earthly creations.
Looking from a different POV which Scripture provides;
A man WHO submits unto God; God changes in several ways, which result in the WHOLE of a man (body, soul, spirit) to become FOREVER alive AND FOREVER with God.
Is a man WHO rejects God, given "changes" in ANY WAYS, which result in the WHOLE of that man to become FOREVER alive?
Scripture says nothing about such a rejecting man being given any changes that result in a FOREVERNESS WITH God.
There shall be an end to that mans existence. He shall not have a forever WHOLENESS existence. His "eternity", is up to the point of his existence, judgement and sentencing. (carrying out of his judgement) And for eternity he shall be separated from the Lord, just as he chose.
Every man who rejects God; God has prepared a place, at their earthly death, for their body to go (earth), their living soul to go (hell), and oops, they never receive a "spiritually forever born again spirit", so no preparation for that.
This has been the case since the beginning ~ so obviously some living souls have experienced a very long time, separated from God; the earths surfaces; it's beauty; its pleasantries and provisions. And once the last human (electing hell) is complete; all together, the living souls in hell, shall get to hang out there together, another 1,000 years.
Then their dead body's are raised, by their living soul returning to their dead "unchanged" body, and both body and living soul in hell, to stand before Christ in Judgement.
So, now they SEE the Lord. Will they then believe the Lord exists? Yes IMO. Will they bow and praise Him? Yes IMO. (according to the book of Isaiah)
Evidence (book of life), Judgement (did not choose God), Sentence, (separation from God forever).
Then what?
Does their "spirit" return to God? No. Because remember, their "spirit" was never born again.
Does their "living soul" return to God? MPOV ~ no. The LIFE in the living soul returns to God, because God IS LIFE, and ALL LIFE belongs to Him.
I believe the living soul then again departs the body, rendering the body a vessel without life.
I believe the life in the soul departs the soul, returns to God, rendering the soul a (vessel of sorts) without life.
I believe the void of life body and soul are then destroyed in hell. Eternally separated from God.
Matt.10
- [28] And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
God Bless.
SBC
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