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Who is really responsible for Salvation?

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The fire of God is heaven to some but hell to others.

T
he same divine reality is joy to the redeemed and torment to the damned.

This is not a very controversial idea.

2 Corinthians 2:15–16

For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life.
But those verses say nothing about the root of hell and heaven, whether you are talking about the words, or the origins of the two places.
 
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It's not controversial to say that the fire of God is heaven to some and hell to others.

I also maintain that those who are punished in Gehenna are scourged by the scourge of love. … Those who have become conscious that they have sinned against love suffer greater torment from this than from any fear of punishment. … The power of love works in two ways: it torments those who have played the fool … but it becomes a source of joy for those who have observed its duties.

St Isaac the Syrian
 
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It's not controversial to say that the fire of God is heaven to some and hell to others.
Can you give some scriptural backing that says that heaven is the fire of God? Thank you.
 
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