According to "popular" (masses/Orthodoxy/WisdomOfMan) - God Will TORTURE some %90-95 of His Creation! Using the following Logic:
1 Peter 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
(How many people died in that flood? They lived Hundreds of years back then... 8 out of what? 1000 men? 10,000 men? 100,000 men? - What are those "odds"?)
Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Mark 9:47-48 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Wow - a "literal" (letter) understanding of this implies that Satan is indeed the Clear WINNER of the VAST MAJORITY of Mankind. One would think God to "a little" more powerful than this? No?
Now - Simply *think* about the Nature of your Master?
Matthew 18:21-22 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
Are you Limiting the Cross? Do you not know how far the depths of that Payment reach?
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them....And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Mark 6:34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
Jesus loved those 'heathen' non-believers too? What about His Enemies - surely he hated Esau no?
Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
Wow - No man can come to Jesus UNLESS the Father sends him! Sounds like the responsibility of ones salvation is Gods ...and not thier own...
But Ah - you say "its because they had no faith" - Well I say to you : Who GIVES that Faith?? Is it YOURS to begin with?
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
And what of these Gifts of God? Is Salvation not a GIFT of God - freely given? What is the nature of such a gift ?
Romans 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
What? Really?
Perhaps you like this "spirit" of Judgement?
Luke 9:54-55 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
Matthew 22:37-39 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Do you really? Be honest with yourself - do you REALLY love that HEATHEN next door? That UNBELIEVER? That Aetheist down the street? Or is it mearly LIP SERVICE because in YOUR HEART you wish to call down FIRE FROM HEAVEN and PUT ETERNAL PAIN on this one!
Look within yourself - And *THINK* : are you SEPARATE from the world in your beliefs? ...or are you really A HUGE CHUNK OF IT ! One that truley wishes and EYE FOR AN EYE - for those that don't believe (now - at this time) as you do?
Is Jesus REALLY the Alpha and the Omega? The First and the Last? And what is the Last? Is HE not the LAST of All things? And if we are the FIRSTFRUITS - Where is the END GATHERING?? Is not the EndGathering the BIG HARVEST?
There is not a man amongst us who will NOT DIE - We ALL MUST DIE!
Luke 17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
1 Corinthians 15:31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
Psalms 44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
WE DIE IN CHRIST! WE MUST DIE IN CHRIST - ALL WILL DIE IN CHRIST!
Simply because a man dies in his flesh on this earth in this age - does NOT MEAN he still cannot come to BELIEVE! Show me ONE VERSE as such! Show me !
What is this??
Ezekiel 16:55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters , shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
1 Peter 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
(How many people died in that flood? They lived Hundreds of years back then... 8 out of what? 1000 men? 10,000 men? 100,000 men? - What are those "odds"?)
Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Mark 9:47-48 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Wow - a "literal" (letter) understanding of this implies that Satan is indeed the Clear WINNER of the VAST MAJORITY of Mankind. One would think God to "a little" more powerful than this? No?
Now - Simply *think* about the Nature of your Master?
Matthew 18:21-22 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
Are you Limiting the Cross? Do you not know how far the depths of that Payment reach?
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them....And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Mark 6:34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
Jesus loved those 'heathen' non-believers too? What about His Enemies - surely he hated Esau no?
Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
Wow - No man can come to Jesus UNLESS the Father sends him! Sounds like the responsibility of ones salvation is Gods ...and not thier own...
But Ah - you say "its because they had no faith" - Well I say to you : Who GIVES that Faith?? Is it YOURS to begin with?
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
And what of these Gifts of God? Is Salvation not a GIFT of God - freely given? What is the nature of such a gift ?
Romans 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
What? Really?
Perhaps you like this "spirit" of Judgement?
Luke 9:54-55 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
Matthew 22:37-39 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Do you really? Be honest with yourself - do you REALLY love that HEATHEN next door? That UNBELIEVER? That Aetheist down the street? Or is it mearly LIP SERVICE because in YOUR HEART you wish to call down FIRE FROM HEAVEN and PUT ETERNAL PAIN on this one!
Look within yourself - And *THINK* : are you SEPARATE from the world in your beliefs? ...or are you really A HUGE CHUNK OF IT ! One that truley wishes and EYE FOR AN EYE - for those that don't believe (now - at this time) as you do?
Is Jesus REALLY the Alpha and the Omega? The First and the Last? And what is the Last? Is HE not the LAST of All things? And if we are the FIRSTFRUITS - Where is the END GATHERING?? Is not the EndGathering the BIG HARVEST?
There is not a man amongst us who will NOT DIE - We ALL MUST DIE!
Luke 17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
1 Corinthians 15:31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
Psalms 44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
WE DIE IN CHRIST! WE MUST DIE IN CHRIST - ALL WILL DIE IN CHRIST!
Simply because a man dies in his flesh on this earth in this age - does NOT MEAN he still cannot come to BELIEVE! Show me ONE VERSE as such! Show me !
What is this??
Ezekiel 16:55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters , shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.