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Why must the alternative to heaven be hell?
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<blockquote data-quote="PureDose" data-source="post: 61618763" data-attributes="member: 315769"><p>The Day of Judgement will surely be a dark one, and a horrible one for all on earth.</p><p></p><p>Jesus stated that the word he spoke to us, the Holy Testimony of Christ, will be our judge on that day.</p><p></p><p>People will be judged as they have judged. They will find their secret thoughts shouted from the rooftops. They will be forced to adjust their beliefs and so their behavior so as to cease being hypocrites.</p><p></p><p>The actual verse on people being tormented "forever and ever"?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It says "they will have no rest day or night". It does not say for how long that will be. It will likely be until they accept all of the judgments given to each of them individually.</p><p></p><p>It says, "<em><strong>the smoke</strong></em> of their torment will rise forever".</p><p></p><p>To be judged as one judges is not a punishment matter, such as today where we throw people in jail and they are just so often upset they were caught and do not in any way repent.</p><p></p><p>To be judged as one is judged changes people, proves to them their own hypocrisy, and forces them to change. As they do not change, the judgments will continue until they begin to live fairly with each other and to judge each other fairly and honestly. </p><p></p><p>This is to correct their wrongs which begin in their hearts.</p><p></p><p>It is not something which will be "a few days of repentance" and then "that is it", as it was with Jonah and Nineveh. Nineveh returned to sin after that generation of Jonah and was destroyed.</p><p></p><p>It will be permanent, a completely new age, no longer under Law, but under Jesus Christ where "man will be completely wiped off the face of the earth" because the old man will be done away with. </p><p></p><p>And "the Spirit will be poured out onto all peoples".</p><p></p><p>The "knowledge of God will cover the earth as water covers the seas".</p><p></p><p></p><p>Their souls, as they are, will be forever destroyed, never to return. But, what then? Surely a soul can return to God with all that it was lost? Or can it not be rebuilt?</p><p></p><p>In the parable of the workers in the field and the one talent, those who came in late got the very same pay as those who started earliest in the morning.</p><p></p><p>Not that anyone will believe any of this. No, they will cling to their evil judgments and unforgiving natures to the very end. They will keep to their harsh statements about Jesus. They will continue in their mean thoughts towards God. They will hold onto punishment and vengeance to the very end, because that is what the carnal wants. They want scapegoats. They want to be right in their own self and they refuse to be simply justified by God.</p><p></p><p>The beginning of the New Day, the true Holy Sabbath of God will surely be a most horrible one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PureDose, post: 61618763, member: 315769"] The Day of Judgement will surely be a dark one, and a horrible one for all on earth. Jesus stated that the word he spoke to us, the Holy Testimony of Christ, will be our judge on that day. People will be judged as they have judged. They will find their secret thoughts shouted from the rooftops. They will be forced to adjust their beliefs and so their behavior so as to cease being hypocrites. The actual verse on people being tormented "forever and ever"? It says "they will have no rest day or night". It does not say for how long that will be. It will likely be until they accept all of the judgments given to each of them individually. It says, "[I][B]the smoke[/B][/I] of their torment will rise forever". To be judged as one judges is not a punishment matter, such as today where we throw people in jail and they are just so often upset they were caught and do not in any way repent. To be judged as one is judged changes people, proves to them their own hypocrisy, and forces them to change. As they do not change, the judgments will continue until they begin to live fairly with each other and to judge each other fairly and honestly. This is to correct their wrongs which begin in their hearts. It is not something which will be "a few days of repentance" and then "that is it", as it was with Jonah and Nineveh. Nineveh returned to sin after that generation of Jonah and was destroyed. It will be permanent, a completely new age, no longer under Law, but under Jesus Christ where "man will be completely wiped off the face of the earth" because the old man will be done away with. And "the Spirit will be poured out onto all peoples". The "knowledge of God will cover the earth as water covers the seas". Their souls, as they are, will be forever destroyed, never to return. But, what then? Surely a soul can return to God with all that it was lost? Or can it not be rebuilt? In the parable of the workers in the field and the one talent, those who came in late got the very same pay as those who started earliest in the morning. Not that anyone will believe any of this. No, they will cling to their evil judgments and unforgiving natures to the very end. They will keep to their harsh statements about Jesus. They will continue in their mean thoughts towards God. They will hold onto punishment and vengeance to the very end, because that is what the carnal wants. They want scapegoats. They want to be right in their own self and they refuse to be simply justified by God. The beginning of the New Day, the true Holy Sabbath of God will surely be a most horrible one. [/QUOTE]
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