tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post112517626330201271..comments2024-03-25T14:27:40.121-05:00Comments on Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: Blessed Are Those Who MournWeekend Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-1160972339366905812006-10-15T23:18:00.000-05:002006-10-15T23:18:00.000-05:00Hi OrejaThanks for the kind words. On different v...Hi Oreja<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the kind words. <BR/><BR/>On different views of hell. At the last day, when God ultimately rejects those who have been merciless and who have despised his Word, the most common view (this won't be news to you) is that God assigns them eternal punishment. That's the plainest reading of some parts of Scripture. There are other parts that read as if the people being punished are eventually destroyed by it (references to dead bodies in the fire, or second death), and eventual destruction after punishment is the plainest reading of some other passages. Other parts read as if the main punishment is just being excluded from the presence of God and loved ones. And it's easy enough to imagine ways those things could happen together. Many of the teachings about what happens to the lost are in visions or in symbolic language, so I tend to go easy on people who have different views than I do as long as it's a plainly supportable view, since it reads to me like there's room for legitimate differences of opinion there. Whatever happens to those God ultimately rejects, it's plain that it's not good. <BR/><BR/>So when it comes to views of hell, the only thing I generally argue against are things that just don't have any grounding in Scripture at all, or signs of contempt for what the Bible says because we get squirmy at the idea of punishment. Too many passages mention punishment, and basing our opinions on whether we're comfortable with an idea isn't the best way to understand the Bible. <BR/><BR/>As far as a view which says nobody is ever lost and all will be blessed in heaven / the world to come, the reason I can't go for that is that I can't see that any of the Scriptures teach that anywhere.Weekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-1160794751363494202006-10-13T21:59:00.000-05:002006-10-13T21:59:00.000-05:00Oreja, is this one, or some of the comments under ...Oreja, is <A HREF="http://weekendfisher.blogspot.com/2006/01/harrowing-of-hell.html" REL="nofollow">this one</A>, or some of the comments under it, what you're remembering? And some of the posts just before that in the archive are kind of on the same subject. <BR/><BR/>Let me know if that wasn't it, that was the one that came to my mind when you mentioned people misunderstanding some things about hell. <BR/><BR/>Take care & God blessWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-1160751351477978052006-10-13T09:55:00.000-05:002006-10-13T09:55:00.000-05:00We must see God in times of joy, and seek God in t...We must <B>see</B> God in times of joy, and <B>seek</B> God in times of sorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com