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Matthew 25 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye...

Isaiah 55 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

If you mean Revelations, the Devil is thrown into the fire - that is, the fires of purification, of penance. Why would God have to permanently destroy an evil being? Evil is destructive to itself, so evil is ultimately a self-correcting problem. Consider for example, two men. One man always...

I think that one of the sources of Jesus' wisdom is the ability to use a fundamental principle to address a concern. Reducing a complex problem to its simplest parts. On the surface level - Jesus is saying "follow me and you will inspire others to follow you" - a hopeful message. One can feel...

This is a translation issue, this is the word used: apolesai https://biblehub.com/text/matthew/10-28.htm The Greek word for “destroy” is apolesai, which derives from the verb form apollumi. Regarding apollumi, W. E. Vine comments: “The idea is not extinction but ruin, loss, not of being, but...

To put my post in other words: the Bible reveals the underlying patterns of reality and human consciousness. It reveals the mould which the world is formed from. So this alone has more value than a simple historical chronicle which would put the Bible on the same level as Plutarch's Lives. If...

I had an odd dream last night. I am (in real life) playing piano at an intermediate level, my wife has never played piano at all. In my dream, my wife was playing masterfully, improvising a beautiful piece on par with Beethoven or Chopin. I asked her how she suddenly learnt to play so...

Home is where the heart is. Matthew 6 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break...

This is why the idea of an all-loving God and eternal hell are incompatible. God doesn't own humans, God is at one with everything. Humanity is a part of God. So how can God despise it? At the same time, God is at one with all matter and all spiritual realms, so how can there be a place which...

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The essence of the Bible, from an Idealist perspective is that, ideals are more real than matter. Ideals are eternal and unchanging, and were conceived even before the physical world, by God. The physical world exists to reveal these ideals. For example, maybe there was a worldwide flood and...

The early Christian church (the most direct successors of the apostles) believed in hell as temporary: The Church fathers, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Gregory of Nyssa and Diodorus of Tarsus all taught this view along with the doctrine of a guaranteed final salvation for everyone. This is...

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I have quoted multiple passages to that effect in this thread already, as have other posters. It is rather arrogant to think that the God of the west has completely turned his back on the east and that anyone born outside of a modern western paradigm is doomed to hell through no fault of their...

The lake of fire can also be translated as something similar to crucible or melting kiln, which purifies metal by melting away the valueless dross. Early Christians like Origen and Gregory of Nyssa believed this. Quote from Origen: "Our God is a 'consuming fire' in the sense in which we have...

In argument against the idea of bodily ressurection and a physical kingdom of God: 1 Corinthians 15:50-51 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep...

It's a simple matter of logic - If a sin is committed then who pays the price? --No one? Then the victim de facto pays the price, as they have been injured without restitution. Does this mean that sin doesn't actually exist and is only a matter of conscience? --The sinner? This implies that...

There is a huge difference between "you didn't earn your salvation" and "salvation requires nothing of you". Matthew 18 23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. 24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him...

Then you will also have to accept reincarnation: Matthew 17:11–13 11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and qrestore all things. 12 But I say unto you, That pElias is come already, and they knew him not, but rhave done unto him whatsoever they slisted. Likewise...

This is getting way too personal between the people involved. Anyways, the Kingdom of God: Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. Jesus says it himself, don't look around for some physical kingdom and say "yup, that's the holy...