Pancho Frijoles
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Jesus promised to give us a kind of water that quenches thirst for ever.
But we understand this as a metaphor. It does not refer to literal water or literal thirst.
Same for references to hell as eternal fire.
Hell is a thirst that cannot be quenched by any water we can find on our own. Only the water offered by the Gospel can quench it.
I personally believe in hell as a state of the soul: a state where we find ourselves separated from God, in dispair, with no solution whatsoever at hand. No exit. Just like the belly of the big fish in the middle of the ocean where Jonah felt trapped.
Certainly I did not come with a new idea. Theologians have held a similar view for centuries.
God did not create hell for men, says the Bible. It was created for Satan and demons.
God's plan is perfect and will not be frustrated. Things will not end up in a different direction than planned.
But we understand this as a metaphor. It does not refer to literal water or literal thirst.
Same for references to hell as eternal fire.
Hell is a thirst that cannot be quenched by any water we can find on our own. Only the water offered by the Gospel can quench it.
I personally believe in hell as a state of the soul: a state where we find ourselves separated from God, in dispair, with no solution whatsoever at hand. No exit. Just like the belly of the big fish in the middle of the ocean where Jonah felt trapped.
Certainly I did not come with a new idea. Theologians have held a similar view for centuries.
God did not create hell for men, says the Bible. It was created for Satan and demons.
God's plan is perfect and will not be frustrated. Things will not end up in a different direction than planned.
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