There are hard questions my sister asks I realize I still do not know how to answer. I did the best I can. I've heard them before.
1) Why does God send "good" people to Hell? She doesn't believe He does.
The answer is:
She has determined what she believes "is good", by her standards, principles and understanding.
Gods standards, principles, and understanding, is not the same as mankinds.
There are MANY, who BELIEVE in the POWER of "A" God...{which many a men, FIND is "good"}
... but that do not ACCEPT THEE;
Lord God Almighty.
God Himself knows the "difference".
OR....there is consideration of ANOTHER FACT.
BEFORE the Word of God was manifested IN THE FLESH....
HELL existed. HELL, had a DIVISION...
ONE SIDE, was comfort, Paradise, Keeping the LIVING SOULS of men, who had bodily died....
Who Believed IN Thee God, whose SOULS were Saved.
THE OTHER SIDE, was discomfort, Torment, Keeping the LIVING SOULS of men, who had bodily died...
Who Rejected God, Whose SOULS were NOT Saved.
So, Yes, there was a TIME, that applied to Ancient men, when Living Souls of "FAITHFUL" men WERE in Hell, IN COMFORT.
ARE there STILL living souls IN Hell, of MEN, who did not believe, when their body was alive, IN THEE God? Yes.
ARE there STILL living souls IN Hell, (in Comfort) of MEN who Believed, when their body was alive, in God, but Not Christ Jesus?
(Scripture indicates that is LIKELY.)
ARE there living souls IN HELL, of MEN who Believed, when their body was alive, in God and Christ Jesus? No.
Those Living souls, depart out of their dead bodies and go to heaven, to WAIT, for their bodies to be raised in Glory.
So in short the question IS;
Have or Do good men go to Hell?
Sure.
The answer IS;
Bodies are not buried in Hell.
Living Souls, depart out of dead bodies.
A Saved Departed Soul, is always IN Comfort, regardless of Where it is.
An UN-saved Departed Soul, is always IN Agony, and definitely IN Hell.
- I answered that God flooded the earth in the days of Noah, because of the wickedness in the hearts of men. This is God's justice. He promised not to flood the earth again, because He is merciful. I don't know why this came to mind, but it did, and she is conservative Jewish, so I was thinking about the OT.
I said that also in a court, if someone murders your mom and that person lists all the good things they did, would it be just for there to be no consequence?
While that is true...
It is more about the PURPOSE of HELL.
There is the WHOLE of a MAN, to consider.
The WHOLE of a MAN, is ...
Body, Soul, Spirit.
The WHOLE of a Natural born man IS born in Sin (against God), commits Sin (against God).
Because SIN "IS" Against God, it is ONLY God Himself, WHO CAN, forgive, save, restore, quicken a Natural Born Man.
It is EVERY "part" of the WHOLE of man, that God "considers"....IF AND WHEN the man CHOOSES, to BECOME, forgiven and made WHOLE, "BY GOD"....or not.
IF a man DOES NOT BELIEVE IN GOD....
Why would God, "consider" making WHOLE, "something (ie a man)", who does not Believe in God? He doesn't.
Bottom line is..."IF" a man does not Believe IN GOD....that man (WHOLLY, body, soul, spirit) will eventually BECOME, non-existent to God.
That is Gods "consequence" for Disbelief.
Gods "consequence" FOR BELIEF, IS that He Attends to the WHOLE of the man;
Body, Soul and Spirit.
He Kills the OLD natural Body...
...and SHALL RAISE a NEW Glorious Body
He Saves the Corrupt Soul, by restoring it, to
...good.
He Quickens (rebirths the OLD spirit, which came to the man, from a mans Seed), to Become reborn, FROM HIS SEED.
Those men WHO choose to RECEIVE....^ that consequence....."AFTER they DIE Bodily"...DO SO, BY BELIEVING IN THEE "Almighty God"...(ie Heavenly God and Holy Spirit).
(These are they, who ARE mostly Jews, who remained Under the Law)
Those men WHO choose to RECEIVE....that consequence....."BEFORE they DIE Bodily"...DO so, By BELIEVING IN THEE
"Lord God Almighty"...(ie Son, Father & Holy Spirit).
(These are they, who ARE of Christs Church)
Every part of a Natural man, and the LIFE IN every part of a Natural man, shall be addressed By God; Meaning...
Body, shall be addressed, and the life OF the Body, which is BLOOD.
Soul, shall be addressed, and the life OF the Soul, which is Gods BREATH.
Spirit, shall be addressed, and the life OF the Spirit, which FOR SOME, is Gods Spirit of Truth, and for others it is their "natural worldly truth".
God Bless,
Taken