- I think it is rational for God to be in Hell. I know people say, "Hell is the absence of God." But I think that's jibberish. Rather, in the words of my professor, "Hell is the absence of a relationship with God." BUT I'm going to take it further and say, "Hell is the absence of a loving relationship with God." Which takes me to my next point.
- Who else, can punish sinners doomed to ETERNAL punishment but an eternal God? Satan?Not at all. Satan cannot hold a candle to God in terms of dealing out punishment. What can Satan do, in light of God's ability to punish? Plus, Satan will be punished soon too. What we will see in Hell is God in His wrath, His justice, His holiness. We will never see God's wrath in Heaven. In heaven, we'll have nice things like God's love, God's grace.
- Also, how can Satan, who is the Evil one, execute an action that is just? Punishing sinners is the right thing to do. How can we expect Satan to do the right thing?
Anywho, there are more, but these are the reasons I wanted to lay out for my defense that, "Hell yeah, God is in Hell." It would be problematic if he wasn't.
I am not even sure where we got the notion that Satan was the ruler of Hell. (this last statement, I'm a bit less confident on, so if you can provide philosophical, historical, or scriptural support on why I'm wrong, I'll be happy to change my stance on this. Though I think I may be right.)
1 comment:
agreed.
"... If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink the wine of God's wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb."-Rev 14:9-10
in the presence of the Lamb.
if God is the ruler of all things, then how can there be a place that God is not ruler over? yup. thanks for the reminder, richard (:
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