If I am selfish, petty, or vindictive then I want to be free from those sins, not from their consequences. I don't want a get out of jail free card. Consequently, I don't want to be saved from the consequences of my sin. Hell is the biblical metaphor for this Divine fury. I think it very clear that Jesus speaks about God's moral fury in very harsh eschatological language.īut the second and perhaps more shocking reason I believe in hell is because I want to go to hell. Universalism isn't some sweet, wishy washy, lovey dovey position. I believe in hell for two reasons.įirst, humans have committed horrific evils and the notion that God's wrath isn't kindled in the face of these atrocities is ludicrous. When you tell people you believe (or hope for) universal reconciliation the knee jerk reaction is that you don't believe in hell.
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