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The wages of sin is death, not hell. Because of what Christ accomplished for us all by His death and resurrection, through the power in the blood of His cross, everyone will eventually be vivified beyond the reach of death and share His life. Whatever "hell" there will be is called "kolasis eonian" which means age-during corrective chastisement. Type kolasis aionian chapter eleven into Google to read several articles about it. So much suffering is caused by the horrific false doctrine of endless suffering in hell, that it gives me great pleasure to guide people to the evidence that a correctly (literally, not interpretively) translated Bible teaches universal salvation, not endless suffering in hell, or even annihilation. We agree that we should not believe things that go against Biblical teaching. We don’t! I'm 68, and I am acquainted with many people who are, or were in various stages of nervous breakdown over their inability to love a god who would let anyone suffer forever. Even though they have embraced Christ and His gospel, they are afraid of what God might do to them after they are raised from the dead for not being able to love Him. The information in my testimony has helped many of these people. If anyone on this forum is suffering because they are unable to successfully emotionally cope with the idea that God is going to let any creature suffer forever, they can Google up the more than 600 page search engine on the TENTMAKER front page. Each page contains access to ten articles that prove that the Bible teaches universal salvation, not endless suffering in hell, or even annihilation. Just type in a key word or phrase from any argument or Bible passage into the search engine and see for yourself. Most fundamentalist Christians are not even aware that there are two sides to the argument about what the Bible teaches. I have exhaustively studied both sides myself. This debate always ends with the words, "My Greek scholars are more reliable than your Greek scholars," and the result is a stalemate. If the readers think it glorifies God more to believe that He is going to let some of His creatures suffer forever, then they should keep believing that. But if they think it glorifies God more to eventually meet everyone on the level of their deepest need, which is a change in their stubborn will, then I would like them to know that there is abundant evidence that that is exactly what the Bible teaches that God is like." see http://www.tentmaker.org/articles/savior-of-the-world/TheLakeOfFire-Eby.html From Rodger Tutt in Toronto, Canada “That God may be All in all” 1Cor.15:28
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