The common concept of a harrowing hell and God as an arbitrary tyrant has not helped us to know, trust, or love God. Dualistic logic is incapable of understanding infinite grace.
Only love, truth, and life are eternal. A fundamental belief in the impermanence of evil in the face of God’s love and His plan for humanity will be fulfilled in every single one of us.
These beliefs are consistent with 1 Corinthians 15:28 “so that God may be all in all” and Genesis 1:26 “we are made in God’s image and likeness”.
By knowing God as Trinity, there can be no theological possibility of any hatred or vengeance in God. Divinity, which is Love Itself, will always eventually prevail. We are all saved by mercy.
Any view of hell and punishment is opposed to the restorative notion of the whole Gospel.
Luke 20:38 “So He is the God of the living, not the dead, for they are all alive to Him.”
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