I think about the story of Jonah quite a bit....
Jonah is to present to the people of Nineveh a word from the Lord, "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned" but then the people repent so God changes His mind. Jonah, being a very Godly person (in fact a prophet was possibly the Godliest of all people) then gets angry because God has compassion on them.
Imagine if, at the time of judgement, God changes his mind and says "Everyone's in?"
I don't think it will happen judging on what I read in the Bible but God is God and He can do what he wants, right?
Darrell
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yeah I think the same. I sometimes wonder if a God of love would send people to Hell. But he is a God of Justice. We have poeple over hear don't believe in hell. I tend to think it is as Jesus seemed to have a bit to say on the subject. Why would he need to even come if everyone got to heaven?
Simon.
well...some people say that God would never do that because of His nature and I'd say that's a fair supposition, but let's face it - some folks say suppose that but what they REALLY mean in their heart is more like 'it would be a supreme rip-off if one of THOSE depraved so-and-so's got in' in sortof an 'older brother' vibe (a la Luke 15)as though heaven is an exclusive after hours club rather than righteously letting God be God and do whatever He supremely intends to do...personally, I think it would be cool AND just for Him to make that call on Judgement Day - because I know what can happen to the hardest heart in just one moment amidst the sweet manifest presence of my Jesus...so face to face? Godly Sorrow! Repentance! Infusion of Love...
just a thought.
this is a great blog, eh!
HeatherDolby
Maybe Jesus came to let people know that The Son of God came not to condemn the world but through him it might be saved. The angels said fear not I bring you good news. Jesus when quoting Isaiah 61 left off the part about the day of vengeance of God, was this a typo or does it say something more? Jesus says love your enemies, that means desire the best for them even when they do bad things to you. Now if Jesus is God then shouldn't we expect God to at least practice what Jesus preaches. Where is the good news in the message that says God loves you unconditionally, but if you don't reciprocate that love I'm going to let you burn in the eternal flames of Hell (which by the way is the rubbish dump Jesus was referring to just outside the walls of Jerusalem)? This is not the kind of love that says to it's killers, forgive them father for they don't know what they are doing, is it? I don't think wanting those who hate us or persecute us to be damned to hell represents the type of love that is spoken about by Paul either in 1 Corinthians is it? The sort of love that doesn't hold grudges or seek its own way or is resentful that God may in God's own way bring salvation to all people - even those we don't like. I don't know but I love the idea because there are even people out there who don't believe in God because of some things that the church has done with its abuses of power. The fact that they will get in I think is great because God still loves them and is probably angrier with some of the people who call themselves Christians and abuse this position, (As was said by Tim Costello at Connections the people who supported appartied in South africa were church attending "Christians."
Just a few thoughts, but I think Darrell is on to something that connects with so many of the Kingdom thoughts of Jesus.
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