Comments on: A Heretics Guide to Eternity http://www.nathancolquhoun.com/2006/08/24/a-heretics-guide-to-eternity the home of Nathan Colquhoun Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ron Smith http://www.nathancolquhoun.com/2006/08/24/a-heretics-guide-to-eternity#comment-1080 Ron Smith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1080 In my readings of the Old Testament to date (man I have made it all the way to Nebuchadnezzar laying a beating on Jerusalem I have too much time to myself up here) the talk of hell and the after life isnt mentioned. When people died, it occasionally says he went to be with his ancestors.<br /> <br /> Man this conversation is a hurting one. If we turn our back on the thoughts of hell then isnt that the thoughts of a universalism?<br /> <br /> I have talked to elders I respect on the matter and they say I dont understand the process of hell, I would also like to believe there isnt a hell; but there is. <br /> <br /> For many, hell justifies them for the life they lead of being a Christian. Going to heaven and not hell is like their reward for being faithful all their life. Imagine telling them that the guy selling drugs out side will be your neighbor in paradise. <br /> <br /> What about the serial killers, the rapists - There welcome as well? I think we all want to believe there is this place of burning for the sins they have committed onto others. <br /> But if sin is sin and Jesus says none of us are worthy, I really think we need to reprocess who is in and how is out. <br /> <br /> In the OT, some great people (whom God loved and revealed himself) they made idols for themselves, had many wives and killed many people. Yet when they died, all it says is he went to be with his ancestors. <br /> <br /> If there isnt a hell, is there a heaven? <br /> In my readings of the Old Testament to date (man I have made it all the way to Nebuchadnezzar laying a beating on Jerusalem I have too much time to myself up here) the talk of hell and the after life isnt mentioned. When people died, it occasionally says he went to be with his ancestors.

Man this conversation is a hurting one. If we turn our back on the thoughts of hell then isnt that the thoughts of a universalism?

I have talked to elders I respect on the matter and they say I dont understand the process of hell, I would also like to believe there isnt a hell; but there is.

For many, hell justifies them for the life they lead of being a Christian. Going to heaven and not hell is like their reward for being faithful all their life. Imagine telling them that the guy selling drugs out side will be your neighbor in paradise.

What about the serial killers, the rapists – There welcome as well? I think we all want to believe there is this place of burning for the sins they have committed onto others.
But if sin is sin and Jesus says none of us are worthy, I really think we need to reprocess who is in and how is out.

In the OT, some great people (whom God loved and revealed himself) they made idols for themselves, had many wives and killed many people. Yet when they died, all it says is he went to be with his ancestors.

If there isnt a hell, is there a heaven?

]]> By: John http://www.nathancolquhoun.com/2006/08/24/a-heretics-guide-to-eternity#comment-1087 John Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1087 Hi, Im John from Melbourne Australia.<br /> <br /> Please check out these related references.<br /> 1. www.dabase.net/dht7.htm<br /> 2. www.dabase.net/dht6.htm<br /> 3. www.dabase.net/divhscrt.htm<br /> 4. www.dabase.net/dualsens.htm<br /> 5. www.realgod.org<br /> <br /> Ron, if you want to see hell watch the "news" on TV. Hi, Im John from Melbourne Australia.

Please check out these related references.
1. http://www.dabase.net/dht7.htm
2. http://www.dabase.net/dht6.htm
3. http://www.dabase.net/divhscrt.htm
4. http://www.dabase.net/dualsens.htm
5. http://www.realgod.org

Ron, if you want to see hell watch the “news” on TV.

]]> By: crystal sea http://www.nathancolquhoun.com/2006/08/24/a-heretics-guide-to-eternity#comment-1092 crystal sea Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1092 i dont agree that grace tells us we are already in unless we want to be out. grace tells us there is a path that leads us to god, grace has given us the map, grace has invited us to come on up...the one thing that grace does not do, is include us automatically, its not a matter of all in unless we take one step back, grace says, god has given each one of us a gift. but we cannot have it unless by faith we get up off our chair and go out to the curb to claim it. otherwise, it just sits out there. i dont agree that grace tells us we are already in unless we want to be out. grace tells us there is a path that leads us to god, grace has given us the map, grace has invited us to come on up…the one thing that grace does not do, is include us automatically, its not a matter of all in unless we take one step back, grace says, god has given each one of us a gift. but we cannot have it unless by faith we get up off our chair and go out to the curb to claim it. otherwise, it just sits out there.

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