“Behold, the day of the Lord comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger…” Is.13.9 ESV
Some people dismiss any idea that a loving God would appoint a day of wrath and call it the day of the Lord. I heard recently where one Christian dismissed his belief in hell by saying that a loving God would never ask us to forgive our enemies and then refuse to forgive His own. I believe this to be two-dimensional thinking at best and that it fails to take into account that the world is filled with people who do not want God’s forgiveness and care nothing for His mercies. It may be that it is not so much that God will not forgive His enemies, as it is that they refuse to accept it. Many despise the very idea of God, of any authority for that matter and want nothing but to have their own way. God’s final judgment promises to confine the wicked to a place where they can do no violence either to His children or to the new earth. And because God ordinarily will not violate their freedom to choose, beyond limiting any choice to injure others, it may be that He will permit them the freedom to continue doing violence to themselves. 12/11/2008 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
