God’s Love Dictates No Eternal Hell

Hell is real. I’ve been there. Back in 94 I experienced terror and trauma, so it is real. I suspect that people who’ve lived through genecide and torture would agree also. I assume soldiers in war and severely abused children also know that hell is real. It’s not just on “the other side”.

But hell is not forever. Not on this earth, and not on any other plane. Hell is not forever because that would go against who God Is.

As humans, we allow ourselves to believe that hell is forever because it’s a mechanism we use to be able to handle the massive injustice and pain that some people do to other people (and animals). We are taught to have faith and trust in God’s plan and to not judge. This is true, but as the humans that He made us, it can be overwhelming to try and accept the world as it is without the judgment as a coping mechanism. And faith and trust is a learned skill that can be hard to learn. But we need it to see us through His promise of something better.

And something infinitely better is ahead for us. The infinite Love of God dictates it. And it is also by the nature of His infinite Love that dictates that hell is not forever. Consider a pair of loving parents. We love our children. We want the best for them. We do whatever we have to protect them. We provide for them the best that we can. We want them to be happy and healthy. Where do you think that love for them comes from? Does it just magically appear from pixie dust? (No insult intended to the pixies.)

The love in our hearts is the Spirit of God within us. There is no separation as it is the Spirit of God that creates and binds everything.  Of our own selves we do nothing. (((Please feel free to remind me where in the Bible that one is. I’m having a hard time finding it. Thanks.))) It is God’s Love within us to the much smaller degree that is the incredible love we have for our children and others.

Then, how much more is the infinite and perfect Love of God for His children compared to the love parents have for their children? When a child needs corrective discipline, then the parents stop disciplining when the child has learned the lesson. A loving parent is not going to continue to discipline or punish their child past the point of their learning not to make the same mistake again. (Discipline teaches much more effectively than punishment.) Continuing to discipline or punish beyond what is needed would not be love. While there are unavoidable mistakes that all loving parents make, the intent of the loving parent is to provide their child with the discipline that they need, to learn what they need in order to grow up happy, healthy, and self-sufficient.

With God’s Love being infinitely more than ours as parents, would He “punish” any of His children forever if His child learned and would never make the same mistake again? Whether Hitler or Saddam or anyone else are knowing hell on the other side or reincarnated to experience what they’ve put others through doesn’t matter. What matters is that God has them is His Hand. As such, He will make sure that they do not repeat what they’ve done. He knows what painful experiences or awarenesses they need. He will provide them with whatever they need, and exactly as they need, to learn the error of their ways. When they’ve learned, they will no longer be the people they once were. They will have evolved. They will be different people. Just as when a child learns and grows. With each moment a child grows and is different than the moment before. (Nor is anyone from moment to moment, day to day.) To continue to punish these evolved souls would not signify love, but vengeance.

I’m sorry, but vengeance is not Love. It may make us feel good to have a sense of justice, but that comes from our limited perspective of not having full understanding of God and His plan. That’s why God is constantly reminding us that we need to have faith. He knows. We don’t.

Thank God He knows.

Blessings,

Irene

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