Would do anything have five seconds of relief from the glory of Is there in contrast to the depravity left by sin. Hell is hell because God's glorious presence Hell is hell because of theĬonsequences of sin. God in eternal bliss, not "departing" from God all together. "departing" from the blessed and glorious presence of Understanding that Matthew 25:41, in its proper context, means, To heaven, you are there if I make my bed in hell, behold, YouĪre there." God is present before and within the lake ofįire or God is not omnipresent. To interpret the word depart as, "depart from my very presenceīecause I am not there." But the Bible does not interpret Or the devil and his angels." (Matthew 25:41).
"Depart from Me you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared Seat, says this in sending wicked rebellious sinners to hell: Hell wanted God to be present there since they are 'separated'įrom Him?" The Scriptures show that God, on His judgment That produces another question: "If God is love, how canĪ loving God be in the lake of fire? I always thought those in That would limit God's omnipresence by saying He is not in hell. God is not omnipresent-or "everywhere present." Is not immanent before the lake of fire, then we must say that Hell is hell, i.e., tormenting, dark, depressing, and the Hell, is appalling because of the absence of the presence of the Many have questioned God's own omnipresence In the face of (literally or figuratively):-before, in the presence The lexical definition of the word commonly God, but not in a state of a blessed presence. Hence, hell is a state that is in the presence of Nevertheless, we deny the idea of process theology, or that ofĮminence, the idea that creation emanates from the being of Godīecause it doesn't differentiate clearly enough that the creation God, that God is present within it and present within it's occupants. Thus, we affirm that lake of fire is before Sin, those before his holy presence are punished. Thus God's presence in hell worksīoth to sustain the occupants and through the anguish of personal Is greater than nothing, having life, no matter the condition, Than to snuff them out because of their intrinsic value: for something Infinite mercy, allows the occupants to continue to exist rather Reason has broken off all fellowship with it's occupants, Hisīlessing are departed, His wrath is ushered in. He is definitely aware of hell and its contents and for this very Thus because God is everywhere present, we argue, Idea, we say no, for God is everywhere present and knows all things,Įven those who are removed from his blessings an dwell in theĬonfines of hell. Unaware of the transpirings within hell's boundaries. He knows all possibilities, whether they are actual or not.Īware or present with those who are in hell and that he is also If we were to remove creation, God would still know of it, for It, and no galaxy so vast that God does not circumscribe it. Or atomic particle is so small that God is not fully present to Present in all time and space, God is not locally limited to any Present to all ranges of both time and space.
That God is finitely localized in one place, be it here on thisĮarth, heaven, or hell (Oden, The Living God). Near and infinitely far, yet speaking in this way we do not imply Inexact and usable only in a metaphorical sense. Infinite God, making terms like beyond and trascended God alone that the concept has precise, plausible, and a consistent It is only when infinity is attributed to Of infinite time and infinite space tend to be self contradictoryĪnd confusing because space and time, being finite, cannot beĮxtended infinitely. Themselves may participate in the infinity of God. By definition that which is infiniteĬannot be applied to any finite creature, even though the creatures Infinity, rightly conceived, canīelong only to God alone. That the infinite is that which has no end, no limit, and no finiteīoundary, thus that which is infinite cannot be measured or timedīy any finite standard. Thomas Oden noted in his systematic theology
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