| Posted: 1/07/04 by the shovel
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<<< I just read your
entry about "the unforgiveable sin." You use the terms "nothings"
and "somethings" in the closing of your entry on this subject. I
understand very well, I think, your context here, but what do you think
happens to the "somethings" when their flesh dies? What is the second
death? I know full well that I have already attained eternal life in
the first resurrection-which is Jesus Himself, and is spritual-and the
second death cannot harm me, but what of those who do not believe in
Him, but believe in themselves when they pass from this temporal world
into the next? >>>
Hello Sharon! Thanks for writing.
You know, there are many ramifications to certain things I believe that
I simply don't know about, or perhaps that I just don't concern myself
with if they take a turn into the realm of speculation. I am convinced
of this: only that which is born of God remains.
Much of what I have written regarding hell has to do with
reconsiderations of many of the Bible verses we have had tossed into our
laps as proof of the popular teachings of hell, and I'm sure much of it
will be an eye-opener. We have had fear dumped into our consciousness
through so much religious indoctrination that we rarely question the
basis for it. I believe that all things temporal simply pass away to
reveal the reality of that which is eternal.
<<< What is that lake of fire and brimstone? >>>
There is much figurative language used in John's account (that we know
of as "Revelation") and it strikes me as amazing that when it comes to
certain portions in the midst of such picturesque language that so many
have dug their heels in so that things like the lake of fire must be
taken literally. I suspect that perhaps it is a vivid picture of the
ending of all things temporal, as nothing could survive such destruction.
Jim 
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