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“You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” Psalm 16:11
People sometimes say, “I’d rather have a good time in Hell than be bored in Heaven.”
But the truth is that Hell will be deadly boring – a place where everyone is lonely and miserable, where friendship and good times simply do not exit. Everything good, enjoyable, fascinating, and exciting comes from God. Without God there will never be anything interesting to do.
The New Heavens and New Earth will be expansive because God is infinitely large. The withered souls of Hell will be infinitely small with no room for pleasure to be found anywhere.
BOTTOM LINE:
“Earth knows ugliness and beauty; it’s halfway between heaven and hell. And And the inhabitants of earth must decide whether they are to seek the beauty of heaven, or the monstrous, unrelieved ugliness of hell.” A. W. Tozer
NEXT UP: NO IDEA, although I do find it interesting neither Alcorn or Tozier mention here hell fire or eternal damnation, though these few words from them may certainly not be representative of their perspective on hell. The above words without the usual & customary reference to hell’s excruciating painful physical conditions not mentioning mental remorse, is honestly unsettling to me, as I’m thinking the miniscule pain I’ve suffered from merely 50 broken bones in 76 years, certainly pales to burn victims, such that my inquiring mind loops to thinking whoever is experiencing hell, is really NOT going to care much about being bored, lonely, miserable…. Monday’s post may have a quote from Nancy Leigh DeMoss that explains that further.
Truth: A Bigger View of God’s Word, Randy Alcorn, 2017, Pg 59 Harvest House.