Her Gates Will Never Be Shut: Hell, Hope, and the New Jerusalem Jersak BradleyPaperback
Her Gates Will Never Be Shut: Hell, Hope, and the New Jerusalem Jersak BradleyPaperback Everlasting hell and divine judgment, a lake of fire and brimstone--these mainstays of evangelical tradition…
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Her Gates Will Never Be Shut: Hell, Hope, and the New Jerusalem Jersak BradleyPaperback
Everlasting hell and divine judgment, a lake of fire and brimstone--these mainstays of evangelical tradition have come under fire once again in recent decades. Is divine mercy bound by the demands of justice? Would the God of love revealed by Jesus really consign the vast majority of humankind to a destiny of eternal, conscious torment?
Reacting to presumptions in like manner, others write off the fiery images of final judgment altogether. How can anyone presume to know who is saved from the flames and who is not? If there is a God who loves us, then surely all are welcome into the heavenly kingdom, regardless of their beliefs or behaviors in this life.
Yet, given the sheer volume of threat rhetoric in the Scriptures and the wickedness manifest in human history, the pop-universalism of our day sounds more like denial than hope. Mercy triumphs over judgment; it does not skirt it. Her