Can God do this?

[Kirby D. P.]

An old argument, I'm sure you've heard before... It all comes down to belief and priorities.
"IF" you believe there is a God... and... "IF" you believe there is a heaven and hell... and... "IF" you believe in an afterlife in eternity... (which all Christians do) ... then....

The Bible says the majority of people will face the second death. To burn for eternity in the Lake of Fire. If the population of the Earth is say 8 billion, and let us say 6 or 7 billion
of them will be cast into the Lake of Fire (not counting all of the Earth population over the last several millenia). Would you count this as genocide? (In a way they are already dead, but the pain will still be real, and eternal)
Jesus is the one who decides who gets thrown in the Fire... do you find fault with Him?

To God, whatever pain we feel in this life is but a blink of the eye. Eternity is ... eternity... forever... non-ending. If you live to be 120 years old, that's nothing compared to a googleplexian.

Why do you seem hellbent on getting me to call God or Jesus evil? I do admit you’re going to great lengths to paint the Lamb of God and Author of Divine Mercy in as ugly a light as possible.

My interest in this line of conversation was waning. But it has been renewed. I am intrigued as to your opinions on the very nature of Jesus.

I don’t recall a great many Christians claiming that Jesus DECIDES who shall go to Hell. Most often it is emphasized for me that sinners themselves DECIDE to go to Hell. True, generally speaking I do find it a distinction without much of a difference.


Let’s set aside final Judgment and the Second Death for the moment. Do you see limits to the mercy of Jesus? If there were any people who “deserved” genocide (something which I consider a logical impossibility), does God’s grace encompass a capacity to forgive that sin? If so, do you have that same capacity? Keep in mind, this is merely a hypothetical situation. Do you maintain there is such a thing as a worthy genocide? And do you suppose it would invoke God’s ire to decry and lament it as unfortunate? As wrong?

 

[Kirby D. P.]

I would be cautious to consider the historical accounting as a priority above those things which we are given; we are given that which we can learn from and for righteousness sake, which is purposed in God who hates evil; evil is the exactness of rebellion against God, who is righteous, and all wickedness which is counted as inequity (known as sin) is unrighteousness.

Everlasting love and righteous judgement are not separate from the other, for neither can they co-exist or be separated since they are One. If I ask myself whether something God did was evil then I do err in my Spirit, because God is love.

In an odd sort of way, I think we share similar reasoning on this pioint.