(from under the 'Hell book complete' thread pg 6).
The entirety of your post read:
My foremost objection was with your words that we might not know the answer “…until the Lord comes”Thanks for sharing, Brother. My conclusion is tentative. I believe that the traditional view has the least exegetical support of all the options. Which of the alternatives may prove true will be known when the Lord comes (or sooner, perhaps, by people more intelligent than myself). My conviction is that the exact manner in which God resolves the problem of sin need not be known by any of us in this life, but that whatever it turns out to be will have to be agreeable with God's character (Steve under the 'Hell book complete' thread pg 3).
Fearing God is a predominate theme of biblical salvation and I thought you would see the connection between 'the fear of God' and 'hell'. My first thought was ‘to fear Him’ was (and still is) Gods resolution to the problem of sin – it is a major theme from Genesis to Revelation – and it means nothing other than punishment and destruction, and completely synonymous with hell.
It seemed odd for you to say that how "God resolves the problem of sin need not be known by any of us” when my immediate thought came up with:
‘Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted
out ... words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have ...’ (Psalm 9:5)
‘But all sinners will be destroyed; there will be no future for the wicked. ... Sinners will be destroyed together; the future of the wicked will be cut off. ...’ (Psalm 37:38)
‘But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false ... But the
wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly shall be ...’ (Proverbs 2:22
‘But both rebels and sinners will be destroyed, and those who abandon the LORD will perish. ...’ (Isaiah 1:28)
‘The land will be made desolate, and all the sinners destroyed with it’ (Isa.13:9)
Seems clear to many (and many millions) how God will resolve the problem with sin and sinners, it is this truth we must believe, and be forewarned.