As believers, we have a difficult time understanding the doctrine of endless punishment. The rejection of Jesus Christ is the true issue. Only through Him and His Blood are we able to have an Eternal relationship with GOD THE FATHER. HIS Love provides us with the unique choice to make such a decision. However, HIS Righteous Judgment cannot be discounted or rationalized away.
Think about the following:
Salvation supposes a prior damnation.
In order to escape danger, you must believe in it.
There is no error more fatal than the doctrine of Universalism.
What is Universalism?
Universalism is the belief that everyone will be saved. There are many people today who hold to universal salvation and believe that all people eventually end up in Heaven. Perhaps it is the thought of men and women living a life of eternal torment in hell that causes some to reject the teaching of Scripture on this issue. For some it is an over-emphasis on the Love and compassion of God—and the neglect of the righteousness and justice of God—that leads them to believe God will have mercy on every living soul. But the Scriptures do teach that some people will spend eternity in hell.
Our Heavenly Father has three alternatives in dealing with human rebellion:
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 25:
31 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the Holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the Throne of His glory.
32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.
33 And He will set the sheep on His Right Hand, but the goats on the left. [34] Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;
36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?
38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?
39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?‘
The righteous are to focus on the following: Feeding the hungry, clothing the needy, healing the sick, and visiting those imprisoned.
40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink;
43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
44 “Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ 45 Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’
46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into Eternal Life.”
Those who are “cursed” will be sent to the same location as the devil and his angels. That is a sobering thought!
You can appreciate why Servias Ministries has such a focus on helping the Kids in Need which helps their entire families with food and other essentials.
Chapter 14 of the Book of Revelation is a “preamble” to chapter 15 on.