What loving Father would do that? None that I know of, and our Father in heaven is much more loving to his adopted children that ANY father on earth can be. Especially when God the Father makes promises that we WILL be with him in heaven, not MIGHT be with him in heaven.
Amen to that! Analogies to human relationships with each other always fall ultimately short, but here it is clear that even good humans would not do what the other side supposes God does. And, as you say, we have God's promises to rely on.
***Analogies to human relationships with each other always fall ultimately short, but here it is clear that even good humans would not do what the other side supposes God does. ***
The analogy here was human adoption. The folks 2 millennia ago had a full appreciation of what adoption is and what all the ramifications were. I think that they used the term advisedly.