Surely a God of love would not do that.
Now God is MUCH MORE than love. He is many things but He MUST be JUST. That is who he is foremost. Mercy is at his discretion.
I encourage you to starting reading your Bible and let God tell you who he is, instead of you defining him.
Attributes of God is the terminology but again, go to the original source, don’t let others tell you about God.
I encourage you to starting reading your Bible and let God tell you who he is, instead of you defining him.
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First, I will assure you I read my Bible every day. I don’t go looking for strange answers to strange questions. To those that would say you may find answers in a few selected verses that however don’t reflect the meaning of the whole Bible, to that for the most part I say hogwash. If you read something and think it is out of step with the rest of the Bible rest assured it is you that is out of step in your understanding.
This topic of Justice being the answer for all those who never heard of Christ being punished eternally just means someone is not reading their Bible enough.
God is indeed a God of Love. Will Mercy rob Justice? God is a merciful God as much as He is a God of Justice. Justice, required a payment, a punishment if you will for my and everyone else’s sins. The punishment has already been given, already been paid. Christ Jesus made a deal for all those who would accept it. Follow Me He said and my punishment will cover your guilt. By His Grace He allows us to enter into His kingdom even though we don’t deserve it. Understand we don’t deserve it any more than those who never heard the work of The Lord, perhaps we deserve it less because we didn’t share The Gospel with them.
It is not a mystery, God loves ALL His children and will find a way for all who want to follow Him to do so. I didn’t say Purgatory was the way but at least Catholics understand that God is a loving God and will provide a way.
In 1st Peter when Christ visited the prison or spirit world where the dead are alive but not alive in Him, He preached to them. How I wish I knew what He said but I suspect He told them how they too could be saved, I hope that is what He did. Perhaps someday Christ will come back to the earth and send us to baptize them in the spirit world so they too can come forth in resurrection morning. Perhaps that is far fetched but to me it is far fetched that God would leave His children to suffer for something they couldn’t do.
When Christ returns to take over the institutions of the world He will wait 1000 years for the resurrection. Maybe at that time He will send servants into the spirit prison to teach and save them. Maybe they will be ressurected into flesh and taught again to they can be born of water and of the Spirit. Perhaps there is some other method we haven’t thought of but I will not believe in an evil God who saves a few fortunate souls from His everlasting wrath just because they were born in the right time and place. I am no better than those who were disobedient as in the days of Noah, perhaps worse because I know of Jesus and still sin.