re:I have a hard time imagining God creating someone He knows will go to hell after death.
They go to hell by their own use of free will. Allowing them to live a life here on earth, maybe of riches, is quite a gift from God for which God foreknew they would be totally undeserving. It shows God’s mercy.
Yeah, that’s the hard part I have. If God knows someone will go to hell of their own volition, why does He create them? How do you think He decides those that will live, and go to hell? It seems there must be some criteria God uses when He creates someone, knowing they will choose to die in sin.