But at length, O God, wilt thou not cast Death and Hell into the lake of Fire—even into thine own consuming self? Death shall then die everlastingly, and Hell itself will pass away, and leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day.
Then indeed wilt thou be all in all. For then our poor brothers and sisters, every one—O God, we trust in thee, the Consuming Fire—shall have been burnt clean and brought home. For if their moans, myriads of ages away, would turn heaven for us into hell—shall a man be more merciful than God? Shall, of all his glories, his mercy alone not be infinite? Shall a brother love a brother more than The Father loves a son?—more than The Brother Christ loves his brother? Would he not die yet again to save one brother more?
As for us, now will we come to thee, our Consuming Fire. And thou wilt not burn us more than we can bear. But thou wilt burn us. And although thou seem to slay us, yet will we trust in thee even for that which thou hast not spoken, if by any means at length we may attain unto the blessedness of those who have not seen and yet have believed.
-The Consuming Fire’ by George MacDonald
1 comment:
That is a provocative quote, and frankly resonates within me. There are certain principles and directives in the Bible that are crystal clear; Justice is one; we all know God is just, and in addition we know precisly what justice is because he goes to great lengths to spell it out even to the harm that may be incurred to our live stock. We know how far to punish, "an eye for an eye" etc.
These teachings are further narrowed in the new testament by Jesus directives to judge with great mercy, even to the point of suffering injury without pursueing justice. Surely God will live far higher than He commands us to live. Heaven will display perfect justice married to perfect mercy.
Just my twisted way of thinking,
Love Dad
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