"There is no wisdom or understanding
or counsel against the Lord."
Proverbs 21:30
One cannot win against the Lord. A wicked man thinks to himself about how he is going to make his way, but once the Lord has determined the outcome there is nothing that man can do to change it. He revels in his cleverness and devises the ways he will avoid bad results, but the one thing he cannot prevail against is the Word of God.
Consider the evil men who once lived, Nebuchadnezzar, Nero, Hitler, Stalin, Lenin, Mao, and multitudes upon multitudes more ...where are they now? What did they gain by their wisdom, their cleverness, their power? It's over for them. Finished. And they have an eternity to spend in regret. Their proud counsel against God gained them nothing, only hell. And even in hell, every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
"...at the name of Jesus every knee will bow,
of those in heaven, and of those on earth,
and of those under the earth,
and that EVERY tongue will confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father."
Philippians 2:10-11
There are no atheists in hell. They are no longer atheists - they all know the truth now.
Why did they rail against God in life? Did they give no thought to their future? Were they so drunk with their own pride that their mortality never concerned them? Were they so successful in their self-will that they were fearless? But oh foolish men - their pride meets its fate. Their self-will comes to its tragic end.
You can't live for evil in your life and then go with Jesus when you die. How foolish. Truly their pride, in the end, is finally revealed as foolishness.
"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God."
1st Corinthians 3:19
But for anyone who has willingly bowed their knee before Jesus Christ, their future will be secured and their joy beyond what anyone has ever imagined. These are they who realized their mortality and were aware that they need to settle it. These are they who saw their sinful soul and sought pardon for their sins. These are they who realized the wisdom of God and the truth of God, who accepted and believed his Word and who were willing to surrender their lives to him. When they bowed before him, surrendering their pride, confessing their sin, asking for forgiveness, and receiving Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, their fate was eternally settled by him and all they have to look forward to is the glory of the life to come.
“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
nor have entered into the heart of man
the things which God has prepared
...for those who love him.”
1st Corinthians 2:9
If anyone wicked is reading this, I pray you will come to understand that your pride is going to be your undoing. Your pride will be broken. You can choose to surrender it now, or else have your pride destroyed when you stand before Jesus Christ. Rail if you want, scoff if you want, hate if you want, but your fate will be sealed. Think very deeply before you decide to live in the enjoyment of sin for awhile, while looking forward to an eternity in hell. Hell is real, and the Word of God says it's a place of eternal TORMENT. There is no avoiding it for the proud who ignore Christ. Jesus Christ holds out to you the offer of eternal life. He is willing to place you under the blood he shed in atonement for your sin. He is willing, even inviting you, yes even you, to walk with him in this world, and live with him forever. He loves you. Perhaps he is the only one who has ever loved you. Come to him. He will forgive your sins completely. But your pride has to be surrendered first. Bow your knee before him now while you can do it willingly, and change your fate now while you still can.
"Behold, now is the accepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation."
2nd Corinthians 6:2
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I agree with all you said, except I don't agree that there is an eternal Hell fire that will torment those who hate God.
Hell (Gehenna) is the place where both the body and soul are destroyed, they are not tormented forever:
fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. (Matt 10:28)
There are a few scriptures that seem to support the idea of Hell being a place of torment, but when examined in context they don't add up.
Hell (Gehenna) is a metaphor for eternal destruction used by Jesus.
Hell (Hades) is also just the grave, the place where bodies are put when they die.
What then happens to our souls after we die ? In scripture, death is most often seen as a type of sleep, from which people would be awoken at the time of the resurrection. (Deut 31:16, 2Sam 7:12, Job 7:21, Psalm 13:3, Dan 12:2, John 11:11-13, Acts 13:36, 1Cor 15:51, John 5:25, 11:25, Acts 24:15, 1Cor 15:12-42, Heb 6:2, Rev 20:5-6)
You can't reconcile the idea of Hell with the resurrection and these scriptures about sleep.
There is no mention of the souls of people being woken from being in a burning hell- it would certainly not be a very pleasant sleep if that were the case! They are woken from the grave, or the sea, or wherever they physically were laid after they died.
Even Hell is thrown into the Lake of Fire, so it won’t exist forever:
Then Death and Hell (Hades) were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Rev 20:14-15)
Hell is seen here as the lake of fire which is a metaphor for total destruction of body and soul, as seen in Matt 10:28.
It is a complex topic, which is covered in more detail in my recent post, which I know you subscribe to:
https://friendswithgod.substack.com/p/gods-idea-of-sacrifice
Have a look, I would be interested in your comments.