Good news indeed. Don't fear the Judge, he's right there on the cross with open arms.
Re Stalker, I remember a Twilight Zone episode. A man at a party wanders into a room and spots some spectacles on the table. Curious, he goes back to the party, puts on the glasses, and discovers he can hear the thoughts of the other guests, thoughts of adultery, fraud, hate, and all the rest. He imagines he can make a bundle through blackmail. He goes back to the room and starts to plot his moves. And he turns and looks into a mirror. And he seems himself as he truly is, consumed by all the son he discovered in the others, and he begins to deteriorate physically, to melt away and be destroyed by this own ugliness. It is a terrifying scene. There is now salvation in himself. The movie reminds me of this.
Very nice. The Gospel in the Apocalypse is as strong and pure as can be found anywhere. I have been enjoying your look at it quite a bit.
I think the key is in seeing that Christianity is not about avoiding the judgment or having it fixed so that the Judge gives you what you want. Rather it is about trusting Him and His judgment. While I will never believe in a universalism in which no one 'goes to hell' I do believe very much in a universalism in which every one is delivered from his sins. Whether by grace through the means of wrath or by grace without means of wrath. The promise of the resurrection is to be separated from our sin and to be with the Beloved, but if we believe Peter's epistles or the Creed then He also descended to Hell and wherever the Eternal One has ever been, He always is, such that truly NOTHING not even damnation can separate us from the love of Christ, a love which wears the disguise of judgment and damnation whenever and for as long as necessary. Anyway, really enjoyed this piece. *edited to remove the part where I am an ass*
Good news indeed. Don't fear the Judge, he's right there on the cross with open arms.
Re Stalker, I remember a Twilight Zone episode. A man at a party wanders into a room and spots some spectacles on the table. Curious, he goes back to the party, puts on the glasses, and discovers he can hear the thoughts of the other guests, thoughts of adultery, fraud, hate, and all the rest. He imagines he can make a bundle through blackmail. He goes back to the room and starts to plot his moves. And he turns and looks into a mirror. And he seems himself as he truly is, consumed by all the son he discovered in the others, and he begins to deteriorate physically, to melt away and be destroyed by this own ugliness. It is a terrifying scene. There is now salvation in himself. The movie reminds me of this.
Very nice. The Gospel in the Apocalypse is as strong and pure as can be found anywhere. I have been enjoying your look at it quite a bit.
I think the key is in seeing that Christianity is not about avoiding the judgment or having it fixed so that the Judge gives you what you want. Rather it is about trusting Him and His judgment. While I will never believe in a universalism in which no one 'goes to hell' I do believe very much in a universalism in which every one is delivered from his sins. Whether by grace through the means of wrath or by grace without means of wrath. The promise of the resurrection is to be separated from our sin and to be with the Beloved, but if we believe Peter's epistles or the Creed then He also descended to Hell and wherever the Eternal One has ever been, He always is, such that truly NOTHING not even damnation can separate us from the love of Christ, a love which wears the disguise of judgment and damnation whenever and for as long as necessary. Anyway, really enjoyed this piece. *edited to remove the part where I am an ass*
Thank you. As usual, your words hit me with comfort and encouragement and the kind of fear that comes with swimming in the ocean.