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A criminal is sent to prison for a certain amount of time to pay for his crime. It may be months, years, a lifetime, or he/she may get the death penalty. Either way they pay for their crime with a certain amount of time behind bars or they forfeit their life.

In each case, the wrongful act by the criminal would be considered by law, as having been paid in full. What good would it do to horribly torture someone for eternity? What sin(s) could warrant such inhumane treatment? What good purpose would it serve?

On earth prisoners are not suppose to be subjected to physical torture. Prisoners may have to work or worst be placed in solitary confinement. Because it is considered cruel and unusual punishment, most states in America no longer use the electric chair to carry out the death penalty. The majority of states now use lethal injection which is considered more humane and it is painless.

Can ordinary human beings have more compassion for their errant fellow man than God has for His own errant creations? God did not write the Bible, fallen, imperfect men did. We must become like little children and read the Bible in spirit and in truth. When we are completely humble and sincerely seek to know the real truth, then God can directly speak to our hearts. God longs to have a real heart to heart connection with all of His children.

Just because one knows the Bible, doesn’t necessarily mean one knows the heart of God. Even though the Jewish leaders knew their Bible, they didn’t know the heart of Jesus. God is a God of true love. And because He loves us eternally, with all His heart, He could never subject us, His children, to eternal cruel and unusual punishment. Would any decent parent do that to their children?

PS The children in the picture above are not Christian. Are they doomed to hell for all eternity?