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Could Hell be seen as a reward?

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I live in a very atheistic land. People hate religion because the main religion in my province has abused the people. Thus sometimes when I speak to friends and coworkers I present Hell as follows. We have been designed to love (worship) God and find our joy in Him. Heaven is where we get to love Him perfectly and enjoy Him perfectly. But a non-believer does not want to love God or enjoy Him. The non-believer wants to be God for himself. So if heaven is the place where God is at the center and all our attention is turned towards Him, it would go against the desire of the unbeliever's heart for God to send him to heaven. So if a person goes through life rejecting God, Hell is the place where God does not intervene (no common grace). **Then does God offer the object of desire of the rebel heart?** **I understand that Hell is a punishment, but does this explanation of Hell fit with the biblical teaching?**
Asked by David Laberge (2933 rep)
Jan 30, 2012, 12:37 PM
Last activity: Jan 15, 2013, 12:11 AM