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NASB | Jeremiah 32:35 "They built the high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I had not commanded them nor had it entered My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jeremiah 32:35 "They built the high places [for worship] of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom (son of Hinnom) to make their sons and their daughters pass through the fire to [worship and honor] Molech--which I had not commanded them nor had it entered My mind that they should do this repulsive thing, to cause Judah to sin. [Jer 7:30, 31] |
Bible Question:
Hello I needed help understanding Jeremiah 32:35 and Jerimiah 7:31 in regards to the hell doctrine. My JW husband showed me these two scriptures, along with others, to prove that there is no hell. First off, in Jer 32:35 God says "to cause Judah to sin," that is when making their children pass through the fire. With this my husband says if God sees this as a sin then how could he put us in everlasting fire for ever if God cannot sin when he clearly says it is a sin on this occasion.? Regarding Jer 7:31, God says "it did not come into My mind," so if these people burning their children in the fire, something that never came into God's mind, why would it come into his mind for his children, us, to burn forever? Furthermore, in Jude 1:7 "undergoing the punishment of eternal fire", my husband says, how are Sodom and Gomorrah undergoing eternal fire if it is not burning today? He told me that if i believed in hell fire, then i believe that God is sinning and what he says in Jerimiah is a lie. I understand that there is hell when reading through the Bible on my own, but he says alot of scpriptures like ones that talk about"everlasting fire," "lake of fire," "eternal torment," are symbolic. He does believe that people will be judged and punished, but they will not go into eternal fire. With these scriptures i've quoted, does it prove that there is no hell?? Thanks to all. Julia |
Bible Answer: This may not be a direct answer... but I hope this quote provids some insite. -John --“It is the fact of unyielding divine holiness which demands either the retribution of the sinner or the death of Christ in his room and stead. God is love, and that love is demonstrated by the gift of the Son that men might be saved; but love and mercy did not circumvent the demands of holiness to save the sinner: they paid its every demand. The conclusion of the matter is that God, because of His holiness, cannot save the lost unless His holy demands are met for the sinner, as they are met in the death of Christ; and to be unsaved, or outside the grace of God as it is in Christ, is to be destined to eternal retribution. God can do no more than to provide a perfect salvation, which is provided at infinite cost. When love will pay such a price that a sinner may be saved and holiness remain untarnished, it ill becomes finite men to tamper with these immutable realities. Those who resent the idea of eternal retribution are, in fact, resenting divine holiness. However, the message of God's grace to sinful men is not merely a proclamation of eternal condemnation; it is rather that the chief of sinners may be saved through the Savior that infinite love has provided."-- Don Hewey |