“God’s ‘strategy’ is to show that all stand condemned, that all have sinned and need the gospel, that all deserve death, that some are hardened that others might be included so that eventually all may be saved, and that God has ‘imprisoned all in disobedience so that he may be merciful to all’ (Romans 11: 32).”
Universal Salvation? The Current Debate, Edited by Parry & Partridge, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2003, “A Wideness in God’s Mercy: Universalism in the Bible”, Thomas Johnson, p. 87.
Hell is the ignorance of, the misunderstanding of, or the denial of, who or what God is. In the midst of this darkness, God, the instigator, sends rays of light to awaken the momentary few so that salvation will eventually find all. If this be truth, God’s redemption plan must, in some way, extend beyond death. That is if God is love and He is whom the Bible says He is. And this is the only God that can be believed. gg
