Hitler’s Hell and Other Stories of Divine Justice
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- Synopsis
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These twelve short stories are an attempt to portray Father in the light of His true character and to point the way toward a more humane earthly justice system.
Most Christians believe in the division of humanity into two groups—the saved and the lost. The saved go to an existence of peace. The “lost” are either burned up or tortured forever in fiery torment. In these stories, rather than being retributive, vengeful and vindictive, I portray God as an infinitely loving Father who desires, and will have, the best for all of His children. He will not kill or, worse, torture eternally, those whom He brought into existence. In harmony with this, I attempt to portray a hell that is restorative, healing, mending Rather than destructive or eternally painful. The product is a friend, a loving comrade, a fit eternal companion for Father and all humanity.
These stories are fiction. Yet, I believe they are true in the deepest sense of that word. I am not attempting to portray in any literal sense, His actual methods, His process of hell. Rather, these are allegories of His eternally-planned outcomes for all humanity.
There are two outcomes. First, all will go through a hell, a cleansing, purifying, restoring hell. Death is not the end of choice or of change. Second, all humanity, without exception, will experience this cleansing and restoration. A subtext to all of the stories is that evil, sin, tribulation, trial, pain, suffering are not random or chance events. All that we consider “bad” has purpose including “The Fall.” He is leading everyone on a predestined path back to Himself. He knows how to bring each of us into fellowship with Himself. He will succeed, for “All things are of, through and return to, Him” (Romans 11:36) “My Word will not return to Me Void.” (Isaiah 55:11)
Though the contemporary Christian culture does not accept these beliefs, both scripture and in the extra-canonical writings of the early church attest to their validity.
Could we but see the beauty of God’s unfailing love and accept that His hell is restorative, not retributive; a dramatic change could sweep our justice system, our nation and our religion. There are already glimmerings in the “Restorative Justice” movement, which partakes largely of the spirit of these stories.
If even one item in this book touches your heart, I am content. This is my prayer.
- Copyright:
- 2020
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780463996904
- Publisher:
- Blind Tortoise Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 05/04/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Winslow Parker
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.