Hell is a horrible subject to talk about particularly if you have loved ones who you fear may be there or who are walking the road which leads there*. It is also terribly humbling, because you know that it is where you belong too, often more than they.
But if I was talking about it there are a few things I would want to say about God's love in relation to it:
1. Love for the lovely
The love of the three persons of the Trinity for each other’s glory is the primary reason for the existence of hell. God will punish and destroy all who dishonour his name.
The love of God for the beautiful world and significant creatures is the secondary reason for the existence of hell. God will punish and destroy all who have harmed his creation, especially as they will continue to if allowed to live unchanged.
2. Love for the unlovely
The love of God means that he warns us of hell and gives us time to repent. God does not desire the death of the wicked, which is why Jesus warns of hell more than any other person in the Bible.
The love of Jesus means he will go through hell in our place. All of us have rebelled against God, and all of us hurt one another and the world. The only person who hasn’t stepped into our shoes and showed us the full depths of devotion to God and to us when he was forsaken on the cross.
* I accept that talking about hell as a 'place' may not be very accurate, but I have yet to see better, and it was good enough for Jesus.
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