Re-Opening a 1,500 year old Debate

I am re-opening a debate which was closed 1500 years ago.

Around 500 AD St. Augustine’s rebuttal to the arguments in favour of extending salvation to the dead in his book `The City of God`were accepted as conclusive. The debate on this topic has never been seriously undertaken since then.

When I mention ‘Salvation in Hell’ to people they immediately conclude that it means they can put off their decision about Jesus until after death. This would make the Church unnecessary and moral restraint would not be necessary either. This perception was the basis for Augustine’s argument. Such an idea would undermine the place of the Church. If that were the case he would still be right. But that is not the case.

A decision in life, not to decide about Jesus, is a decision and it is irrevocable. This revelation makes no provision for those who have chosen to reject Jesus by actively maintaining their ignorance. Their will and decision must be respected. They will enter the Lake of Fire, ignorant.

I need to break through this common assumption that Salvation in Hell offers escape from the necessity of making a decision about Jesus in this life.

The truth is that only the Church can minister salvation to the living or to those in Hell. We have been granted that commission by Jesus himself, to preach the gospel to every creature.

The angels cannot do it and Jesus will not do it without us. We are the evangelists to the living and to the damned. Only those who know Jesus as: God who saves/Yeshua, can move with the Holy Spirit to offer salvation once grace is released for the gospel to be heard in Hell.

Some Christians might rebuke me for taking the risk of being misunderstood and thereby undermining the Church. It is a risk but the truth must be proclaimed. This revelation is like fire in my bones. I cannot hold it in or remain silent. I think Hell is in greater danger from this revelation than the Church is.

Truth is only dangerous to lies. The truth we know is the truth that sets us free.

If this revelation is really from God and can be verified in the scriptures, as I have shown in my books, then there is more danger in trying to bind this knowledge than in loosing it.