Which is Crueler?

- No more salvation for a short while on Earth; or

2) eternally no more salvation in a place of everlasting Hell?

One reason people say that the teaching of “no more salvation” is so horrible is because they really do not believe we are living in the Day of Judgment, in the time of the outpouring of God's wrath.

If they did believe this, they would realize that a spiritual judgment carried out over the course of several years - while still allowing the world to continue on enjoying many earthly blessings - is a judgment that reveals incredible goodness and mercy on God’s part.

If you do not think that a Judgment Day that emphasizes the shut door of heaven shows the merciful character of God, then compare it with the traditional teaching taught by almost all churches, the teaching that there is an eternal place of suffering called Hell wherein the sinner is tortured in a never-ending fire for all eternity.

After pondering that for a while, I doubt that you can say a prolonged spiritual judgment wherein God is not saving anyone is really all that horrible. Next time people tell you how cruel it is that E Bible Fellowship teaches “no more salvation,” ask them what their idea of judgment is. More than likely it is one of eternal torment in a place called Hell.

Then ask them, “Which is the crueler judgment?” Is it to live in a still-functioning world with many comforts and earthly blessings while you endure a 22-year period or so, of the spiritual outpouring of God's wrath wherein none can be saved—or is it to be cast into the pit of Hell forever and ever, always burning and suffering, and where there is ETERNALLY NO POSSIBILITY OF SALVATION from that awful condemnation?

I think it is not too difficult to see which doctrine is really the cruel one.