nalan
12-05-2011, 01:11 AM
If the ultimiate definition of sin is separation and distance from God, then hell is distance from God. To have Jesus, the Prince of Peace, in your heart is to have love in your heart. Jesus states that he is the way, the truth, and the life. So to have Jesus in your heart is to have love in your heart.
That said, those with no love in their hearts are already living in their own hell. They commit sins, or not, but without love, they are separated from God. Thus they create their own, living hell.
Enter reincarnation. I am trying to understand my own and very real memories of many past lives as well as understand how Jesus is my Lord and Savior. Is it something as simple as life itself: repeat until you get it right? Life lessons present themselves, and they get harder until we get them right. What if the same applies for life in general?
I have a distinct and vivid memory of a past life in which I blamed myself for the death of my son and neice. That part of me remained in a hell of her own until I found her through means I do not understand, and I brought her out of it. She created her own hell to punish herself for perceived wrong-doings.
So I speculate that without belief in Jesus himself and the ultimate forgiveness he offers, we continue to reincarnate until we "get it right." And that the constant reincarnations are, themselves, hell...or hellish. However you perceive it.
If I could rejoin loved ones in a place of safety, comfort, joy, and love, I would do so willingly; wouldn't you?
So I theorize that hell is our own making only because our reincarnations haven't gotten it right yet.
That said, those with no love in their hearts are already living in their own hell. They commit sins, or not, but without love, they are separated from God. Thus they create their own, living hell.
Enter reincarnation. I am trying to understand my own and very real memories of many past lives as well as understand how Jesus is my Lord and Savior. Is it something as simple as life itself: repeat until you get it right? Life lessons present themselves, and they get harder until we get them right. What if the same applies for life in general?
I have a distinct and vivid memory of a past life in which I blamed myself for the death of my son and neice. That part of me remained in a hell of her own until I found her through means I do not understand, and I brought her out of it. She created her own hell to punish herself for perceived wrong-doings.
So I speculate that without belief in Jesus himself and the ultimate forgiveness he offers, we continue to reincarnate until we "get it right." And that the constant reincarnations are, themselves, hell...or hellish. However you perceive it.
If I could rejoin loved ones in a place of safety, comfort, joy, and love, I would do so willingly; wouldn't you?
So I theorize that hell is our own making only because our reincarnations haven't gotten it right yet.