I thought about the hundreds of thousands of innocent people who suffered unspeakable brutality and death by the Nazis. The great majority of the victims lived righteous lives, loved God, and kept the commandments, and taught their children likewise.
Then I considered a hypothetical Nazi, a former deathcamp employee, who, after the war, said to himself: "Times have changed; I can't kill any more Jews, perhaps I should repent."
Maybe he comes to America and in a Baptist church he kneels at the altar and asks Jesus Christ into his heart. He convinces others, perhaps even himself, that his repentence is genuine; never mind he has the blood of thousands on his hands. Perhaps his conversion is a good practical move as well.
He dies and goes to Heaven, and is met by Jesus' outstretched arms.
Those people who had suffered and died at his hands are in Hell, torment worse than anything on earth. They will suffer the torment of Hell forever; their God was not Jesus.
2006-12-17
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