god may decide who goes to heaven but since hell is not part of his "kingdom" he cannot send anyone there...
that would be like the president of France sending criminals to US prisons.
and...
if Satan was an angel and he revolved against god...why are we humans supposed to cope with a being not even god was able to "tame"???
2007-09-29 15:21:24 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
pretty whatever so tell me where in the bible does it say that god created hell
2007-09-29 15:25:43 · update #1
You're thinking too small here. Stop trying to make everyone fit a child's view of the universe and reality. God is more than all.
2007-09-29 15:24:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry but this question doesn't really make any sense. Okay God is the creator of all things so technically yes he can decide who goes to heaven and who goes to hell. He created Hell so Satan is not the king of hell. You should pick up a bible every once in a while all the answers are there
2007-09-29 15:24:38 · answer #2 · answered by LiLAnGeL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol
That's funny. If satan is the king of anything, what difference does that make? Who has authority? A king or God?
Saying that God having authority over all the heavens and the earth and hell is like "the president of France sending criminals to US prisons" is ridiculous.
You say God was not able to 'tame' satan? Oh....you mean because He gave him free will to choose, too?
Good point. God let satan choose his own end...just like He lets us choose ours.
2007-09-29 15:27:52 · answer #3 · answered by lady_phoenix39 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is the creator of all. He created both Heaven and Hell. Satan was sent to Hell after rebelling against God. Satan tries to make people sin but everyone who accepted Jesus as their savior and repented their sins will be in Heaven. God is the one that sends all the others to Hell. He can't allow sin in his kingdom. Satan doesn't decide anything except to try to make people sin and be in Hell.
2007-09-29 15:27:54 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God did "tame" it as you say. He died for you and me. He showed his love for you by dying on the cross for you so you could be with Him.
As for the part you said about France sending criminals to US prisons....remember He is God and we only have human thoughs that can go so far to think. Do you know what is gonna happen tomorrow? God does.
God wants us with Him. We were created for Him. So Jesus humbled Himself the entire time to show you there is NO great love that what He did.
Also Jesus knows what is on the otherside(hell) with out Himself(God) because He is God. And He did it so you would not have to go to hell and be without Him. Remember this is as close to Hell as believers will ever get.
Remember Hell is a place without God there now.
2007-09-29 15:38:57 · answer #5 · answered by cathy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God sends NO man to hell. UNBELIEF sends men to hell.
God has arranged for every man , woman and child who simply BELIEVES in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ to be with Him In heaven. BELIEVING is the response He is after. NOT believing will put a person where they were headed since the minute they were BORN , by virtue of their identification with ADAM.
There are ONLY two kinds of people in the world. Those who are still in ADAM, just as they were BORN, and those who have taken God up on His offer of admittance into heaven based on the perfect performance of ANOTHER....those persons are said to be IN CHRIST.
God wants ALL to be IN CHRIST...He cannot let anyone into His holy heaven who ISNT in Christ. So you see, YOU make the choice. God doesnt.
As for Satan.....we are never told to "cope" with that fallen angel. We are told to "resist Him, and He will flee"...that promise is ONLY to those who are IN Christ.
It was not a matter of taming satan...but of satan willfully desiring to BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH GOD , the possessor of heaven and earth....he rebelled and wanted what ONLY God had the right to rule.
The bible is a story of just how God intends to RE establish His rightful reign and rule in both heaven AND on the earth.
Google Keith Blades for his awesome book entitled "Satan and his plan of evil".....a real eye opener.
2007-09-29 15:31:11 · answer #6 · answered by goinupru 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan was a formal angel, and created a world of disaster "hell". But cant control it became chaotic. God has the power to send souls to hell because God owns every single aspect of the divine world.
2007-09-29 15:31:03 · answer #7 · answered by PjWMV 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan isn't the king of anything. God threw him out of heaven. God makes all the decision, my friend. It's not that God couldn't 'tame' lucifer. God wants us to WANT to love and follow him. We have free will, and clearly you can see by some of the questions and answers here that there are people that will not be in heaven.
2007-09-29 15:27:16 · answer #8 · answered by misskenjr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan is not the ruler of hell but God is because he controls who goes there and He created it not Satan, though Satan will burn there for eternity for keeping us from God.
2007-09-29 15:28:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boy, you got things twisted around;-{ who's teaching you?
Lucifer was cast out of heaven for refusing to serve mankind.
He was confined to roaming the earth, tempting people.
That gives us the freedom to make a real choice.
Anyone who ends up in Hell, does so by their own choice.
That is, by refusing to accept the forgiveness of Jesus.
GOD doesn't decide, you do; & satan is king of nothing.
2007-09-29 15:29:44 · answer #10 · answered by Robert S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋