Eternity

"Jangee said...

why is infinite punishment (hell) subjected on finite beings?"

Ah, at last, a thought-provoking question.
One must recall, first of all, that the afterlife isn't just one choice of Hell. As with most everything else, there is a reward and a punishment. Yes, Hell is the punishment, but Heaven exists also.
Now, onto the more pressing question.
Humans were made in the beginning to live with God forever in the Garden of Eden. As we all know, we messed this up pretty badly, but still we lived a very long time. (Proof: "Altogether, Adam lived 930 years"-Genesis 5:5) It wasn't until after Noah that the ages began to shrink, from 950 years (Noah) to 205 (Noah's great-great-grandson, Terah). God still loves all of us as much as on the first week when he declared us "Good" and he wants us to be able to live with him forever in Paradise. However, some people welcome Satan (Lucifer, Hades; all names for the Devil) into their hearts and he seems to become part of them. God is extremely disappointed, but they chose to live with the Lucifer. And Hell is Lucifer's home. Therefore, God punishes by giving them what they wanted. We are going to spend an eternity somewhere. We get to choose which path we'll take.

Paradise, Heaven, and God in the Trinity?

or Damnation, Hell, and Satan's fire?


Only we can choose.


~Godspede