Christianity

‪I remember a conversation between him [St Silouan the Athonite] and a certain hermit, who declared with evident satisfaction, ‘God will punish all atheists. They will burn in everlasting fire.’‬

‪Obviously upset, the Staretz said:‬

‘Tell me, supposing you went to paradise and there looked down and saw somebody burning in hell-fire – would you feel happy?’

‪‘It can’t be helped. It would be their own fault,’ said the hermit.

‪The Staretz answered him with a sorrowful countenance:‬

‪‘Love could not bear that,’ he said. ‘We must pray for all.’‬

“...Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (Mat 5:4, NASB)

“...Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Mat 5:3, NASB)

I've been a believer for a while, and always assumed scripture that talked about Jesus coming soon was intended to be "someday." But lately I've learned that most NT writers (Paul, John, James) were expecting Jesus to come back in like a generation or 2. And most wirings seem to incorporate Jesus's return as an answer to ancient Rome's brutality.

So in the 21st century, how can we reconcile this? Did Jesus say he was coming soon and the NT writers like Paul were basically assigning their own timeline? If Jesus returned to overthrow Rome today I think the most he'd have to do is have a coffee chat with the Pope on ways he can lead the Roman Catholics back to him. So what's with all the imagery of Jesus coming back to annihilate the Roman emporor?

I'm so conused. 😅

That was an interesting reading.

One of the best Christian youtubers I've found is Redeemed Zoomer. While I don't agree with all of his beliefs, he still makes good content. He also runs a Minecraft server, for those who are interested.

His channel: https://www.youtube.com/@redeemedzoomer6053/videos

A good video he made (which explains some jargon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-jXDBEJA6w

His MC server's introduction video (ip in description): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJn0YerCBGw