This reminded me of a quote by Isaac the Syrian (I misremembered it as Maximus the Confessor, but found the quote when I searched for it):
"I say that those who are suffering in hell, are suffering in being scourged by love…. It is totally false to think that the sinners in hell are deprived of God’s love. Love is a child of the knowledge of truth, and is unquestionably given commonly to all. But love’s power acts in two ways: it torments sinners, while at the same time it delights those who have lived in accord with it."
I think he goes on to say somewhere that the "light of Christ" in heaven is the same thing as the "fires of hell." The same reality being experienced differently depending on how one responds to Love.
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Thank you for this! Thank you! Thank you!
This reminded me of a quote by Isaac the Syrian (I misremembered it as Maximus the Confessor, but found the quote when I searched for it):
"I say that those who are suffering in hell, are suffering in being scourged by love…. It is totally false to think that the sinners in hell are deprived of God’s love. Love is a child of the knowledge of truth, and is unquestionably given commonly to all. But love’s power acts in two ways: it torments sinners, while at the same time it delights those who have lived in accord with it."
I think he goes on to say somewhere that the "light of Christ" in heaven is the same thing as the "fires of hell." The same reality being experienced differently depending on how one responds to Love.
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