Souls In Hell

[Didacus]

On 11/10/2003 at 1:39 PM, kdewolf2 said:

C.S. Lewis said the gate to hell was locked from the inside.

That's a good way of putting it!

If you've read his Chronicles, in the end, the dwarfs who rebelled are approached by Aslan who tries to give them good things, but the dwarfs are incapable of receiving them as they are so obstinate in their rebellion.

In other words, God Himself would want to empty the hells and bestow upon the damned the goods of heaven, but the damend are so far gone in their rejection of all things that is God, that they have lost their very ability to accept anything that comes from God, and hence their state is set and unchangeable.

It is to be understood of course that hell is a consequence, not a punishment.