"I am the way into the city of woe,
I am the way into eternal pain,
I am the way to go among the lost.
Justice caused my high architect to move:
Divine omnipotence created me,
The highest wisdom, and the primal love.
Before me there were no created things
But those that last forever-as do I.
Abandon all hope you who enter here."
This inscription is a very beautiful picture of the horrors of Hell. Hell is a place where souls are held in eternal pain, not because of the excruciating pain awaiting them but, because the are separated from the God of the universe. This inscription makes it very clear that Hell is a place where the lost live, those that denied the truth and rejected the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made on the cross. Dante says that justice caused God to create Hell, I think this can show God's grace in a way because God doesn't force people to go to heaven. It's not like the lost people wanted to be in heaven in the first place. They chose hell and it would be against God's nature to make them go to Heaven. Hell is a terrible place and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy but, it's isn't because of the physical or emotional pain. It is because of the spiritual pain of the complete separation of the Lord our God.
P.S.: I commented on Jessica and Dallas' Posts.
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