The Orca’s Thumb

Let’s try a mind experiment:

Jesus has said that many, even a majority of people, won’t make it to Heaven - not because they are necessarily BAD people - but just because they are not saved. This is doctrine.

So, there is an excellent chance that someone you know will be going to Hell. In fact, there is a more than excellent chance that a family member will go to Hell. One of your parents might go to Hell, or your spouse, or your child.

There is an excellent chance that someone you love deeply will languish for all eternity in Hell.
So let’s suppose that this happens… think about this honestly.

You go to Heaven, and the person you love dearly goes to Hell.

Won’t that bother you? Won’t you feel grief while in Heaven?

Maybe you’re made of sterner stuff than I am, maybe you just don’t feel as deeply as I do - because I gotta tell you, if someone I loved went to Hell while I went to Heaven… well, I’d spend the rest of eternity in Heaven, puking my guts out.

If the people I love aren’t there - if they are instead doomed to an eternity of hell’s fires and torture - then there is NO WAY that it could be Heaven.