I propose this allegory as my point of view. I am
aware that not everyone would accept it but I have
not seen any other way that God punishes us while
we are alive.
I am walking through the wilderness, a place barren
and desolate. I have wandered and roamed for a
very long time and have lost my way. In the distance
I spot the glow of a fire burning. I walk towards it and
I begin to sense the warmth of the fire and slowly go
closer. Now I feel the warmth of the fire and others
are also there and for once in a very long time and I
take comfort from it. After a while complacency sets
in and I begin to wander away for short spells and
come back as I begin to get colder again. Then I
return to comfort again. Eventually I walk too far away
to come back and I am shrouded by pain and isolation.
For a while I kept turning to see the light until it grew
dim and out of sight. The warmth of the fire remained
but from lack of discipline I put myself into misery
again.
aware that not everyone would accept it but I have
not seen any other way that God punishes us while
we are alive.
I am walking through the wilderness, a place barren
and desolate. I have wandered and roamed for a
very long time and have lost my way. In the distance
I spot the glow of a fire burning. I walk towards it and
I begin to sense the warmth of the fire and slowly go
closer. Now I feel the warmth of the fire and others
are also there and for once in a very long time and I
take comfort from it. After a while complacency sets
in and I begin to wander away for short spells and
come back as I begin to get colder again. Then I
return to comfort again. Eventually I walk too far away
to come back and I am shrouded by pain and isolation.
For a while I kept turning to see the light until it grew
dim and out of sight. The warmth of the fire remained
but from lack of discipline I put myself into misery
again.