You can prove the fallacy of this to yourself.
What should our "punishment" be? The punishment that Jesus took for us? You are probably going to say something along the lines of "Eternal Punishment", or " to burn forever in a lake of fire." Most people do. I did.
But where is Jesus right now? He's not in Hell (Did he ever bust Hell wide open as punishment?) He's not in a Lake of Fire. (Did He ever even touch a Lake of Fire?) Do we have one word in the Bible of Him enduring torment during those three days? And how does three days compare with "Eternity", anyway? It doesn't.
But, more than any of this, what was the punishment declared by God to Adam if he sinned? No, I'm not asking you what we have theologically MADE it to be. What was it, ACTUALLY? As much as we want to add something to it, it was simple physical death... a cessation of living our lives on the planet.
And, you are smart, so I don't have to go into all the times the translators threw in "Hell" when a couple other things were really meant in the Scriptures.
Like I said, this cannot be shown to you in a few short internet posts, so we'll just have to accept believing the way each of us does.
What should our "punishment" be? The punishment that Jesus took for us? You are probably going to say something along the lines of "Eternal Punishment", or " to burn forever in a lake of fire." Most people do. I did.
But where is Jesus right now? He's not in Hell (Did he ever bust Hell wide open as punishment?) He's not in a Lake of Fire. (Did He ever even touch a Lake of Fire?) Do we have one word in the Bible of Him enduring torment during those three days? And how does three days compare with "Eternity", anyway? It doesn't.
But, more than any of this, what was the punishment declared by God to Adam if he sinned? No, I'm not asking you what we have theologically MADE it to be. What was it, ACTUALLY? As much as we want to add something to it, it was simple physical death... a cessation of living our lives on the planet.
And, you are smart, so I don't have to go into all the times the translators threw in "Hell" when a couple other things were really meant in the Scriptures.
Like I said, this cannot be shown to you in a few short internet posts, so we'll just have to accept believing the way each of us does.