02772cam a2200385 i 4500 2791703048 TxAuBib 20250624120000.0 r 260327s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781630871284 electronic bk. 1630871281 electronic bk. MWT12319211 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Jersak, Bradley, author. Her Gates Will Never Be Shut [Hoopla] : Hope, Hell, and the New Jerusalem / Bradley Jersak. [United States : Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2010. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (234 pages.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Instant title available through hoopla. Everlasting hell and divine judgment, a lake of fire and brimstone--these mainstays of evangelical tradition have come under fire once again in recent decades. Would the God of love revealed by Jesus really consign the vast majority of humankind to a destiny of eternal, conscious torment? Is divine mercy bound by the demands of justice? How can anyone presume to know who is saved from the flames and who is not? Reacting to presumptions in like manner, others write off the fiery images of final judgment altogether. If there is a God who loves us, then surely all are welcome into the heavenly kingdom, regardless of their beliefs or behaviors in this life. Yet, given the sheer volume of threat rhetoric in the Scriptures and the wickedness manifest in human history, the pop-universalism of our day sounds more like denial than hope. Mercy triumphs over judgment; it does not skirt it. Her Gates Will Never Be Shut endeavors to reconsider what the Bible and the Church have actually said about hell and hope, noting a breadth of real possibilities that undermines every presumption. The polyphony of perspectives on hell and hope offered by the prophets, apostles, and Jesus humble our obsessive need to harmonize every text into a neat theological system. But they open the door to the eternal hope found in Revelation 21-22: the City whose gates will never be shut; where the Spirit and Bride perpetually invite the thirsty who are outside the city to Come, drink of the waters of life. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla eBook. Bible Indexes. Bible Study and teaching. Bible. Religion. Electronic books. Hoopla digital. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12319211?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh3964 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/csp_9781630871284_180.jpeg Cover image BSBPL