Do you have a problem with the idea of a loving God condemning people to an eternity in hell? Ọfọn, you should. Because no-one ever had a bigger problem with this idea than God himself. In this series of articles we will examine Jesus’ teaching on this subject, in an effort to understand the nature of this problem. Have we misunderstood and exaggerated what Jesus said, or have we seriously under-estimated the near-impossibility of eradicating evil without eliminating ourselves?

This is a highly controversial and, in places, speculative subject; and we are not claiming to know all the correct answers. We ask only that you prayerfully weigh the evidence presented, whilst seeking fresh insights into the nature and ways of God that may surprise your current understanding. Space has been included for comments at the end of each chapter: so it is hoped that these will lead in time to further insights from which we may all learn.

The following is a brief summary of the topics covered. We have attempted to organize these so that you can either read them ‘book-fashion’, from beginning to end, or else dive directly into the topics that most interest you.

Click Ebe a to start at the beginning, ma ọ bụ na isiokwu ọ bụla dị n'okpuru:

Echiche mmadụ

O doro anya na ihe anyị họọrọ ikwere ga-emetụta nnọọ otú anyị si jiri ma ndụ anyị ma nke ndị ọzọ kpọrọ ihe. N'isiakwụkwọ mmalite ndị a, anyị ga-amalite site n'ịtụle akụkụ ahụmahụ na echiche mmadụ anyị meworo n'ịkpụzi nghọta anyị nke ozizi Bible n'okwu a..

• Gịnị Ka Chineke Na-ekwu, ma ọ bụ Gịnị Ka Anyị chere?
  Ọ bụrụ na enweghị ikpe ziri ezi kacha elu, kedu ka a ga-esi jide ndị dị ike na akaụntụ? Ma ọ bụrụ na e nwere, mgbe ahụ, anyị kwesịrị ịghọta na echiche anyị nwere oke nke mmadụ na-enwekarị ajọ mbunobi.
• Ihe ndabere mere eme
  Mmadụ malitere site n'ịmara Chineke: ma ebe ọ gbawara okwukwe o chere ọnwụ ihu n’amaghị ihe ga-emenụ. Chineke kwere nkwa mweghachi: ma otú Ọ ga-esi mee ya nọgidere bụrụ ihe omimi.
• Okwu Jizọs
  Ka ọ na-erule n'oge Jizọs bịara, ụfọdụ echiche guzosiri ike n'echiche ndị Juu; mana nkọwa ha n'oge a anaghị agụkọkarị ya na nkọwa ndị Jizọs nyere…

Mmekọrịta dị n'etiti ịhụnanya na ihe ọjọọ

Anyị bụ́ ụmụ mmadụ nwekwara ike ịbụ ndị na-amaghị ihe na-atụ n’anya banyere ọdịdị mmekọrịta dị n’etiti ‘ihe ọma’ na ‘ihe ọjọọ.’ N’isiakwụkwọ ndị a, anyị na-enyocha ọdịdị n’ezie na njikọ dị n’ịdị mma., ihunaanya, nnwere onwe, ịchọ ọdịmma onwe onye nanị na nrụrụ aka na-enyere anyị aka ịghọta ihe mere okwu omume ndị a ji bụrụ nnukwu ihe na-akpata ya n'ìhè nke ebighị ebi..

• Gịnị mere Chineke ji Sisie ike?
  A na-ekwu ọtụtụ ihe gbasara ịhụnanya na mgbaghara Jizọs nke na anyị na-echekarị na Jizọs nwere àgwà imesapụ aka n'ebe mmehie nọ karịa ka Chineke nwere n'oge gara aga.. N'ezie, ụkpụrụ ya siri ike karị.
• Agaghị ekwe omume nke ịhụnanya mmanye
  Ọ dịghị okwu Bekee emetụla ọnụ dị ize ndụ karịa ‘ịhụnanya.’ Ịjụ, ‘Ọ bụrụ na Chineke bụ onye pụrụ ime ihe nile, gịnị kpatara na Ọ pụghị ime ka anyị hụkwuo n'anya?’ turns out to be a logical self-contradiction.
• Ihe ọjọọ gburugburu
  Gini, given time, can we not improve? Don’t most of us really want to simply love and be loved? So why does evil tend to multiply in a downward spiral?

Ozi Jizọs

We now take an in-depth look at Jesus’ own descriptions of what will happen when we die and how God will ultimately intervene to put a stop to all the evil in this world.

• Jizọs na-ekwubiga okwu ókè? Ndị nkụzi ndị rabaị na-ejikarị ụma na-ekwu okwu ikwu okwu. Ọ́ bụghị na Jizọs na-eme otu ihe ahụ?
• Kedu ihe anyị maara ruo ugbu a?
  Tupu ịga n'ihu n'ịtụle nkuzi banyere isiokwu a n'ebe ọzọ na agba ọhụrụ, ọ ga-adị mma ịchịkọta ihe anyị pụrụ ikwu n’ezie na-adabere n’ozizi Jisọs n’onwe ya.
• Mgbalị ịghọta
  Okwu Jizọs n’onwe ya, gbakwunyere ajụjụ ụfọdụ a na-edozibeghị gbasara ihe ọ pụtara, hapụ anyị ka anyị na-eche mgba ọgụgụ isi na nke mmetụta uche ihu iji ghọta na ịnakwere ozi ya.

Nsogbu Chineke

Ọ dịghị onye nwere nsogbu ka ukwuu n'echiche nke ịma mmadụ ikpe na mbibi ebighị ebi karịa Chineke n'onwe ya. N'isiakwụkwọ ikpeazụ ndị a, anyị ga-atụle oke ihe mgbu nke O diri ka o wee ghara inwe onye ọ bụla n'ime anyị mkpa ịta ahụhụ dị otú ahụ..

• Iru újú nke Chineke
  Before drawing this study to a conclusion I want us to make an attempt to comprehend God’s own perspective on the wrongs we have done.
• hell na-emeri?
  The span of history is littered with the ruins of once-great and seemingly invincible civilisations. Ka ọ dị ugbu a ndụ mmadụ ka dịgidere. But is our ‘luck’ about to run out?
• Ma ọ bụ eluigwe ịkwụ ụgwọ?
  A na-agwa anyị ahụ́ na ọ bụrụ na anyị emezughị ‘imeri’ a ga-enwe “hell ga-akwụ ụgwọ!Ma nke bụ́ eziokwu bụ na anyị apụghị imeri ma ọ bụ nweta ọnọdụ n’eluigwe, n'agbanyeghị otú anyị siri ike.

Mgbakwunye

• Ihe odide ntụkwasị A – Ogologo oge ole ka Aeon dị?
  ebighi ebi ebi ebi?
• Ihe mgbakwunye B – Buck na-akwụsị Ebe?
  Kedu ka ikpe ọmụma na ihere ga-esi bụrụ njedebe na-adịgide adịgide?
• Ihe odide ntụkwasị C – Bụ Ọnwụ ruo mgbe ebighị ebi?
  Enwere ike inwe njedebe ọ bụla na nhụjuanya nke mmadụ na hel?
• Ihe Odide D – Mmehie na-enweghị mgbaghara
  Kedu ihe bụ ihe a, na gịnị kpatara na ọ na-enweghị mgbaghara?