[Faith_Machine]

Sorry to trouble you all, but could somebody please point me to the specific verses dealing with this? I've tried searching these fine forums and the Web, but I'm coming up short. Thank you in advance!

[Billy Bob Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Faith_Machine

Sorry to trouble you all, but could somebody please point me to the specific verses dealing with this? I've tried searching these fine forums and the Web, but I'm coming up short. Thank you in advance!

Philippians 4:4 teaches us that we should rejoice in the Lord no matter what He chooses to do with His unsaved garbage. We should rejoice that He casts sinners into Hell.

[Jedediah]

Here are a couple off the top of my head.

With regard to the LORD and His elect laughing at the general calamity of those who reject His commandments:

Psalm 2:4
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.

Similarly,

Proverbs 1:24-27
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

More specifically to those smote by the LORD:

Psalm 52:5-6
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

This isn't exactly what you were after, but even if you have loved ones who go to hell while you go to Heaven, it won't bother you once you get there:

Revelation 21:4
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

There's more, but I need to get some sleep. Picking up a visiting Pastor from the airport in the morning...

[Pastor Rune Enoe]

I believe this is the verse you are looking for:

Revelation 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

[Faith_Machine]

Thank you so much, my friends! I've been really worried about how I'll feel when certain individuals are cast into Hell, and having this information is of great comfort to me.

[Jedediah]

Originally Posted by Faith_Machine

Thank you so much, my friends! I've been really worried about how I'll feel when certain individuals are cast into Hell, and having this information is of great comfort to me.

Yeah, you'll pretty much either be indifferent or laugh at them for squandering their chance at Salvation™. Nothing to worry about.

[Faith_Machine]

I'm still awfully troubled by the assertion that my cat has no soul.

[Billy Bob Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Faith_Machine

I'm still awfully troubled by the assertion that my cat has no soul.

Considering it can't understand the Good News, that should be a relief. Your cat will receive more mercy from God than human unbelieving scum.

[Faith_Machine]

Back when I was attending a Lutheran church, I was given to believe that in heaven, I would be reunited with all the cats I've owned over the course of my life. I had so looked forward to floating on a cloud and snuggling with all of them simultaneously!

Do you think maybe Jesus would make that happen for me if I prayed extra hard?

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Originally Posted by Faith_Machine

I'm still awfully troubled by the assertion that my cat has no soul.

The cat is merely a representative of the animal species. How would it be if all the cows you have eaten were there to greet you in heaven?

We decide the fate of animals, not God - He gave us the job:

Ge:1:26: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

and we have no way of allowing animals into Heaven: look on it like Landover Christian Golf Club - Restricted Membership.

[Billy Bob Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Faith_Machine

Back when I was attending a Lutheran church, I was given to believe that in heaven, I would be reunited with all the cats I've owned over the course of my life. I had so looked forward to floating on a cloud and snuggling with all of them simultaneously!

Do you think maybe Jesus would make that happen for me if I prayed extra hard?

The Bible says that anything you pray for must necessarily come to pass. I have already prayed for Jesus to ensoul cats and trees that they might experience eternal damnation. After all, they are atheists. Why should they receive special treatment? I wonder what would happen if you prayed the opposite? Either it is a first come, first serve basis, or the cosmic settings shift as each prayer is received.

We could do a scientific experiment to find out!

I'm going to pray for the Rapture to occur tonight, and you pray for it to occur tomorrow. Then we will know how the system works!

[Faith_Machine]

But don't you have to want something in order to pray for it? I could try, Billy Bob, but I'd have an awfully hard time convincingly asking the Lord to delay the rapture by even one second. If it's going to happen tonight, I say the sooner the better!

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

Originally Posted by Faith_Machine

But don't you have to want something in order to pray for it? I could try, Billy Bob, but I'd have an awfully hard time convincingly asking the Lord to delay the rapture by even one second. If it's going to happen tonight, I say the sooner the better!

So pray for it to happen yesterday.

With the Lord, all things are possible.

[Faith_Machine]

Ooh, good idea!

[Billy Bob Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Faith_Machine

Ooh, good idea!

So... when are you going to do that?

I guess it doesn't matter when you do it, as long as you pray for it to happen that day.

So... God?

There must be some sort of explanation. I'm sure God has His reasons. It's only been two thousand years after all, and "quickly" can mean different things. To a rock, "quickly" might be much longer than two thousand years.

My faith is unwavering.

[Faith_Machine]

Oh, rest assured, I've been praying my brains out! I think God just doesn't answer all my prayers because He doesn't want me to think He's forgotten how recently it was that I was a self-abusing, dope addicted Lutheran.

[Daisy Mae Johnson]

Originally Posted by Pastor Rune Enoe

I believe this is the verse you are looking for:

Revelation 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

AMEN BROTHER!

I, for one, cannot wait to be lounging back on a cloud being fed grapes and enjoying the blessed music of a harp all whilst watching sinners get tossed in to HELL for eternity. It sounds like a GLORIOUS day to me. Why, I bet it's better than having my hair and nails done!

SHOUT GLORY!