Tar Thursday - Lent 8

The Day of His Wrath by John Martin, at Tate Britain

 For it is the day of the Lord’s revenge,

 the year when Edom will be paid back for all it did to Israel.

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The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch,

and the ground will be covered with fire.

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.......

For God will measure that land carefully;

he will measure it for chaos and destruction.

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It will be called the Land of Nothing..... (Isaiah 54:9)

Brimstone and hell fire....It is difficult to take 'hell' seriously in the 21st centaury.  Hell is 'helplessness'.  It is the loss of 'choice', no matter how simple.  Hell is 'pain', relentless pain.  Hell is torture; in particular, pain that is inflicted deliberately and perversely by another.  Hell is not being loved by anyone.  

There are people who live in hell today.  Let us pray for them.

PRAYER:  What can I do to fight against 'hell' and resist evil? It is clear.  Make it clearer.