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Eschatology and the After Life

Why does God allow eternal suffering for the wicked?

Q1405 · The Two Comings and the Rapture

God does not will that anyone should perish, but the wicked have refused to cleave to God, He who is the only source of life and eternal joy. They have rejected the truth and the gift of salvation. What befalls them is the fruit of their own choice to isolate themselves from God, the source of their life and their joy.