Вечные муки и вечное блаженство
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Eternal torment and eternal bliss are not something that only comes from outside, but all this is primarily within the person himself. The Kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:21). Whatever feelings a person instills in himself during his lifetime, he will pass on to eternal life. A sick body suffers on earth, and the stronger the disease, the greater the torment. Likewise, the soul, infected with various diseases, begins to suffer severely during the transition to eternal life. An incurable physical illness ends in death, but how can a mental illness end when there is no death for the soul? Malice, anger, irritability, fornication and other mental illnesses are such vermin that crawl after a person into eternal life. Hence, the purpose of life is to crush these reptiles here on earth, in order to completely cleanse your soul and before death to say with our Savior: The prince of this world comes, and has nothing in Me (John 14:30). A sinful soul, not purified by repentance, cannot be in the community of saints. Even if they placed her in heaven, she herself would be unbearable to remain there and would strive to leave there.
Indeed, what is it like to be unmerciful among the merciful, prodigal among the chaste, evil among the loving...
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