https://padlet.com/jnstulpin100/xwbh31dwh7pu4irt Eternal Punishment / Being born again en-us 2022-09-27 18:09:36 UTC 2025-11-09 21:18:52 UTC hello@padlet.com jnstulpin100 https://padlet.com/jnstulpin100/xwbh31dwh7pu4irt/wish/2316131361 "The devil is waiting for them, hell is gaping for them, the flames gather and flash about them, and would fain lay hold on them, and swallow them up" (106)]]> 2022-09-27 18:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jnstulpin100/xwbh31dwh7pu4irt/wish/2316131361 jnstulpin100 https://padlet.com/jnstulpin100/xwbh31dwh7pu4irt/wish/2316140751 This quote signifies the eternal punishment waiting in the afterlife; upon death, "hell is gaping" for those arriving, and the "devil is waiting". Edwards chooses these words as a way to provide strong imagery as well as ingrain in the readers' heads that those in hell are subject to horrible experiences as punishment for sins committed while alive. He mentions how the flames in hell "gather and flash about [the people], and would fain lay hold on them, and swallow them up"; this means that the flames in hell would consume the people, as a form of retribution for sinning--those who sinned were subject to horrifying, eternal punishment, and Edwards wanted to communicate this belief through this quote.]]> 2022-09-27 18:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jnstulpin100/xwbh31dwh7pu4irt/wish/2316140751 jnstulpin100 https://padlet.com/jnstulpin100/xwbh31dwh7pu4irt/wish/2316163784 "By the mighty power of the spirit of God upon your souls: all you that were never born again, and made new creatures, and raised from being dead in sin, to a state of new, and before altogether unexperienced in light and life, are in the hands of an angry God" (108)]]> 2022-09-27 18:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jnstulpin100/xwbh31dwh7pu4irt/wish/2316163784 jnstulpin100 https://padlet.com/jnstulpin100/xwbh31dwh7pu4irt/wish/2316923111 Edwards wanted to communicate how being "reborn" entirely brand new and free from sin did not mean that you were completely free from God's grasp. He mentions how you were "made new creatures" and "raised from being dead in sin, to a state of new", this meaning that after being born again, you were starting off pure and it was a reset to sin committed in a previous life, a blank slate. However, he reiterates that if you weren't a product of being rebirthed, you were still in the hands of an angry God, as you continue to be impure.]]> 2022-09-28 06:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jnstulpin100/xwbh31dwh7pu4irt/wish/2316923111