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TULSI GABBARD: Since God is eternal, there will always be hope and love Love is the most powerful thing, Tulsi Gabbard says. By Fox News Staff Fox News. Published December 27, 2022 11:07pm EST.

Throughout the Bible God is referred to as the eternal one, the everlasting God. Jesus is the alpha and omega — the beginning and the end. God does not have a future, God is the future.

Through Baptism and faith (Mark 16:16), we become friends of God and receive sanctifying grace - the privilege of eternal life. This is all made possible by Christ's redemption of us.

When God created Adam and Eve, His plan was for humanity to enjoy eternal fellowship with Him, but sin disrupted this relationship. In His justice, God rightly condemns sinners to Hell.

Many conceive of God as omnipotent, eternal, and the ultimate arbiter of all existence, now and hereafter. He is seen as the sole creator of the universe, with humans counted among His creations.

Why would a loving God allow someone to be tortured eternally? I wouldn't, and surely I am more of a jerk than God. As I've written several times, I find belief in Hell (by which I mean a place of ...