Does God send people to hell?
You hear all kinds of things about heaven and hell, and one of the things that you often hear are all the misnomers about hell, like hell is a place where God is not, and all these other things, or eternal anger or damnation from God. This is not our understanding. When the prophet Moses went up on Mount Sinai, he came down, his face was so full of the Shekinah glory, the glory of God, that people could not stand to be around him. They actually said, put a bag over your head so as to hide the glory. When the great high priest went into the holy of holies once a year, the idea was that he was going to come in contact with the glory of God, and if he was ill prepared, he would die. And that's why he had bells on his vestments and a rope tied around his waist, so if the bell stopped jingling and he died from coming in contact with the glory of God, they were supposed to pull his lifeless body out. This is the same glory that Christ reveals to the apostles on Mount Tabor, where their eyes are opened and they see Christ as he really is in all of his Shekinah glory. And so what is heaven and hell? Heaven and hell is the glory of God. For those who are prepared to encounter that glory that we so long for in this life, it becomes a light, a consolation, a love. As Peter says on Mount Tabor, Lord, we should build houses and just live here forever. He's out of his mind because he's so full of the light, and that light is such a soothing respite in this life that he wants to live in that glory forever. But for those who hate God, that glory becomes an eternal flame of punishment of the love of God that they have rejected in this life. And so what is heaven and hell? Heaven and hell are the same thing. It's the glory of God, depending on how the person chooses to approach God. This is why God does not choose hell for people. As Christ says in the book of Revelation, behold, I stand at the door and knock. Whoever opens the door of their heart, I will come in and make my abode with them. Christ wants to save everyone. He wants everyone to be prepared to face the glory that they will experience after their death. He does not reject or hate anyone or wish damnation on anyone.
Edited from his answer on camera. The clip has the full thing.
Revelation 3:20
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