Bird's Nest

How did holiness ever become the scapegoat for Hell ?  In Scripture holiness is clearly connected to mercy, not wrath.  That’s right - holiness is tethered to mercy.  God is a holy God of mercy, not a holy God of wrath. God is holy, but His holiness compels His mercy to limit His wrath: “Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. For his anger endureth…(would those who hold to eternal torture wish to end the verse here as proof that God’s holiness demands endless torment?  But we read on and learn the wonderful reason to sing:) “For his anger endureth but a moment” (Psalm 30:4, 5).  “His holiness” is hinged (“for”) to the merciful limitation of his anger, which “endureth but a moment.”  His “anger endureth but a moment,” but His “mercy endureth for ever.”  God is holy, but His holiness does not induce His wrath to continue unabated through the unfathomable reaches of eternity.  His holiness compels His mercy to limit His wrath: “Therefor