Because of your actions and your profound arrogance, you who are defiled honor the unclean, you shall become smoke, a blazing fire ignited by My fury.
Understanding God's anger, forgetfulness, wrath, and remorse can be compared to bodily members such as feet, hands, eyes, ears, and other parts, though it should not imply that the incorporeal and invisible God is subject to these disturbances, which He eradicates in us through His grace. Instead, these characteristics illustrate God's relationship with us. Even God's fury, which is associated with vengeful passion, is not defined in the same manner as in humanity; it finds its basis in our faults, not in God’s will. We accumulate wrath for ourselves during the day of judgment and the unveiling of God's righteous judgment (Rom. 2), whereby our thorns, worms, and tares, which we have produced in place of God's seed, along with the wood, hay, and stubble built upon Paul's foundation, will be consumed by a wise fire (1 Cor. 3).
Regarding this eternal fire, Moses sings: ‘For a fire is kindled by My fury; it shall burn to the depths of Sheol; it shall consume the earth along with its bounty, and it shall annihilate the foundations of the mountains, and My arrows will strike them down’ (Deuteronomy 32:22). This testament signifies that God's fire perpetually burns, punishing sinners and pursuing them into the depths. Such was the wealthy man dressed in luxurious purple in the Gospel, who suffered in eternal flames while Lazarus found solace in Abraham's embrace (Luke 16). Likewise, the earth, representing our flesh, and following its generation, which denotes fleshly desires, as well as the rebellious foundations of the mountains against God's mind, will also be consumed by the same fire. The mountains will be destroyed by God's arrows, that they may be humbled through correction and cease to exist as mountains. Behold, it is written before Me, for all our sins are laid bare before God and inscribed in the books referenced in Daniel, ‘Thrones were set in place, and books were opened’ (Daniel 7). It is stated elsewhere, 'Let them be inscribed on the earth' (Jeremiah 17:13).
Moreover, God said previously, 'I will keep silent, I will be dormant, and I will always maintain silence,' declares the Lord (Isaiah 42:14). But He will give each person what is due for their actions in the depths of their being, that is, in the secret chambers of their heart, where they will be tormented by their own conscience. The prophet Hosea also prophesied concerning this: their leaders will perish by the sword due to their failure to correct their words (Hosea 7:16). This reflects their internal decline, stemming from the heart of every individual. A similar notion is found in Proverbs: ‘For the wicked, all their actions are recompensed in their innermost being’ (Proverbs 5). This core, due to the supremacy of the soul, is referred to as the head: ‘I will bring upon them their own deeds’ (Ezekiel 9:10). Additionally, it is written ‘his affliction shall return to his head, and his iniquity shall descend upon him’ (Psalm 7:17).
However, there also exists a righteous core that will experience a pure conscience, as the Psalmist stated: ‘and my prayer shall return to my core' (Psalm 34:13). The term for this state signifies grace and love, as in how one speaks to a beloved spouse: ‘the wife that is in your bosom,’ and to a parent: ‘they will carry your sons in their bosom.’ Consequently, all those who regard Abraham as their father and bear the likeness of his virtues find rest in his bosom (Luke 16:22). When mentioning fathers whose transgressions are now visited upon us, we do not refer only to those from whom our physical lineage descends. Likewise, after stating that the iniquities of the fathers would be accounted to the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate God (Exodus 20), Moses clarifies his meaning by saying, ‘Let no parent die for the sins of the children; let each person die for their own sin’ (Deuteronomy 24:16). Ezekiel also reinforces this understanding, declaring that the familiar saying will no longer apply: ‘the fathers ate sour grapes and the children's teeth were set on edge’ (Ezekiel 18:2), but rather there will only be consequences for those who partake; the soul that sins will die and will not inherit the guilt of others’ sins.
Thus, we deduce that this principle may be understood positively or negatively in relation to those ancestors with whom each soul unites upon departing this life. Israel did indeed offer sacrifices upon the mountains and hills when he erected the golden calves at Bethel and Dan. He mocked God regarding His commandments, disregarding His ordinances, and worshipped idols: the deeds of such individuals will be repaid within their innermost being. In a similar manner, every heretic who scorns the simplicity of the Church sacrifices upon the mountains and mocks God, disregarding His commandments.
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