Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 135
135 proper to keep him in hell even for a minute, nay, even one thousandth of a second should more than suffice in His case. . For, here the comparison lay between man of limited powers and God of infinite powers, and it is a senseless thing indeed to make an estimation of God of unlimited powers in terms of the limited capacities of man. Even the period-limit of a second cannot be justified in His case. In fact, because of the incomprehensibility of the difference, even suffering for as long as the twinkling of the eye, should be impossible for God. . How could they, under the circumstances, compute it at a day and a half and comprehend, with their limited capacities, in respect of God, the possessor of unlimited powers, that He bore in a day and a half the punishment that mankind would suffer for aeons and aeons of time. . WHO WENT TO HELL?. Again the question is: who went to hell, the son of man or the Son of God? If the Son of man went, then it is understandable enough, since human soul originates from human body and is attached to it, it was his soul therefore, that, went to hell. But there was no other soul-the body was no doubt human, but there was the Son of God in it. And if the. Son of God is delivered of the body, he at once becomes. God. He is son of man so long as he is imprisoned in the human frame. When he is delivered of the human frame, he automatically becomes the Son of God, and when he becomes the son of God, he becomes like God and when he becomes like God, there is no sense in his going to hell. Is God subject to cold and heat or does he feel comforted by cold and tormented by heat? If human soul goes to hell, it will feel the heat. If it is kept in a cold place, it will feel the cold. But the Son of. God who is God is above heat and cold. Hell is as much His