Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jhpb@granjon.garage.att.com Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: One Question!!!! Message-ID: Date: 6 Dec 90 08:25:08 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Labs (Liberty Corner) Lines: 15 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Love of parents, children, etc., is a natural love. The love of God in Heaven is a supernatural one, besides which all other loves pale in comparison. Natural loves spring from human nature, the love of God springs from the Divine nature (God's grace). The love of God in Heaven is so far beyond any merely natural affection, that the damnation of someone who was loved on earth will not be a source of sadness. Once a person sees God as He is -- the essential happiness of Heaven -- all created things seem as nothing. As they are, in comparison with the Creator. Don't forget that creatures are only faint reflections of the perfections of the Creator. Joe Buehler