It is here that the logic of hell arises. God’s city has a posture of embrace toward the world, but sin will not be allowed inside. God redeems the world from sin, so we must face the reality of which we prefer: God or sin. Freedom from God or freedom for God. Freedom from God will be cast outside the city, because it is opposed by its very nature to the glorious goodness of what is happening inside the city. The destructive power of sin will find its home in the rubble of Babylon. Hell is distance from God, and its closet is latched from the inside.
