I’ve heard a lot of people question how they can be happy in heaven knowing that friends and loved ones are experiencing eternal torment in Hell. I’ve not had a good answer, but was leaning to believing that when we experience God’s absolute majesty and holiness, we will agree 100% with His judgment and the feeling of righteousness will overwhelm the feeling of sadness.
Although I think there is some truth to that thought, this verse has made me think that isn’t the whole story.
“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind.” (Isaiah 65:17)
Scripture says that “he former things will not be remembered or come to mind.” It looks like one reason we will not be sad is because we won’t remember our sin, hardship, loss, and those who are not with us in heaven.
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You're right. I'd say we will have a full perspective on both God's mercy and his justice. It's not that his mercy is good and his justice is bad; both are good. And we will know that, and we will be happy in his execution of justice.
From our perspective now, we think of people here who can avoid destruction if only these poor souls will repent. We want them to make the right choices. But that opportunity closes at death. The situation is different at that point.
Just as we don't "feel sorry" for demons who made their definitive choice long ago, neither will we feel sorry for others whose final choice was hell. Certainly not when we are perfected in mind and spirit in God's presence (rather than viewing everything from our current, carnal, earthly perspective).