Now faith must rest upon His bare word, without evidence. Practically, the lot of the unbeliever does not include the first or second death, for these are not a part of his conscious experience. As a result, we should not look at the judging of the unsaved as a far-off, future event, but one which comes to him immediately after dying. The judging is the prelude to everlasting life, not eternal damnation, in the experience of the unbeliever. It is the transition between this life and eternal bliss, not everlasting woe.
Eternal torment makes the judging futile and foolish.
Universal reconciliation makes it fruitful and wise. No man would exert such power in order to turn his handiwork against him, unless he were demented. The color of the judgment throne depends upon the outcome of the judging. Eternal torment demands that it be black. Reconciliation calls for white .