1 Tim 4:10 - For to this end we toil and strive,2 because we have our hope set on the living God, qwho is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
What does Paul mean by this? “... who is the Savior of all people, especially those who believe.” We just read in the previous verses that Jesus paid the ransom for all men (1 Timothy 2:6). Here we read that He is the savior of all men. When we read of the final judgment, the sequence is this: Jesus returns, all men are raised from the dead and given perfected bodies, all men are judged according to what they did or did not do, all men then receive the fruit of their time on earth. If they spent their time loving God, loving neighbor and forming their souls to mirror Jesus Christ, they will glory in the immediate presence of God. But if they spent their time feeding their passions and desires, the holiness of God will be unbearable to them, it will be their hell.
Hell is self made and freely chosen. If you choose to reject/ignore God during your time on earth, why do you think you would have any desire to be in his holy presence for eternity? But since God is everywhere and fills all things, you cannot escape the presence of God. Your eternity will be spent in his presence. If you form your soul to love godliness and seek after it, while you are here on earth, your eternity will be glorious. But if you spend your time seeking temporal pleasure and fulfilling your passions and desires, your eternity will be wretched, as you will be immersed in the holy presence of God, inescapably.
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