Divine LOVE given freely to a soul that does
not desire it (for whatever reason) burns like fire and is torment.
Divine LOVE given freely to a soul that desires it wholeheartedly brings
illumination.
As for the idea of Divine punishment being “appointed” by God, it is not as if God has spend eternity ruminating on our rebelliousness and finally came up with something with which He could punish and afflict people because they turned away from
Him. The 5th Ode of the Canon of Repentance, noting our slavery to the
passions to which we submit, ends each Troparia with the refrain: “O MY
SINFUL SOUL, IS THIS WHAT THOU HAST DESIRED?” God simply allows us to
have what we, in our indolence and submission to the passions, have
desired.
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