Hell and Infinity

To understand Hell, we have unplug from the finite and begin to stretch our minds around the Infinite.
In this world All punishments are finite. It may be painful, devastating, limiting, crippling, but in this life it is always FINITE. The punishment will end, either by the length of the sentence, or by death.
Punishments are also limited in capacity. Go so far into pain, and the human mind overloads, and we sink into unconsciousness. Our human bodies have only so many nerve endings, and there is only so much time.
But in the spiritual world, because we have INFINITE potential, to be punished in Hell means an ever growing capacity for pain, not limited by our physical being, and not limited by time.
The pain of those we injured or mislead becomes our pain. The rich man was fearful of his brothers coming to Hell because he knew he was being held accountable for their lack of salvation.
God always pays back more than was paid in. For the giver, this is great news, for God has promised reaping 30, 60, and 100 times what we have given to others.
But He has also promised to double the punishment of the unbeliever. Double, quadruple, and even 7 fold are the terms of His payback. Every pain that the lost sinner has inflicted by intent or neglect will be heaped onto the already infinite punishment for turning his back on God's great Gift.
The spirit, soul, heart, and even the resurrected body of the lost sinner will continue to grow, to make connections, to begin to realize it's infinite potential. Even the number of nerve endings will grow.
But there will be no grace and beauty in Hell. Instead, there will be an infinitely growing realization of the pain the sinner has cause to others by neglecting his or her duty to share the good news of Salvation.

The pain of others will become the pain of the lost sinner, not in some fuzzy sense of regret, but in a FEARFUL total compassion that will never end, or lessen. but increase moment by moment throughout ETERNITY.