Salvation From What?

"You need salvation."

These three words have echoed through church halls, revival tents, and Sunday sermons for centuries. But pause for a moment and think about it. Salvation from what, exactly?

The traditional narrative is jarring when examined closely. We need saving from eternal flames, from divine wrath, from cosmic isolation. This creates an obvious contradiction. If God is the one threatening punishment, then God becomes both the danger and the rescue. Such divine contradiction seems less like spiritual truth and more like spiritual confusion.