What about beliefs and Karma?

When humans are punished by God, they automatically think they have been punished by evil.

Evil, or rather the devil, is a creation of the human brain.

God rewards the good souls, hence they believe in God's grace and the ultimate power of Love.

Souls with bad Karma are punished by the Lord, hence those souls believe in the power of evil and act upon it. That way they remain in the downward spiral of evil intentions and bad Karma.

What they need is a trigger to get them out of that downward spiral to be able to find happiness in their lives.

That particular trigger would have to contain the power of pure and unconditional Love.

Forgetting the past is very important in this case as to start the future with a clean blank sheet.

The future is, and has always been in our hands.