Hell And The Lake Of Fire |
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1 - COMMENTARY
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1 - COMMENTARY |
Satan took away the fear of God’s judgment with Eve. He told her she would not surely die. She chose to believe the voice of the devil and chose not to believe the voice of Almighty God. She sinned and later died, just as God said—even though she had chosen not to believe it would happen.
There are many cults and false religions in this generation that choose to believe the lies of Satan. Some say there is no such place as hell. Some say it is hell living on this earth. Some admit that there is a hell; however, they believe God sends no one there. Some admit that there is a hell, but only the vilest people go there.
Some say it is wrong to scare people with such teaching. This statement is contrary to God’s Word. Most people are unsaved. This is confirmed in the Scriptures. Only a few inherit eternal life. When an unsaved person dies, they perish to a place called hell. In hell, they are tormented day and night in the flame. Their tongue, in some manner, is set on fire. There appear to be various levels in hell, which seems to be located down in the center or bowels of the earth. Some have described hell as being like a volcano, but a person’s spirit does not die. They will retain their memory of the past and of their loved ones. It appears they will remember every single time that they had a chance to repent and receive Jesus as their Savior, but they refused. In hell, the condemned person will also remember his loved ones and will be in further anguish at the thought of them also perishing to this place of torment. It may be said, any person who dies unsaved, it would have been better for that person if they had never been born. For a very short time, they lived on the earth in rebellion to God’s will. They refused God’s love and mercy. Now, they shall suffer; they shall be tormented.
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2 - GOD'S LOVE |
The question is asked, YE SERPENTS, YE GENERATION OF VIPERS, HOW CAN YE ESCAPE THE DAMNATION OF HELL?-Mt 23:33. For THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH-Ro 6:23.
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3 - GOD'S LOVE PROVIDED A WAY OF ESCAPE |
Jesus Christ died a horrible death so that you can have forgiveness of all your sins, no matter how bad they are. A person never needs to go to hell, if they receive, by faith, the forgiveness and love that God offers through Jesus Christ, His Son. This is an offer God gives you.
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4 - SOME SAY IT IS WRONG TO SCARE PEOPLE |
There are some people that may say it is wrong to scare a person into heaven. They are wrong. It is written, AND OF SOME HAVE COMPASSION, MAKING A DIFFERENCE: AND OTHERS SAVE WITH FEAR, PULLING THEM OUT OF THE FIRE; HATING EVEN THE GARMENT SPOTTED BY THE FLESH-Jude 22,23.
This message may be considered as a road sign of warning. Some may look at a sign that reads, "The bridge is out," and say, "Oh, someone is just trying to scare us into taking another road. Let’s go on the same way." They go on and plunge to their death. The sign was not meant to scare people. It was meant to warn people of impending danger. Likewise, this message is intended to warn people of impending danger, unless they repent.
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5 - A PLACE CALLED HELL—THE STORY OF THE RICH MAN AND THE BEGGAR |
Lk 16:19-THERE WAS A CERTAIN RICH MAN, WHICH WAS CLOTHED IN PURPLE AND FINE LINEN, AND FARED SUMPTUOUSLY EVERY DAY: 20-AND THERE WAS A CERTAIN BEGGAR NAMED LAZARUS, WHICH WAS LAID AT HIS GATE, FULL OF SORES, 21-AND DESIRING TO BE FED WITH THE CRUMBS WHICH FELL FROM THE RICH MAN’S TABLE: MOREOVER THE DOGS CAME AND LICKED HIS SORES. 22-AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT THE BEGGAR DIED, AND WAS CARRIED BY THE ANGELS INTO ABRAHAM’S BOSOM: THE RICH MAN ALSO DIED, AND WAS BURIED; 23-AND IN HELL HE LIFT UP HIS EYES, BEING IN TORMENTS, AND SEETH ABRAHAM AFAR OFF, AND LAZARUS IN HIS BOSOM. When a person dies, they do not go to a fictitious place called purgatory. They go either to hell or to be with the Lord. As it is written, TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY, AND TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD-2 Cor 5:8. 24-AND HE CRIED AND SAID, FATHER ABRAHAM, HAVE MERCY ON ME, AND SEND LAZARUS, THAT HE MAY DIP THE TIP OF HIS FINGER IN WATER, AND COOL MY TONGUE; FOR I AM TORMENTED IN THIS FLAME. 25-BUT ABRAHAM SAID, SON, REMEMBER THAT THOU IN THY LIFETIME RECEIVEDST THY GOOD THINGS, AND LIKEWISE LAZARUS EVIL THINGS: BUT NOW HE IS COMFORTED, AND THOU ART TORMENTED. 26-AND BESIDE ALL THIS, BETWEEN US AND YOU THERE IS A GREAT GULF FIXED: SO THAT THEY WHICH WOULD PASS FROM HENCE TO YOU CANNOT; NEITHER CAN THEY PASS TO US, THAT WOULD COME FROM THENCE. 27-THEN HE SAID, I PRAY THEE THEREFORE, FATHER, THAT THOU WOULDEST SEND HIM TO MY FATHER’S HOUSE: 28-FOR I HAVE FIVE BRETHREN; THAT HE MAY TESTIFY UNTO THEM, LEST THEY ALSO COME INTO THIS PLACE OF TORMENT. 29-ABRAHAM SAITH UNTO HIM, THEY HAVE MOSES AND THE PROPHETS; LET THEM HEAR THEM. 30-AND HE SAID, NAY, FATHER ABRAHAM: BUT IF ONE WENT UNTO THEM FROM THE DEAD, THEY WILL REPENT. 31-AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, IF THEY HEAR NOT MOSES AND THE PROPHETS, NEITHER WILL THEY BE PERSUADED, THOUGH ONE ROSE FROM THE DEAD. If they will not receive the Word of God, neither will they be persuaded even if one went to them from the dead.
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6 - HELL IS A WAITING PLACE OF TORMENT |
Hell is mentioned in the Bible 53 times. The Bible tells us of "Hell" (or death); it is a place of torment where a person goes after death while waiting for the final judgment. The rich man is in hell at this time. All that do not receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and obey the Gospel, shall be in hell when they die. Indeed, regarding those people that refuse to accept the forgiveness God offers them through Jesus Christ, IT HAD BEEN GOOD FOR THAT MAN IF HE HAD NOT BEEN BORN-Mt 26:24.
James warns about our tongue. AND THE TONGUE IS A FIRE, A WORLD OF INIQUITY: SO IS THE TONGUE AMONG OUR MEMBERS, THAT IT DEFILETH THE WHOLE BODY, AND SETTETH ON FIRE THE COURSE OF NATURE; AND IT (the tongue) IS SET ON FIRE OF HELL-Ja 3:6. The tongue—the unruly member of our body that no man can tame—will be set on fire. That is why the rich man said, in Lk 16:24-FATHER ABRAHAM, HAVE MERCY ON ME, AND SEND LAZARUS, THAT HE MAY DIP THE TIP OF HIS FINGER IN WATER, AND COOL MY TONGUE.
AND IF THY HAND OFFEND THEE, CUT IT OFF: IT IS BETTER FOR THEE TO ENTER INTO LIFE MAIMED, THAN HAVING TWO HANDS TO GO INTO HELL, INTO THE FIRE THAT NEVER SHALL BE QUENCHED-Mk 9:43.
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7 - HELL AND THE LAKE OF FIRE ARE NOT THE SAME |
We are on this earth to be tested, to see if we will put ourselves first and do our own will, or if we will deny ourselves and follow Jesus. God’s Word tell us, IT IS APPOINTED UNTO MEN ONCE TO DIE, BUT AFTER THIS THE JUDGMENT-Heb 9:27. If you have refused to do God’s will and forsake all sin, you may be among those that Matthew talks about. MANY WILL SAY TO ME IN THAT DAY, LORD, LORD, HAVE WE NOT PROPHESIED IN THY NAME? AND IN THY NAME HAVE CAST OUT DEVILS? AND IN THY NAME DONE MANY WONDERFUL WORKS? AND THEN WILL I (Jesus) PROFESS UNTO THEM, I NEVER KNEW YOU: DEPART FROM ME, YE THAT WORK INIQUITY-Mt 7:22,23.
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8 - THE PIT |
The place called hell is often referred to in the Bible as "the pit" or "bottomless pit." It is a place that is in the earth below or the lower parts of the earth.
O LUCIFER...THOU SHALT BE BROUGHT DOWN TO HELL, TO THE SIDES OF THE PIT-Isa 14:12,15. When Jesus returns in glory, Satan shall be bound for one thousand years. As it is written, AND HE LAID HOLD ON THE DRAGON, THAT OLD SERPENT, WHICH IS THE DEVIL, AND SATAN, AND BOUND HIM A THOUSAND YEARS, AND CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, AND SHUT HIM UP, AND SET A SEAL UPON HIM, THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE THE NATIONS NO MORE, TILL THE THOUSAND YEARS SHOULD BE FULFILLED: AND AFTER THAT HE MUST BE LOOSED A LITTLE SEASON-Rev 20:2,3.
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9 - HELL— A WAITING PLACE FOR THE FINAL JUDGMENT |
As it has been noted, when a person dies without Christ, they go to a place called hell. There they stay, being tormented in the flame until the time of the great white throne judgment, which is also called "the judgment of the damned." Thus, we see that those in hell will not be there forever, but only until they are delivered up to the final judgment and are judged according to their works.
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10 - THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT |
Rev 20:11-AND I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE, AND HIM THAT SAT ON IT, FROM WHOSE FACE THE EARTH AND THE HEAVEN FLED AWAY; AND THERE WAS FOUND NO PLACE FOR THEM.
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11 - WHO WILL GO TO THE LAKE OF FIRE? |
Once the final judgment is held, then they shall be cast into the Eternal Lake of Fire, which was prepared for Satan and his Angels. This includes all that have chosen not to believe there is a Judgment, a devil, and an Eternal Lake of Fire. This includes all that have chosen to follow their own ways, the ways of deceit, and the ways of dead churches. This includes all that prophesied, and cast out devils, and did many wonderful works in the name of Jesus—but did not depart from iniquity. This includes all who were positive they were saved and following Jesus but chose a path that was contrary to God’s clear way as set forth in the Bible. This includes those that did not believe there was an eternal lake of fire. This includes those that thought they would be in purgatory. They all shall be there, tormented day and night, forever and ever in the fire that shall never be quenched.
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12 - WHO ARE THE FIRST THAT GO TO THE LAKE OF FIRE? |
The Scriptures tell us of the "lake of fire," which is the eternal result of sin. FOOLS MAKE A MOCK AT SIN-Pv 14:9. If you do not repent, YE SHALL DIE IN YOUR SINS-Jn 8:24.
1 - The first reference to any one being cast into the eternal lake of fire is the Antichrist and false prophet at the return of Jesus Christ-Rev 19:20. AND THE BEAST (or Antichrist) WAS TAKEN, AND…THE FALSE PROPHET...THESE...WERE CAST ALIVE INTO A LAKE OF FIRE-Rev 19:20.
2 - Following the return of Jesus Christ and the Battle of Armageddon, the Judgment of the Nations (which is also called "the throne of glory") will be held for those that survive. The goats (the unsaved), those on His left, those that did not bear good fruit, shall be cast into the eternal lake of fire, everlasting punishment-ref Mt 25:31-46.
3 - After the Millennium has expired and Satan has been let loose from the "pit or hell" for a little season, then Satan himself will be cast into the eternal lake of fire. AND WHEN THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE EXPIRED, SATAN SHALL BE LOOSED OUT OF HIS PRISON, AND SHALL GO OUT TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS...AND THEY WENT UP ON THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH, AND COMPASSED THE CAMP OF THE SAINTS ABOUT, AND THE BELOVED CITY: AND FIRE CAME DOWN FROM GOD OUT OF HEAVEN, AND DEVOURED THEM. AND THE DEVIL THAT DECEIVED THEM WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE, WHERE THE BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET ARE, AND SHALL BE TORMENTED DAY AND NIGHT FOR EVER AND EVER-Rev 20:7-10.
4 - After THE EARTH AND THE HEAVEN FLED AWAY-Rev 20:11, the great white throne judgment is held. All the people that were in hell are delivered up to be judged here. Then death and hell are cast into the eternal lake of fire-Rev 20:11-15. THE FEARFUL (or cowardly), AND UNBELIEVING (those who do not believe what Jesus says), AND THE ABOMINABLE (or vile), AND MURDERERS, AND WHOREMONGERS (or sexually immoral), AND SORCERERS (those who practice magic arts-NIV), AND IDOLATERS, AND ALL LIARS, SHALL HAVE THEIR PART IN THE LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH-Rev 21:8.
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13 - THE FINAL DESTINY OF MOST: MANY PERISH |
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14 - FEW WILL BE WITH JESUS |
Jesus said, MY FRIENDS, BE NOT AFRAID OF THEM THAT KILL THE BODY, AND AFTER THAT HAVE NO MORE THAT THEY CAN DO. BUT I WILL FOREWARN YOU WHOM YE SHALL FEAR: FEAR HIM, WHICH AFTER HE HATH KILLED HATH POWER TO CAST INTO HELL; YEA, I SAY UNTO YOU, FEAR HIM-Lk 12:4-5. |
15 - SCRIPTURES ON HELL AND THE LAKE OF FIRE COMBINED |
Hell is a place of consciousness-ref Lk 16:23,24; a place of DARKNESS-Mt 8:12; eternal separation from your loved ones-ref Lk 13:28; not the slightest hope of release-ref Mt 25:46. There is the torment of memory in hell. You may remember every single chance you had to repent, yet you refused-ref Lk 16:27,28.
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