Never learn, try again later. . . We're going to examine the place the Bible calls hell. We'll present documented evidence for all kinds of things. Don't take what you're going to read lightly. If what you read is true YOU COULD BE IN SERIOUS DANGER! Several years ago a book was published, entitled Beyond Death's Door by Dr. Maurice Rawlings. Dr. Rawlings, a specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, resuscitated many people who had been clinically dead. Dr. Rawlings, a devout atheist, "considered all religion "hocus-pocus" and death nothing more than a painless extinction". But something happened in 1977 that brought a dramatic change in the life of Dr. Rawlings! He was resuscitating a man, terrified and screaming descending down into the flames of hell: "Each time he regained heartbeat and respiration, the patient screamed, "I am in hell!" He was terrified and pleaded with me to help him. I was scared to death. . . Then I noticed a genuinely alarmed look on his face. He had a terrified look worse than the expression seen in death! This patient had a grotesque grimace expressing sheer horror! His pupils were dilated, and he was perspiring and trembling he looked as if his hair was "on end."Dr. Rawlings said, no one, who could have heard his screams and saw the look of terror on his face could doubt for a single minute that he was actually in a place called hell! The Bible continually warns of a place called hell. There are over 162 references in the New Testament alone which warns of hell. And over 70 of these references were uttered by the Lord Jesus Christ! In Luke 16, Jesus Christ gives a frightening picture of hell:
22 . . . the rich man also died, and was buried; AND YET IT PRODUCES NO SMOKE!!! The man in the bible whines: ". . .I am tormented in this FLAME. I hate it here." Also in the Bible, Jesus says: "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. It will be totally bad" In Matthew 25:41, Jesus says: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,. . ." Revelation 20:15 says, " And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE." I am willing to bet that you don't want to be there! When Jesus Christ died on the cross, He descended into hell. In Act 2, Peter is speaking, verse 31, " . . . seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in HELL" When Jesus Christ died His soul went into hell. And in Matthew 12:40, Jesus Christ says:
"For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly: so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the HEART OF THE EARTH. "The Bible is clear Hell is inside the earth! Ephesians 4:9, says of Jesus: "Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the LOWER PARTS OF THE EARTH." On page 85 of Beyond Death?s Door, Dr. Rawlings writes patients who described hell said, ". . . this place seems to be UNDERGROUND or WITHIN THE EARTH in some way."
"So far as we can tell, the present hell, is somewhere between here and high water. It is also called 'the pit' (Isa. 14:9, 15: Ezek. 32:18-21) and 'the abyss' (Rev. 9:2). . .The Birmingham News, April 10, 1987 had an article entitled "Earth's Center Hotter Than Sun's Surface, Scientists Say". The article stated that scientists have recently discovered, "THE EARTH'S INNER CORE HAS A TEMPERATURE OF OVER 12,000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT!" Have you seen pictures of a volcano erupting, spewing a lake of fire from inside the earth consuming everything within miles just from the heat? When Mount St. Helens erupted in May 18, 1980, it was described by reporters, "when HELL surfaced upon the earth." The book, Volcanoes, Earth's Awakening (p.91) describes an erupting volcano as "descent into HELL". Thousands of years ago, the Bible described a place called hell in the heart of the earth that matches exactly what science is discovering. In Numbers 16, the Bible gives the account of people falling into hell alive!
"And THE EARTH OPENED HER MOUTH, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive INTO THE PIT, and the EARTH CLOSED UPON THEM:" Numbers 16:32-33 Caspar Peucer, a famous fourteenth century astronomer and physician, who also researched and documented the volcanoe eruptions at Heklafell wrote some very frightening information in his research findings. Peucer, claims (as others) that "fearful howlings, weeping and gnashing of teeth" could be heard "for many miles. . ." as these volcanoes erupted:
"The fearsome noises that issued from some of their volcanoes were certainly thought to be the screams of tormented souls in the fires of hell below".Inside this earth, this very moment, there are millions of lost, tormented souls burning, weeping, wailing without any hope whatsoever! In Mark 9:46, Jesus Christ says about hell: "Where THEIR WORM dieth not, and the fire is not quenched." Jesus said explicitly THEIR worm not a worm, or the worm but THEIR worm. The Bible teaches that Christians will one day have a body like the Lord Jesus Christ. Could it be, as some Bible students teach that men and women in hell take on the form of their father, Satan (John 8:44)? In Revelation 12:3, Satan is described as a red dragon. Could Jesus Christ be referring to the body lost men and women will have for eternity? The earth?s crust on land is normally 50 miles thick. You?d have to go down 50 miles before the edge of the fire. But in parts of the ocean floor, the earth?s crust is less than a mile thick. Scientists recently discovered cracks on the ocean floor where fire was leaking out. Do you know what they found around these fire-breathing vents in the crust? Eight-foot long worms, found no other place in the world! The book, The Deep Sea, by Joseph Wallace (p.39), reads, "Perhaps the strangest of ocean creatures recently discovered are Riftia, the giant tube WORMS. Measuring up to 8 feet in length, the worms are ONLY FOUND NEAR DEEP SEA VENTS." And Jesus Christ said, "Where THEIR WORM dieth not, and the fire is not quenched." Have you read Isaiah 66 where the Lord Jesus Christ is quoting Mark 9:46? Look at the context and time period of Isaiah 66:22-24: Isaiah 66:22-24:The "new heavens and new earth" of Isaiah 66:22 matches Revelation 21:1. This occurs AFTER the Great White Throne Judgement of Revelation 20:10-15! The references to "carcases"; "their worm"; "their fire" (vs 24) is AFTER the Great White Throne Judgement of the LOST people! The reference to ". . the men that have transgressed. . ." are the LOST people AFTER the Great White Throne Judgement. And at this point they have received their NEW BODY! Notice what Isaiah says, the saved people shall "LOOK upon the CARCASES of the men that have transgressed. . ." It's worth mentioning that a "carcase" is not always a "DEAD body". For instance, two times the Bible specifically uses the term "dead carcase" (Deut. 14:8 and Ezek 6:5). If a carcase is ALWAYS a "dead" body, then why say "dead" carcase? And there's NOTHING in the context of Isaiah to imply these "men that transgressed" are "dead". In fact, Isaiah clearly says, "their worm shall NOT DIE". Even in our language, we refer to a living body as a "carcase". For example, "Get your carcase [body] in here". Why is that important? Because when the saved people in Isaiah 66:24 are "looking upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed" And do you know what they are SEEING? "Their worm"! The "carcase" they are seeing is "their WORM that shall not die". The end of Isaiah 66:24 is a frightening endorsement of this interpretation. What the saved people are viewing Isaiah says is , ". . . an abhorring unto all flesh". And my friend, that is not JUST a normal flesh body they are looking at! It is something that will send chills screaming through your soul at the horror. And it will happen! And it will happen TO YOU if you die without the Lord Jesus Christ! Even though the world tries to extinguish the cries and reality of hell the truth of hell echoes throughout our world. We desperately pretend to cover our ears and igonore the "screams, the weeping, the wailing, the gnashing of teeth" but it is there. . . And we know it. We refuse to accept such a place exist. But it is there. And we know it. Nothing we can do, nothing we can say, can erase the horror of hell from our minds. It is there. And we know it. National Geographic magazine truthfully titled their story on Volcanoes "Going To Hell". When PBS did a series on The Savage Earth, one episode was titled "Hell's Crust: Our Everchanging Planet". Everything we know. Everything we observe. Echoes the truth of a place called hell.
It is there. And we know it. Revelation 14:10 says, " . . . and he shall be tormented with fire and BRIMSTONE . . ." And Job 18 describes the " . . . PLACE of him that knoweth not God" (vs 21), in verse 15 as, " . . . BRIMSTONE shall be scattered upon his habitation." Do you know what brimstone is? It's sulfur. And do you know where sulfur or brimstone is found? INSIDE THIS EARTH! According to the book Volcanoes by Pierre Kohler (p. 43), when Mt. St Helens erupted in 1980 150,000 tons of sulfurous gas was ejected! Job is the oldest book in the Bible, written over 3,000 years ago, and yet Job knew what science wouldn't know for years inside this earth is BRIMSTONE! Nature magazine recently discovered (July 2002) what the Bible knew over 3,000 years ago. Inside this earth is "fire and brimstone": "Volcanoes may be more like hell than anyone realized. Eruptions disgorge streams of molten sulphur, the brimstone of evangelical preachers, which burns up before it can be preserved for posterity, new research in the journal Geology shows". Click here to view an incredible National Geographic Macromedia Flash clip on Volcanoes with the intro "FIRE. . . BRIMSTONE. . . HELL ON EARTH. . VOLCANOES" Note: You will need the ability to play MacroMedia Flash to view
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HELL IS A PLACE OF TORMENT
Go Ask someone at church!
YOU WOULD TOTALLY HATE IT THERE!!!
Jesus says of the man in Luke 16:
23 "And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in TORMENTS. . . "It is humanly impossible to comprehend the Bible description of hell. Nothing on earth can compare with it. No nightmare could produce a terror to match that of hell. No horror movie could describe it?s fright. No crime scene with all it?s blood and gore could begin to match it?s horror.
24 ". . . for I am TORMENTED in this FLAME."
28 ". . .PLACE OF TORMENT."
The Bible warns in Psalm 9:17, you will not only be in hell you will BE TURNED INTO HELL! You will literally BE HELL!
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Psalm 9:17
Just look how the Bible warns of the eternity and permance of hell!
everlasting fire ? Matthew18:8, 25:41
everlasting punishment ? Matthew 25:46
everlasting chains ? Jude 1:6
eternal damnation ? Mark 3:29
eternal judgment ? Hebrews 6:2
eternal fire ? Jude 1:7
unquenchable fire ? Matthew 3:12
the fire that never shall be quenched ? Mark 9:43, 44, 45, 46, 48
fire unquenchable ? Luke 3:17
mist of darkness is reserved for ever ? 2 Peter 2:17
the blackness of darkness for ever ? Jude 1:13
My friend, I have searched my Bible, from cover to cover. . . I have studied every occurrence of hell in my Bible and I can not find one verse, not one word of HOPE for someone in hell! NOT ONE WORD! The rich man in hell in Luke 16 never even asks to get out He knew there was no way out!
What could possibly be worth eternity in hell? No wonder Jesus Christ
warned so much about hell! No wonder Jesus said in Mark 8:36, "For
what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and LOSE
HIS OWN SOUL?"
43 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:
45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
WHAT JESUS CHRIST SAYS ABOUT HELL! | |
"fire" | Matt 7:19, 13:40, 25:41 |
"everlasting fire" | Matt 18:8, 25:41 |
"eternal damnation" | Mark 3:29 |
"hell fire" | Matt 5:22, 18:9, Mark 9:47 |
"damnation" | Matt 23:14, Mark 12:40, Luke 20:47 |
"damnation of hell" | Matt 23:33 |
"resurrection of damnation" | John 5:29 |
"furnace of fire" | Matt 13:42, 50 |
"the fire that never shall be quenched" | Mark 9:43, 45 |
"the fire is not quenched" | Mark 9:44, 46, 48 |
"Where their worm dieth not" | Mark 9:44, 46, 48 |
"wailing and gnashing of teeth" | Matt 13:42, 50 |
"weeping and gnashing of teeth" | Matt 8:12, 22:13, 25:30 |
"torments" | Luke 16:23 |
"tormented in this flame" | Luke 16:24 |
"place of torment" | Luke 16:28 |
"outer darkness" | Matt 8:12, 22:13 |
"everlasting punishment" | Matt 25:46 |
As you leave your body you realize something is happening. You hear a sound. . . getting louder and louder. . . screaming . . .weeping. . . wailing. Terror and fear beyond anything you could imagine overtakes you. "This can?t be happening!" you scream. Your nostrils are filling with the awful stench of burning souls. Your face ignites from the heat. Flames are now blazing from your eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth every opening in your body, flames are roaring out. Your body is sizzling and crackling from the flames.
Your body is now madly thrashing and convulsing from the horrible pain. Don't you feel it? "Why don?t I die?", you scream. You begin weeping and gnashing your teeth with the millions. "When will this pain stop?" But you know it will never stop. . .
The darkness is so terrifying, it begins engulfing you. You feel something moving in the darkness. . . something horrible is happening. "No! No! This can?t be happening" you scream as your worm is emerging.
You begin cursing the day you were born. You scream "Oh God, why didn?t you warn me?" but you remember the preacher pleading with you to receive Jesus Christ. You remember reading that gospel tract. You cry "God don?t you care?" but you remember John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,. . ." "God is a God of love He won't allow this", you cry but you remember John 3:36, ". . . he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."
And you soon realize, that Jesus Christ was right!
There is a place called hell.
Dr. Rawlings has watched as thousands of people depart into eternity.
Most people think they'll somehow "sneak" into heaven, but
Dr. Rawlings claims most people descend into the flames of hell!
Jesus Christ gave a solemn warning in Matthew 7:21-23
"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. . . 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 profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."
If it was for a few days, a few months, a few years or even a million
years, but to be tormented FOREVER! You will
despair of ever having any deliverance! You will beg for death itself
to come and take you away! You will curse the day you were born! Revelation
14:11 says, "The smoke of their TORMENT
ascendeth up for EVER AND EVER:
and they have NO REST DAY NOR NIGHT."
"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"Mark 8:36:
God has something far better than words can describe for those who love Him. I Corinthians 2:9 says:
". . . Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him."I Corinthians 2:9
Friend, there is a place called hell! And, if you continually refuse God's
gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ just as sure as you
live and breathe ONE DAY YOU WILL WAKE
UP IN HELL!
Don't wait until you die to find out the truth about Hell! Tomorrow
may be too late! Proverbs 27:1 says, "Boast not thyself of
tomorrow: for thou KNOWEST NOT what a day may bring forth."
Three people die every second, 180 every minute, since you started reading
this 2000 more people have gone into eternity! An automobile
accident. . . A heart attack. . , A stroke. . .One thing is CERTAIN
you will DIE today. . . tomorrow . . . a week. .
. a month . . . a year. . . 5 years. . . 10 years. . . 20 years. . . 50
years ONE THING IS CERTAIN " . . .it is appointed
unto man once TO DIE . . ."
"And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this THE JUDGMENT." Hebrews 9:27Revelation 20:15 says:
"And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE." Revelation 20:15
If you've never received Jesus Christ as your Savior, bow your head this
minute and ask the Lord Jesus Christ to save you.Don't put it off
another second!
"As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:" Romans 3:10
"... for there is no difference. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" Romans 3:23
"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our
righteousnesses are as filthy rags; ..." Isaiah 64:6
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according
to his mercy he saved us, ..." Titus 3:5
"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body
on the tree, ..." 1 Peter 2:24
"... Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins
in his own blood," Revelation 1:5
"But as many as received him, to them gave he
power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his
name:" John 1:12
" ...Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.""
Acts 16:30,31
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life." John 3:16
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