Hell is Real and You Don't Want to Go There !
80Both Geophysical Science and the Holy Bible confirm there is a Lake of Fire beneath the Earth.
The Solid Inner Core of the Earth is the Hottest Part
Geophysical studies have revealed that the earth has several distinct layers. The outermost layer of the Earth is the crust. This comprises the continents and ocean basins. The crust has a variable thickness. The next layer is the mantle, which is about 2900 km thick, and is separated into the upper and lower mantle. This is where most of the internal heat of the Earth is located. The last layer is the core, which is separated into the liquid outer core and the solid inner core which is the hottest part of the earth.
The "Lake of Fire" in Hell is in the Mantle beneath the Earth
Geophysical scientists that have studied the volcano inform us the mantle under the earth is so hot that the rocks are in a molten or liquid state called the magma. This layer is where the "the lake of fire" may be located. During the eruption of a volcano the lava that flows out of the crater gives us the evidence that the "Lake of Fire" in hell is under the earth.
Section across a Volcano indicates fire coming up from the Lake of Fire beneath the Earth
Molten Lava comes out from beneath the Earth spill out and overflow from the Crater of the Volcano
Russian Scientists Drilling in Siberia Recorded Sounds from Hell
The following article appeared in the well respected Finland newspaper "Ammenusastia "
As a communist I don't believe in heaven or the Bible but as a scientist I now believe in hell," said Dr. Azzacove. "Needless to say we were shocked to make such a discovery. But we know what we saw and we know what we heard. And we are absolutely convinced that we drilled through the gates of hell!"
Dr. Azzacove continued, ". . .the drill suddenly began to rotate wildly, indicating that we had reached a large empty pocket or cavern. Temperature sensors showed a dramatic increase in heat to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit."
We lowered a microphone, designed to detect the sounds of plate movements down the shaft. But instead of plate movements we heard a human voice screaming in pain! At first we thought the sound was coming from our own equipment.""But when we made adjustments our worst suspicions were confirmed. The screams weren't those of a single human, they were the screams of millions of humans!"
Sounds of Tormented Souls from Hell recorded by a Research Team in Siberia
The Geophysical Description of the "Lake of Fire" under the Earth fits the Biblical Description of Hell
The Holy Bible has many references to hell and over 162 of them are in the New Testament alone. There are more than 70 references that were spoken by the Lord Jesus Christ. This is what He said about hell. The unsaved persons are thrown into a place of "fire" (Mt. 7:19; 13:40; 25:41); "everlasting fire" (Mt. 18:8; 25:41); "furnace of fire" (Mt. 13:42, 50); "the fire that shall never be quenched" (Mk. 9:43-48). Revelation describes hell as "the lake of fire" (Rev. 20:13-15).
Hell is the Place reserved for the Devil and his Angels.
After Lucifer and his wicked angels lost the war there was no place for them in heaven any more and they were cast to the earth (Rev. 12:7-9). Lucifer fell from heaven and was brought down to "Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit" (Isa. 14:12-14). The Lord Jesus Christ said that hell is the place with the "everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels." (Mt. 25:41).
The Hebrew word "sheol" is hell. The "pit" is a hole on the earth (Num. 16:30-33; Isa. 5:14). "For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;" (2 Pet. 2:4). Hell is described as a "bottomless pit" in which the wicked descend (Rev. 20:3; 17:8). From these biblical references we know that "hell" is a real place under the earth.
Hell is a Place of Torment
Hell is a place of torment (Lk. 16:28). The Lord Jesus Christ described the unsaved man as "being in torment in hades" (Lk. 16:23). In hell the man said, "I am tormented in this flame." (Lk. 16:24) "And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever, and they have no rest day or night, . . ." (Rev. 14:11)
To Hell and Back – a book by Dr. Maurice Rawlings
Originally Dr. Maurice Rawlings was not a Christian. He is a cardiologist. Dr. Rawlings encountered some near death experiences (NDE) from his patients that made him a believer. He is the author of a book "To Hell and Back" that describes life after death. Dr. Rawlings writes of the experiences of his own patients brought back to life. Here are some excerpts from his book.
"I (Dr. Rawlings) was giving CPR to a patient when the following incident occurred. I inserted a pacemaker through the shoulder and guided it through the vein into Charlie's heart. His heart stopped so I began to pound on his heart, but as I did blood spurted out, I stopped to adjust the pacemaker. And as I did, Charlie's eyes would roll back in his head, he would sputter, turn blue, and convulse. This happened several times. Once while I was stopped to adjust the pacemaker Charlie screamed, 'Don't stop, don't stop, I'm in Hell, I'm in Hell.' Hallucinations, I thought at first, but most victims say, 'Take your big hands off me, you're breaking my ribs,' but he was saying the opposite 'For Gods sake don't stop! Don't you understand, every time you stop I'm in Hell. When he asked me to pray for him I felt downright insulted. I told him to shut up, I'm a doctor, not a minister or a psychiatrist. Then the nurse gave me that expectant look. What would you do? That's when I composed a make-believe prayer. I made him repeat the prayer to keep him off my back. Say it! Jesus Christ Son of God, Keep me out of Hell. And a very strange thing took place. He was no longer that wild-eyed screaming lunatic. It was then that I too (Dr. Rawlings) became a Christian." (pg 37).
Here is another Story from Dr. Rawlings' Book
"I (Dr. Rawlings) was watching a monitor to guide a pacemaker into my patient's heart when it happened: his heart stopped. This is the story. The patient recounts his story in this way: "I blacked out and then you (Dr. Rawlings) hit me on the chest saying 'Excuse me.' ... Somebody was yelling. Something crashed over my left shoulder, everybody went crazy. And then I was out of it. I was floating, pitch black, moving fast. The wind whistled by and I rushed toward this beautiful blazing light. As I moved past, the walls of the tunnel caught fire. Beyond the blazing tunnel a huge lake of fire was burning like an oil spill. Elongated shadows showed that people were moving aimlessly about like animals in a zoo enclosure. Down the hill I saw an old friend who had died -- the last I recall they were dragging the river for him, 'hi there Jim' I called out. He just looked at me, didn't even smile. They were taking him around the corner when he started screaming: I ran, but there was no way out. I kept saying 'Jesus is Lord, Jesus is Lord.' Suddenly I was back in my body, as you were putting in the stitches." (pg 72).
Hell is a Reality (Screaming of the Damned)
You have a Choice of either going to Heaven or Hell. There is only One Way to Heaven. JESUS is the only Way, the Truth and the Life.
"So they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household." (Acts 16:31)
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Wow!!! The sounds of those tormented in hell makes me want to cry. I pray that God will use this Hub to touch the hearts of thousands.
i agree there is a hell
It seems you did a lot of research to create this hub. Good job in writing it also. I believe also that hell is real. I also believe that you may be right in assuming that it is the core of the earth, but I cannot say for sure.
WHY or even HOW can/would anyone love a god that would DO THAT??
WHY do you take everything in that book to be literal. You want to be literal - then DO IT - and get it right.
You say something is either TRUE or FALSE. OK - Here is a TRUTH.
Hell = SHEOL AND HADEES
LITERALE TRANSLATION.
The Hebrew Old Testament, some three hundred years before the Christian era, was translated into Greek, but of the sixty-four instances where Sheol occurs in the Hebrew, it is rendered Hadees in the Greek sixty times, so that either word is the equivalent of the other.
But neither of these words is ever used in the Bible to signify punishment after death, nor should the word Hell ever be used as the rendering of Sheol or Hadees for neither word denotes post-mortem torment.
Hell primarily signifys only the place, or state of the dead. Which is -- DEAD.
"The living are conscious that they will die, but as for the dead, they are COSCIOUS OF NOTHING AT ALL."
Is that CLEAR enough for you?
I like the center of the Earth theory, because we know that the earth is not going to last forever, which makes hell finite.
The word in greek means GRAVE...
The character of those who departed thither did not affect their situation in Sheol, for all went into the same state. The word cannot be translated by the term Hell, for that would make Jacob expect to go to a place of torment, and prove that the Savior of the world, David, Jonah, etc., were once sufferers in the prison-house of the damned.
In EVERY instance in the Old Testament, the word grave might be substituted for the term hell, either in a LITERAL or figurative sense. The word being a proper name should always have been left untranslated.
BUT od course the catholic church could never leave THAT one alone! Oh NO! They had to have some way to control the masses with fear. What better way than through the fear of some buring afterlife if you don't do what WE say!
Had the word HELL been permitted to travel untranslated, no one would ever have given to it the meaning now so often applied to it. Sheol, primarily, literally, the grave, or death, secondarily and figuratively the political, social, moral or spiritual consequences of wickedness in the present world, is the precise force of the term, wherever it is found.
OK mr arkwriter - TRUTH man - true or false - you cannot have it both ways you said to me.
READ ME
That the Hebrew word never (get that - NEVER) designates a place of punishment in a future state of existence, we have the testimony of the most learned of scholars, even among the so-called orthodox.
SO what have we done, the catholics, the fearmongors - the controlers -
We quote the testimony of the few
VERY IMPORTANT FACTS - you HAVE to read this or you do not get to have your true and false :}
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Are you a translator mr arkwriter? If not, then how can you call these translators liars.
Hell, in itself considered, has no connection with future punishment.
IMPORTANT FACTSGehenna was a well-known locality near Jerusalem, and ought no more to be translated Hell, than should Sodom or Gomorrah. See Josh. 15: 8; II Kings 17: 10; II Chron. 28: 3; Jer. 7: 31, 32; 19: 2. Gehenna is never employed in the Old Testament to mean anything else than the place with which every Jew was familiar. The word should have been left untranslated as it is in some versions, and it would not be misunderstood. It was not misunderstood by the Jews to whom Jesus addressed it. Walter Balfour well says: "What meaning would the Jews who were familiar with this word, and knew it to signify the valley of Hinnom, be likely to attach to it when they heard it used by our Lord? Would they, contrary to all former usage, transfer its meaning from a place with whose locality and history they had been familiar from their infancy, to a place of misery in another world? This conclusion is certainly inadmissible. By what rule of interpretation, then, can we arrive at the conclusion that this word means a place of misery and death?" The French Bible, the Emphatic Diaglott, Improved Version, Wakefield's Translation and Newcomb's retain the proper noun, Gehenna, the name of a place as well-known as Babylon. Gehenna is never mentioned in the Apocrypha as a place of future punishment as it would have been had such been its meaning before and at the time of Christ. No Jewish writer, such as Josephus or Philo, ever uses it as the name of a place of future punishment, as they would have done had such then been its meaning. No classic Greek author ever alludes to it and therefore it was a Jewish locality, purely. The first Jewish writer who ever names it as a place of future punishment is Jonathan Ben Uzziel who wrote, according to various authorities, from the second to the eighth century, A. D. The first Christian writer who calls Hell Gehenna is Justin Martyr who wrote about A. D. 150. Neither Christ nor his apostles ever named it to Gentiles, but only to Jews which proves it a locality only known to Jews, whereas, if it were a place of punishment after death for sinners, it would have been preached to Gentiles as well as Jews. It was only referred to twelve times on eight occasions in all the ministry of Christ and the apostles, and in the Gospels and Epistles. Were they faithful to their mission to say no more than this on so vital a theme as an endless Hell, if they intended to teach it? Only Jesus and James ever named it. Neither Paul, John, Peter nor Jude ever employ it. Would they not have warned sinners concerning it, if there were a Gehenna of torment after death? Paul says he "shunned not to declare the whole counsel of God," and yet though he was the great preacher of the Gospel to the Gentiles he never told them that Gehenna is a place of after-death punishment. Would he not have repeatedly warned sinners against it were there such a place? ;nbspDr. Thayer significantly remarks: "The Savior and James are the only persons in all the New Testament who use the word. John Baptist, who preached to the most wicked of men did not use it once. Paul wrote fourteen epistles and yet never once mentions it. Peter does not name it, nor Jude; and John, who wrote the gospel, three epistles, and the Book of Revelations, never employs it in a single instance. Now if Gehenna or Hell really reveals the terrible fact of endless woe, how can we account for this strange silence? How is it possible, if they knew its meaning and believed it a part of Christ's teaching that they should not have used it a hundred or a thousand times, instead of never using it at all; especially when we consider the infinite interests involved? The Book of Acts contains the record of the apostolic preaching,and the history of the first planting of the church among the Jews and Gentiles, and embraces a period of thirty years from the ascension of Christ. In all this history, in all this preaching of the disciples and apostles of Jesus there is no mention of Gehenna. In thirty years of missionary effort these men of God, addressing people of all characters and nations never under any circumstances threaten them with the torments of Gehenna or allude to it in the most distant manner! In the face of such a fact as this can any man believe that Gehenna signifies endless punishment and that this is part of divine revelation, a part of the Gospel message to the world? These considerations show how impossible it is to establish the doctrine in review on the word Gehenna. All the facts are against the supposition that the term was used by Christ or his disciples in the sense of endless punishment. There is not the least hint of any such meaning attached to it, nor the slightest preparatory notice that any such new revelation was to be looked for in this old familiar word." Jesus never uttered it to unbelieving Jews, nor to anybody but his disciples, but twice (Matt. 23: 15-33) during his entire ministry, nor but four times in all. If it were the final abode of unhappy millions, would not his warnings abound with exhortations to avoid it? Jesus never warned unbelievers against it but once in all his ministry (Matt. 23: 33) and he immediately explained it as about to come in this life. If Gehenna is the name of Hell then men's bodies are burned there as well as their souls. Matt. 5: 29; 18: 9. If it be the name of endless torment, then literal fire is the sinner's punishment. Mark 9: 43-48. Salvation is never said to be from Gehenna. Gehenna is never said to be of endless duration nor spoken of as destined to last forever, so that even admitting the popular ideas of its existence after death it gives no support to the idea of endless torment. Clement, a Universalist, used Gehenna to describe his ideas of punishment. He was one of the earliest of the Christian Fathers. The word did not then denote endless punishment. A shameful death or severe punishment in this life was at the time of Christ denominated Gehenna (Schleusner, Canon Farrar and others), and there is no evidence that Gehenna meant anything else at the time of Christ."The living are aware that they will die, but as for the dead, they are conscious of NOTHING AT ALL."
Get out your bible and find it - if not, I'll tell you where it is.
Dear privateye2500,
The Holy Bible teaches that the suffering of the lost in hell is eternal.
Isaiah 66:24 - "And they shall go forth and look upon the corpses of the men who have transgressed against Me (God), For their worm does not die, and their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh." The Lord Jesus Christ concurred that a person could go to hell (Greek gehenna) "into the fire that shall never be quenched and where their worm does not die" (Mark 9:43-46, 48).
"And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever, and they have no rest day or night . . ." (Rev. 14:11)
The Lord Jesus Christ said, "And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." (Mt. 25:46)
Is hell a literal place or figurative expression? The story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16 depicts graphically the sufferings and torment of the unsaved. Jesus teaches in Matthew 10:28 that both the soul and body can be cast into hell. If hell is a state of mind or methaphorical place, how can you cast a physical body into it?
In reading the Bible I believe that it teaches a literal fire and real sufferings. In Matthew 13 where Jesus spoke about the separation of the saved and the unsaved. "So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 13:49-50; Mt. 25:41)
There are some that assert God is too loving to punish somebody eternally. If God would reward the just to have eternal life in heaven why wouldn't He punish the wicked eternally. Who are we to say what God would do or wouln"t do? God has been very loving, kind and patient and has given every person on earth a chance to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved. If a person rejects the salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ then he or she has no one to blame but himself or herself.
The Lord Jesus Christ said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and will not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life." (Jn. 5:24)
Repent of your sins and accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior right NOW!
May God bless you!
Arkwriter
This is incredibly interesting.
What a load of crap.
Utterly useless load of uninteresting and unscientific fiction. People wakeup and stop yourself from going back to medeveal age.
If it is such "a load of crap" and "utterly useless load of uninteresting and unscientific fictiion", why bother to read and even comment?
It's hot in hell. You don't want to go and stay there eternally. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.
Arkwriter
interesting.
I Comment because it is my duty to let people know that Hell is place created in minds of people. It does not exist. It is a free world. As you are free to print crap I am free to print facts.
Choosing not to believe in Hell is actually created in the minds of people. This is a fact. Denial of Hell does not make it disappear. Only believing in the Lord Jesus Christ can save a person from going to Hell because He had already taken our place in death on the Cross. The One True God has revealed in the Scriptures that Judgment is coming to the world soon. So while you still have the time, repent of your sins and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as your only Savior.
"He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son."
"But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolators, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." (Rev. 21:7-8)
You don't want to go to Hell. So believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved!
Arkwriter
Hey. All I have to say is I was an unbeleiver until something in life went wrong. I had anxiety attacks for 2 days. I should have went to the hosiptal but I didn't. Call me pycho but I ducked my head and prayed. I felt some comfort and I went to my sisters place. She gave me a bible after a talk. I couldnt stop reading. Gensis gave me comfort. I've been reading since Aug 2007. Only a two months ago did I understood the real meaning of the bible. Unbelievers will not get it. It's spiritual. I know I didn't get it until tragety happened. It's GOD's wakeup call. In any case, GOD loves me and I know why it happened. I am more richly blessed because of it.
My relationship with family is great, job prospect is great and I'm more at peace and confident. The truth is better than this world's lies. I still can't believe I was lied to all these years. The theory of evolution, media and worldly possesions. Lies.
Anyways, I hope people pick up the bible or watch more christian channels. I don't trust some of these pastors on TV but I can somewhat tell the difference. Seek he truth. The unbeleivers don't have to beleive, just gain knowledge and when something happens, that is the time for you to rethink what you learned.
I am grateful for unbelievers and faithful followers. People's opinions count.
After the HELL audios, I am more diligent in the faith. I dont goto church. I just read, think and prey. I read all views. I'm educated but the bible doesn't require a high school degree to understand for a seeker of truth.
Have faith in the good and leave the world behind. It's only 120 years at most but I desire paradise for eternity. :)
Look at Israel. That is the time scale for our Judgement. Peace.
What crap! Hell! What is that? It is created by people to control others through fear and domination.
Believe or you rot in hell!! Do not Think, cause if you do, you burn in Hell.
Mr Arkwriter please advice tell people to believe in themselves only then they can become good human beings not by forced in believing into something that doesnot exist.
Hell is a made-up concept to instill fear into people. There is no proof that it exists; the fact that the earth has a molten center doesn't mean people & "angels" are sent there.
This whole conversation is completelty ridiculous!
someones been taking too much medication before hubbing.. hell is metaphoric not a place, if you want to get literal hell is the life you live karmatically if you were a bad bad person.. hell is escapable by learning from your mistakes.. god doesn't damn anyone to anything, we do it to ourselves... heaven on earth exists as well and is the result of good karma.. heaven and hell were invented as metaphores for percieving your good and bad karma, not some rediculous place you'd go for being bad... I believe we reincarnate into heaven or hell based on our last life's accumulated karma good or bad, its not a punishment or reward, it just is.
when I say reincarnate into I don't mean you go to pearly gates (what is god materialistic?) or hell (what is god revengeful?) I mean we enter into lifes circumstances based on things we need to learn.
Heavenly life is a life with less friction, hell is a life uphill but its for the reason that we need to grow spiritually.
We are not damned or rewarded other than punishing ourself because we think of things in the wrong light or rewarding ourselves because we aquire wisdom. people need to stop trying to read the bible literally and read whats really there "for crists sake" :)
livelonger says:9 minutes ago
Hell is a made-up concept to instill fear into people. There is no proof that it exists; the fact that the earth has a molten center doesn't mean people & "angels" are sent there.
SirDent: Prove that it is made up if indeed it is. It's easy to say something is just made up. harder to prove it. So how would a person go about proving hell to be made up? The hardest way is to die and find out, but I don't recommend it.
The easiest way is to ask God Himself. He will tell you if it is real or not. And I don;t mean the god whom everyone is a part of. I mean the one true God. The One who gave His life on Calvary for the sins of the world.
SirDent: The burden of proof is on the person claiming that something exists. There are millions of people who believe that a multiarmed god named Vishnu exists, and they have exactly the same amount of proof that he exists as you do for hell's existence: none. Do you mean to tell me that the burden of proof is on the rest of us to demonstrate that Vishnu does *not* exist? (If so, I'd love to see how you'll prove that)
I'm afraid "talking to God" is another imagined thing that has never been proven either, and something I doubt very much ever will.
Just because you want to believe something doesn't make it so.
Its ashame people have to wait until they get in hell to actually believe its for real. Awesome hub. You did alot of work here.
livelonger says:8 minutes ago
SirDent: The burden of proof is on the person claiming that something exists. There are millions of people who believe that a multiarmed god named Vishnu exists, and they have exactly the same amount of proof that he exists as you do for hell's existence: none. Do you mean to tell me that the burden of proof is on the rest of us to demonstrate that Vishnu does *not* exist? (If so, I'd love to see how you'll prove that) I'm afraid "talking to God" is another imagined thing that has never been proven either, and something I doubt very much ever will. Just because you want to believe something doesn't make it so.
SirDent: You made the claim that it is non-existent. I simply asked you to prove your word. I also provided you with the best way and the worst way to find out for sure. I did not leave you in the dark about it.
Are you saying God is an idiot and unable to communicate with His creation?
SirDent: I'm saying that there is no proof of hell (or God) so we can not assert anything about their existence. The defaults for anything you have absolutely no proof for is "it doesn't exist" or "I have absolutely no idea if it exists", not "it exists if I want it to exist, and it doesn't exist if I don't want it to exist."
I don't believe that God definitively exists, as I have seen no proof of his (?) existence. People think they can talk to things all the time (dead relatives, spirits, ghosts, etc.) - it simply means they want to believe they are.
You are right, though, that the only credible way to know about the existence of hell is to die (and, I assume, not be one of the 144,000 mormons entitled to go to heaven!). I do not have any evidence of any knowledge of what the nature of an afterlife is, if there is any at all, and I'm personally comfortable with the fact that we will probably never know.
You are right! There is a hell! And I'm not going there because I am a blood-bought Christian! And I thank God for that every day! Great hub! Keep up the good work! Keep the truth coming. I pray sooner or later the non-believers will become believers!
Congratulation to all of you people you aren't "going to Hell". It must be such a relief! Living in fear of such an outrageously sinister eternal fate would be unbearable, so if it works for you, then go for it. But please try not to be so surprised and disappointed to learn that millions of bright - and, very frequently, spiritually awakened souls - do not and will not share either you fear of eternal damnation or the "comfort" you have in feeling like you've found the answer. We non-hell-believing hordes are OK, really!
Privateeye is correct, Arkwriter. The jews NEVER understood gehenna to be a place of eternal punishment (and you wholly misunderstand what "their worm dieth not" means) and to this day, they still do not. There is nothing in the old testament at all that invites of this interpretation. The scripture you mentioned clearly says the CORPSES of the wicked. It goes on to say they will be ASHES trampled underfoot. They are DEAD.
Repeatedly the old testament reveals what Sheol is- it is the grave. Otherwise how can the scripture say in truth (as quoted by private eye)- the dead are conscious of NOTHING? Solomon wrote what the grave is in eccesliastes. Paul himself says that we will by no means be caught up to heaven prior to the resurrection- which means that all who die, go neither to heaven or hell, but to the grave.
I'm betting you believe in a pre-tribulation rapture, as well. This stuff is all junk, doctrines of men attached to the truth. It makes a mockery of the application of the label "gospel", for what manner of good news teaches that the vast majority of all humanity is bound for eternal torment?
As to the PARABLE of the rich man and lazarus...that's exactly what it is. A PARABLE. It was never intended to be taken literally- it illustrates a spiritual truth. I refer you here to where an excellent explanation is given that is scripturally consistent: http://www.tentmaker.org/articles/Lazarus-byHuie.h
The wages of sin is DEATH. Not hell. Revelation is not understood properly by anyone, it is a book of symbols and attempting to understand it with the natural mind and literally, is folly.
As for your contention that man is able to choose to accept or reject God, the bible clearly contradicts it. It says that NO MAN comes to the Father but through the Son and that NO MAN comes to Son unless the Father draws him. What do you make of that scripture?
It is not the man who wills, or the man who runs, but God who shows mercy. That's romans 9:16. It is in Romans where Paul makes the case, continually, that Man actually can do nothing to receive Salvation from God. We don't "choose to accept Christ"- God chooses "to have mercy on whom He will have mercy and compassion on whom He will have compassion" it is, in fact, an entirely arbitrary decision of God. No pleading on the part of man can change or effect the Will of God on this matter.
But the scriptures go farther than that in declaring the good news:
"For he hath concluded them ALL in unbelief, in order that He might have mercy on ALL."
The only reason people don't want to accept what the scriptures actually say about the eventual condition of all mankind, is because deep in their hearts, everyone wants to believe that they were in some way responsible for their own salvation. No one wants to accept God as His word: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." And yet, Jacob lied and cheated his own Father and brother to receive the blessing. He actually withheld food from his own starving brother unless he was willing to give up his birthright, which flies in the very face of christian charity and the teachings of Christ- and yet, God favored Jacob and looked down on Esau. Why?
Surely not because Jacob was more righteous. No- NONE is righteous. Our righteousness is FILTHY RAGS. And yet God shows no favoritism and is no respecter of persons. How can this be?
Because he will use the foolish things to CONFOUND the wise. God is infinitely good, infinitely just and yes, this justice requires punishment and judgment is coming to everyone.
But the mercy of God endures FOREVER. Heb. 7:25 Jesus is able to save to the uttermost
Wow, it looks like I got in on this one a little late. Let me try and revive this silly hell core hub. Wake up!! Breath!! Come on now!! People, come back to this ridiculous hub!! OK, do I see signs of life? Yes!!!! It's back!!! Now, in a few days I will destroy this stupid urban legend of people drilling a hole into the Arctic and hearing hell's screams. This story will have to suffer a violent death at my hands.
And death it will receive. That ice drilling to hell story has never been taken seriously. First of all, you can't drill into the earth's core. It's much too deep. Second of all, the only reason anybody would even suggest that hell is in the center of the earth is because they don't understand the scriptures that they think teach such non sense. And third, there is no place called hell. Period. The hell doctrine is a sick hoax. Most of the modern day teaching of this doctrine comes right out of the play, Dante's Inferno. Now, I know this story has no backing by any credible source. It is a very weak urban legend.
I noticed a few familiar names giving you credit for this gargbage. Sir Dent? Wow. I didn't think you would give any credit to such a ridiculous notion. So, are you people really believing that the very least severe portions of your stupid hell fable, are so painfull that it's inhabitants would be screaming non stop? Remember, even the most hell bent believers would say that there are degrees to this fable. So, we can assume that they dug into the very outskirts of this place (not the center where asses would be burning so hot that not even noah's flood would quench them). Boy, quite a punishment for those who just happened to grow up Hindu or something. This hell teaching is so stupid. Yeah, I realize that there are very worldly intelligent people who believe this hell crap, but I must say:
Anybody who believes that people digging into Arctic ice sheets accendentally pentetrated hell and have real evidence for this,
is a moron, both worldly and spiritually.
Joshua, looks like we are growing on the same tree. I would invite you to explore some more of these hell hubs and put your wisdom to the test against heresy. You will find me on some of them if you really look. I have just about exausted my patience for these blind hell believers. I'm passing the torch to you.
Regarding Sheol, Sheol in the Old Testament is different to the grave for a number of reasons. Here are a few...
The Hebrew word for bury (kebar) is never used for Sheol. You can see some examples in Genesis 23:4, 6, 9 and 49:30, 31).
The Hebrew word for grave (kever) can be made plural. In other words, you can have one grave (kever) or 100 graves. But the word for Sheol is never put in the plural.
A grave is found at a specific site but Sheol is never spoken of as being in a certain geographical location. Sheol is the “world” of the dead, not a particular place where a dead person is buried. A grave is a physical place you can visit no matter where the grave is.
And you don’t need a grave to go to Sheol. You can die in the desert and your body can decay where it falls but your soul will still go to Sheol, the underworld, the place of departed souls.
You can purchase or sell a grave as your own personal property (Genesis 23:4-20) but you cannot do this with Sheol. No one is ever spoken of as owning Sheol! In the grave, bodies are not conscious but they are in Sheol (Isaiah 14:4-7, Luke 16:19 and forwards)
If you read the Bible it interprets itself.
Re Gehenna, sure it has historical connections with a rubbish dump which continualy burned with the rubbish which was thrown there. But Jesus himself took this image and used it to speak of place of eternal torment. JESUS said hell was eternal, hell was a place of torment and that we should FEAR God who has power to damn someone to hell. Fear is a good thing. It will help you escape the danger of a burning house. It can help you escape eternal torment.
But really, that is not the primary reason you should believe in and put your trust on the Lord Jesus Christ to save you from hell. You should trust in Christ to save you from hell because your are GUILTY of breaking God's moral law and are a sinner at heart and need salvation.
Praise God he send his son to save us. God Bless
Sheol means unseen. In other words, in sheol you no longer exist until that thing known as the resurection occurs. Gehenna was used as an example of judgment by Christ. The fires are symbolic for the purification of God. Any teaching of eternal torment lacks scriptural understanding and blasphems God more than any other false doctrine. Praise God that Christ will succeed in saving the world.
WOW i never hurt anyone or do anything bad , should i go to church ? or should i stay at home in prey ? , i was going to a church before but i'm so l8z , i don't ant to get up on sunday , but as i read the bible we supposte to wordship on saturday not sunday , so we doing it wrong and i'm gonna try my own place on saturdays to wordship our Lord , REMEMBER he love us thats why we not in hell we got the 2nd chance to fix what adan and eva did ,a nd yes i belive even more by now , lisen ppl , who are not belivers u not belive is there a superior been , ok if u belive and is not God is not gonna hurt u at all u gonna be a good person u know , but lets say you don't belive and theres a God , then be ready to screem day and nite with no rest forever
No, the only screaming day and night goes on in the fake churches of modern day Babylon. It's the ministers of deception who are screaming about some unscriptural hell and the fearful are believing the nonsense. Pray for truth, not for deliverence from some fabled hell.
Jeremiah 1:5 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK, Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
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Oh, my point exactly. We don't have some silly free will. God is soverein. Good for you to notice that one.
i have not heard of this for a while, I was about 18 yrs old when I heard this, Now that I am looking for more facts and input in religion I see this again .
Thank god we still have a chance to do something about it , Scary but going to another link does not make it go away .
Please, do not waste your precious time and do not give the holly gospel to those that will never believe, no matter what...
People that are moving into the lake of fire demands revelations from that God they don´t believe... isn´t it funny?
Same story happens againg... Jews didn´t believe in Joshua (Jesus), but still ask for signals, back in time, Noah warned the people about the huge rain and they didn´t believed him... by the way, for those so intelligent and "science-slave" people, there are sufficient amunt of proofs about that, but, of couse, you won´t believe... just because you don´t like the "idea" of being a real lake of fire...
Hope you, unbelievers, to be lucky right after you die and leave your flesh-and-bone-made body, and find yourself in the place you always dreamed not to be real...
If you, unbelievers, are right, nothing happens, unbelievers do not win a bit and believers still do not loose a bit...
If we are right, as we certainly are, and lake of fire is for real, then you loose, and will suffer for ever, ever, and ever, and .... well, you know what infinte time means, don´t you...?
Go not get me wrong, I am not happy about what you, unbelievers, are gonna face with, but sometimes ou got to push or pull hard, to get something or someone moving... by all means, if Jesus cannot convert you into his Holly Word, how could I?
Just will be safe by faith... first is the faith, then then proofs... not the way around as you mught think...
In facto, every single person in the word live by faith... We, the believers, live by the pure faith in God, and his Holly Word...
Atheists, and unbelievers, live by the faith on the "fact" they have read in a book, or encyclopedia, or, maybe, by the faith of the word of some so-called scientist... I am sure none of you have been a real eyewitness of the so-called scientific proofs, have you? You just got it from secundary of third party source of information... I mean, you weren´t there, right there and right in time when all these "scientific demonstrations" took place...
So, you are also a person abide by the faith... just as we are... being the great difference, our faith is the only and real God, Creator of all that exist, the God you, his creatures, denies...
Anyway, I have spent (or wasted) so much time with you, unbelievers... God does not need you... you need Him... just do not want to admit it...
The end of times is just about... see you then...
Israel, that was one of the most idiotic and spiritually dead posts I've read on these hubs. You think you know what the Lake of Fire is but your blindness has you worshipping a god that you wished didn't exist. God will never torture anybody forever. That is a Christian hoax. And if you hate science so much, it's probably because you don't see how it corroborates with real scripture. But be assured, there is a Lake of Fire, and it is where you will be cleaned of the filth infested doctrines of the church. Then you will be saved.
By the way, for this hubber to say that the Lake of Fire is physical and in the center of the Earth, shows how void of the holy spirit he is.
it is true, the punishment is ture 100% and that is mentioned very clearly in the Qur'an in so many places.
Yes abdullah. The punishment is mentioned clearly in the Qur'an. The bible says no such thing though. Without a few mistranslations in the KJ such a thing could never be taught. But yeah, the Qur'an does teach that crap.
Hey arkwriter, I've come to accept the existense of hell. However, it is not in the middle of the Earth as you contend. I found out that hell is in the middle of Uranus.
pls pls read qran and save your self and ur family from hell .pls die as a muslim
That was shocking... Frightening...
Allah the only one true God is not born nor did he bear a son or sons. He has none equal to him. He is the sustainer of the universe. He has no beginning no end. Worship Him alone. Believe in his messengers, books, angels and Prophet Mohammed as his last messenger then you will never stay in hell for ever.
HAHAHHAHAAH!
so they just happened to get :19 seconds of the sounds of "hell" before the microphone melted??? are you kidding me?? in 2,000 degree temperatures?? A microphone can melt if you leave it in the sun, and you're telling me they got theirs to last that long? HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHA
Look this isn't the 18th centruy anymore, if you want to use scare tatics on people, you're going to have to do a lot better than that. People are a litle bit smarter than that, and if not then I feel sorry for them.
Oh and by the way... I'M A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN!
I believe in Hell, but I know the facts, I've done my research and this is not it...
Oh! and one other thing. The bible CLEARLY states that NO ONE will enter Heaven or Hell until after the day of judgment. Before that our souls are at rest until that day comes. SO, how could people be screaming if no one is even there yet? READ THE BIBLE, it's there!
tricia,
im a born again christian too. look i know you probably think that you know and think these people are wrong but honestly, if you are a born again christian then you should talk and walk like jesus christ. i dont think jesus would be commenting on this hub laughing at other people's opinions. RESPECT. if you truly think their wrong, then dont insult them, pray for them and ask our god to show them what is the truth. good job on this one arkwriter. i believe in hell. i believe in heaven too. keep it up and GOD BLESS YOU ALLLL!!!!
oh yea read mary k. baxters book, a divine revelation of hell. very good book. if you dont believe then the best way to find out is to ask God(Jehova) himself. accept jesus christ as your savior. try jesus and you wont regret it. youve got nothing to lose. if you dont like it fine. but i know if you accept jesus and do it with all your heart then i know you will not turn back to the world. try jesus please everyone!
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ima visit this hub more often i like this one...lol
I appreciate your hub. I read most of the comments, but really want to address the "proof" issue (that the burden of proof is on the one claiming there is a hell). First, I'll address the word study of Hell in the Bible. Then, I'll address the "proof" issue (Privateye2500 ~ this is for YOU ~ you have a gift, by the way, that God can use mightily):
I did a brief word study, using a Strong's concordance, on the word HELL. Looks like there are basically four different words used in the original languages of the Bible. The only one used in the Old Testament was #7585: She-owl (sheh-ole’) meaning hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates: grave, hell, pit.
The New Testament consists of three words for HELL: #1067: geenna (gheh’-en-nah) used as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment: - hell; #86: hades (hah’-dace) “Hades” or the place (state) of departed souls: - grave, hell; and #5020: tartaroo (tar-tar-o’-o) the deepest abyss of Hades; to incarcerate in eternal torment: - cast down to hell.
The point being that as some religions (even those of no religion) teach that hell is simply the grave in which we’re buried when we die, the Bible obviously refers to a place called HELL. All words show that this is a place beyond death, a place of our departed souls.
Jesus said in John 14:6 that “I AM the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE; NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.”
THE BURDEN OF PROOF:
Based on the scripture of Ephesians 2:8-9, "For by grace (unmerited favor because of the death/shed blood of Jesus Christ for our sin) are ye saved through FAITH (in Jesus Christ), and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, NOT OF WORKS (being a good person), lest any man should boast."
So we're saved through FAITH in what? What is FAITH? Hebrews 11:1 states, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." How can the believer PROVE something the unbeliever can't see? This is the miracle of faith. Faith comes FIRST, then the human (blind) eyes shall SEE through Spiritual eyes.
John Chapter 3 speaks of being born of water (of your mother) and being born of the Spirit (salvation by faith in Jesus Christ). You can't possibly "SEE" the spiritual truth if you first don't have FAITH to be "born again ~ of the Spirit." YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN!
It was never God's will to send anyone to Hell. This is why He's waiting so long (to the point of man's self-destruction) to return, giving every person as much time as is left to "choose" His path of everlasting LIFE. The Bible says in 2 Peter 3:9: "The Lord is not slacking concerning His promised return, as some men count to slacking, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that anyone should perish (eternal death), but that all should come to repentance (salvation = eternal life).
I truly share this in love. I know everyone here is meant to be here. They are meant to be discussing these things. Privateye, YOU obviously CARE about people (or care to defend your stance) to a nearly exhaustive level. God can use that to His glory. Have faith in Him, and take as many people with you to Heaven as you have time to!!
AMEN!
Read my hub, The Location of the Hell of Christiandom. Then read my more recent hubs.
I do not think that hell is a place to be interpreted literally. We are living in a physical world. We acquire our understanding of all matters by reasoning with our minds coupled with our physical eyes.
Jesus cannot explain something cannot be seen without using the physical aspects of things in this world, otherwise we would not be able to understand.
Hell is something cannot be seen as I understand and if a person is in that 'place' after death his spirit is in a state of suffering just like the feeling of being burned in fire.
If a person believe in Christ and carry out his commandments untill the end, his spirit will enter heaven, again is a place which is spiritual and we always understand to be a happy place.
If he does not believe in him, the bible says his spirit will go to that place of suffering.
yes i would like to hear the tape that what they recovered please email me ,yes i beleive god is nearing on his coming soon!!! lisafsimpkins@hotmail.com
Yes though some people might deny this but let me tell u d truth the unwanted fact yes hell exists n so does heaven
those unbelievers are afraid to reality..well, if they believe they have brains and believe they are intelligent..why would they believe they are intelligent they can't even see intelligence.so is God...I believe there is God because Ican feel Him...I find comfort in Him..God will prevail in the end.and believing there is hell is not giving fear and forcing people to believe.
My God, you people are pathetic. The Siberian sounds from Hell is one of the most famous hoaxes and the fact that you actually believe it is sad. There should be a special circle of hell for idiots like you.
I did a word study, using a Strong's concordance, on the word HELL. There are four different words used in the original languages of the Bible. The only one used in the Old Testament was #7585: sheowl (sheh-ole’) meaning hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates: grave, hell, pit.
Old Testament verses are as follows:
(Hebrew #7585 sheowl; translated the same as Greek #86 hades)
De 32:22; 2Sa 22:6; Job 11:8 & 26:6; Ps 9:17, 16:10, 18:5, 55:15, 86:13, 116:3 and 189:8; Pr 5:5, 7:27, 9:18, 15:11 & 24, 23:14 and 27:20; Isa 5:14, 14:9 & 14:15, 28:15 & 28:18 and 57:9; Eze 31:16 & 31:17, 32:21 & 32:27; Am 9:2; Jon 2:2; Hab 2:5.
The New Testament consists of three words for HELL: #1067: geenna (gheh’-en-nah) used as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment: - hell; #86: hades (hah’-dace) “hades” or the place (state) of departed souls: - grave, hell; and #5020: tartaroo (tar-tar-o’-o) the deepest abyss of hades; to incarcerate in eternal torment: - cast down to hell.
New Testament verses are as follows:
(Greek #1067 geenna)
Mt 5:22 & 5:29, 10:28, 18:9, 23:15 and 23:33; M'r 9:43, 9:45 and 9:47; Lu 12:5; Jas 3:6.
(Greek #86 hades)
Mt 11:23 & 16:18; Lu 10:15 & 16:23; Ac 2:27 & 2:31; Re 1:18, 6:8, 20:13 and 20:14.
(Greek #5020 tartaroo)
2 Pe 2:4
So, while some commentors wish to leave out portions of the definitions of these words and deny there is some other meaning, let them read the actual definitions and applicable scripture passages here ~ for they have no excuse! It's in the Word, and it is truth. AMEN.
Hi everybody who is reading this comment, i would even suggest this comment even if the above facts would have been not revealed. I WOULD JUST SIMPLY SAY WITH TRUTH THAT "HEAVEN AND HELL ARE REAL" AS REAL AS YOU ARE READING THIS COMMENT. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE YOU ARE CONDEMNED AND IF YOU THAN YOU ARE SAVED. MIND IT BELEVING LORD JESUS CHRIST IS WHAT I MEAN TO SAY AND NOT JUST REAL EXISTENCES OF HEAVEN OR HELL. BE SERIOUS
This story has been told and re-told and re-told.
Read more about the de-bunking at:
http://snopes.com/religion/wellhell.asp
Hell is encountered in your life here on Earth when you (unknowingly) use the power of God within you to (unknowingly) create circumstances in your life that cause suffering. When you realize Jesus is God in you, you can use this power to create unlimited happiness (i.e. Heaven) in your life on Earth. Satan is the "characteristic" of completely denying the power of God in you. This denial creates nasty nasty hells for you to suffer through in this life and perhaps future ones until you finally realize:
God is buried in you (and all of us). This is the grave...the world of death we live in now. When God awakens in you, you will see it happen as told SYMBOLICALLY in scripture...the birth FROM ABOVE of a son...who calls you father...
Read Goddard or my hubs and it will all become clear.
.....I'M JUST GOING TO GO EAT SOME MORE FUNERAL SANDWICHES...
Stop being so MEAN to everyone arkwriter...geezzzzz!
Wbisbill says:
2 years ago
I agree there is a hell and you don't want to go there. I'm not so sure about the literal "center of the earth theory. Good hub!