What you're about to read is hard to believe.. .
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We're going to examine the place the Bible calls hell.
We'll present documented evidence for a place called hell. 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."
Then still another strange thing happened. He
said,"Don't you understand? I am in hell. . . Don't let me go
back to hell!" . . .the man was serious, and it finally occurred
to me that he was indeed in trouble. He was in a panic like I had never
seen before."
(Maurice Rawlings, Beyond Death's
Door,(Thomas Nelson Inc., 1979) p. 3). 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 warn 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;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in
torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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 fathers house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may
testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of
torment. (Luke 16:22-28)
HELL IS A PLACE OF FIRE
The man in Luke 16:24 cries: ". . .I am tormented in this
FLAME."
In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says:
"And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF
FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of
teeth."
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."
THE BIBLE GIVES THE LOCATION OF HELL
When Jesus Christ died on the cross, He descended into hell.
In Acts 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 Jonah 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 Deaths Door, Dr. Rawlings writes patients who
described hell said, ". . . this place seems to be UNDERGROUND or
WITHIN THE EARTH in some way."
Thousands of years ago, the
Bible described a place called hell in the heart of the earth that matches
exactly what science is discovering.
YES! THERE IS A PLACE CALLED
HELL!
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 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."
The earths crust on land is
normally 50 miles thick. Youd have to go down 50 miles before the edge of
the fire. But in parts of the ocean floor, the earths 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."
Revelation 14:10 says, " . . .
and he shall be tormented with fire and
BRIMSTONE . . ." And Job 18 describes the " . .
.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!
HELL IS A PLACE OF TORMENT
Jesus says of the man in Luke 16:
23 "And in hell he lift up
his eyes, being in TORMENTS. . . "
24 ". .
. for I am TORMENTED in this
FLAME."
28 ". . .PLACE OF TORMENT." 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
its fright. No crime scene with all its blood and gore could begin to
match its horror.
You'll see HELL. . .
You'll smell HELL. .
.
You'll breathe HELL. . .
You'll hear HELL . . .
You'll feel
HELL. . .
It'll be beyond anything humanly imaginable!
The Bible describes it as weeping
(Matt 8:12), wailing (Matt
13:42), gnashing of teeth (Matt
13:50), darkness (Matt 25:30), flames (Luke 16:24), burning
(Isa 33:14), torments (Luke 16:23), everlasting punishment! Jesus Christ
says in Matthew 25:41, "Depart from me, ye
cursed, into EVERLASTING FIRE, prepared for the devil and his
angels."
In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says:
"And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF
FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of
teeth."
HELL IS FOREVER!
All who enter hell abandon all hope!
The
horror of hell for even one second is unbearable but
FOREVER!
Jesus says in Matthew 25:41: ". . .
Depart from me, ye cursed, into
EVERLASTING fire, . . ."
Rev. 14:11:
"The smoke of their TORMENT ascendeth up for
EVER AND EVER: and they have NO REST DAY NOR
NIGHT."
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?"
Jesus Christ took hell very serious. .
.
Jesus Christ says in Mark 9:43-47,
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:
Jesus Christ took hell so seriously
He could say without the slightest hesitation to remove your eye,
cut off your hand or foot, if that would keep you out of
hell!
If hell is not real Jesus Christ was the most
deceived man that ever lived!
Ill challenge
anyone to read the words of Jesus Christ and tell me they are the words of
a deceived man!
Jesus Christ knew exactly what He was talking
about!
How did Jesus describe hell?
Jesus Christ spoke more on hell than any other
subject..
Just look at how Jesus described hell:
| 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 |
WHAT IF JESUS IS RIGHT?
Hebrews 9:27 says, "And as it
is appointed unto men once to die, but after this THE
JUDGEMENT:"
it is appointed unto man once to die . .
.
and one day YOU will die . . .
And in hell he lift up his
eyes, being in torments . . .
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 cant 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. "Why dont I die?", you scream. You begin weeping and
gnashing your teeth with the millions. "When will this pain stop?"
But know this: 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 cant be
happening" you scream as your worm is emerging.
You begin
cursing the day you were born. You scream "Oh God, why didnt you
warn me?" but you remember the preacher pleading with you to
receive Jesus Christ. You remember reading that gospel tract. You cry
"God dont 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.
AND YOU ARE THERE
FOREVER!
But God is a God of LOVE. . . Why would a GOD OF LOVE send me to hell?
Yes, God is a GOD OF LOVE but God is also a HOLY GOD. A
HOLY GOD demands payment for sin. Otherwise God would NOT and could NOT be
HOLY.
Because God is holy sin MUST be condemned. Joshua 24:19
says, ". . he is an HOLY
GOD;. . . he will NOT forgive
your transgressions nor your sins."
BUT FRIEND I HAVE GOOD NEWS!
God does NOT want you in hell
Hell was not made for man. Matthew 25:41 says, hell was,
". . . prepared for the devil and his
angels:"
Because God is a GOD OF LOVE,
and He LOVED YOU so much, He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to this
earth to die a cruel death on a cross to pay the price a HOLY GOD demands
for your sins.
Romans 5:8 says, "But
God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us."
God does not send
someone to hell. You choose hell when you reject Jesus Christ. When
you refuse God's love gift of eternal life in Jesus Christ. . .
YOU CHOOSE HELL!
Millionaire Ted Turner, said in an interview, "Im
looking forward to dying and being cast into Hell. That's where I
belong." You say hes a fool! But friend, when you say
"No"; to Jesus Christ and His payment for your sin you are saying
the same thing! Youre telling God I dont need Jesus Christ Ill pay
for my sins in hell! You WILL pay..an un-ending eternal payment!!!
If you reject Gods gift of eternal life
through Jesus Christ
ONE DAY YOU WILL BE IN 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 expecting 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."
What could possibly be worth eternity in
hell?
No wonder Jesus Christ said in Mark
8:36:
"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 . . ."
DON'T BE CAUGHT DEAD WITHOUT JESUS!
You may have made some terrible mistakes in your life. There
may be some things in your life you would give anything to be able to
change. But friend, I assure you if you die without Jesus Christ
it'll be the worst mistake you could possibly
make!
Has there ever come a time and a place in
your life, when you received Jesus Christ as your personal
Savior?
If not, you are on the way to hell!
Don't let anyone convince you that when you die it
will be all over, and you will cease to exist and know nothing! The Bible
says in Hebrews 9:27:
"And as it is appointed unto
men once to die, but after this THE JUDGMENT."
Hebrews 9:27 Revelation 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!
NOTHING'S WORTH TAKING THE CHANCE!
It's simple to be saved ...
- Admit in humility that you are a
sinner.
"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
- Realize you CAN NOT save yourself.
"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
- Believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross to
pay for your sins.
"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
- Simply by faith receive Jesus Christ as your
personal Savior.
"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
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE SAVED?
Pray this prayer, and mean it with all your heart.
Lord Jesus,
I know that I am a sinner, and unless you save me I am lost forever. I
thank you for dying for me at Calvary. I come to you now, Lord the best
way I know how, and ask you to save me. I now receive you as my Savior. In
Jesus Christ Name, Amen.
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