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 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;
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 father’s 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 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."
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.
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."
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."
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!
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 it’s fright.
No crime scene with all it’s blood and gore could begin to
match it’s 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 serious — 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!
I’ll 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 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. "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.
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, "I’m looking forward to dying and
being cast into Hell. That's where I belong."
You say — he’s a fool! But friend, when you say
"No"; to Jesus Christ and His payment for your sin
— you are saying the same thing! You’re telling God
— I don’t need Jesus Christ — I’ll pay
for my sins in hell!
If you reject God’s 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
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."
Turn to Jesus Christ, make him LORD of your life, by
asking him to come into your heart. Ask him forgiveness for
living your life without him, and give all of your plans, hopes,
dreams to him. Ask him to live his life through you. If you do
this, and are filled with His Holy Spirit, you are now born
again! You have the assurance of salvation from Hell as long as
you love God with all your heart and live your life for him in
Jesus Christ.
"save some by fear
pulling them out of the fire" KJV
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