IS THERE REALLY SUCH A PLACE AS HELL?
Sakkie Parsons
Translated from Afrikaans: “Is daar werklik ‘n plek soos die hel?”
Someone asked me if Hell really exists.
It's quite funny to me, that more people believe in Heaven than people believe in Hell.
As I always say, I'll say it again –
I have the Word (the Bible) as my highest authority, and I read the Word like a child – our Lord's child.
However, before I show you from the Word what an absolute reality Hell is, just this:
Our Lord has put together the whole creation in such a way that almost everything you can think of has an opposite.
For example:
Hot and Cold.
Up and down.
Alive and Dead.
Day and Night.
Winter and Summer.
In this way I can go on and on and then of course also mention, Heaven and Hell.
But let’s first leave it at that and read what does the Word of GOD say regarding whether there is a Hell:
MAT 3:12
12“His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear out His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat (believers) into His barn (kingdom), but He will burn up the chaff (the unrepentant) with unquenchable fire.”MAT 25:41
41“Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Leave Me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels (demons);MARK 9:43
43If your hand causes you to stumble and sin, cut it off [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]! It is better for you to enter life crippled, than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,MARK 9:45
45If your foot causes you to stumble and sin, cut it off [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]! It would be better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell,MARK 9:47
47If your eye causes you to stumble and sin, throw it out [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]! It would be better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,MARK 9:48
48where THEIR WORM [that feeds on the dead] DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT PUT OUT.LUKE 16:22-24 ….
22Now it happened that the poor man died and his spirit was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom (paradise); and the rich man also died and was buried. 23In Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom (paradise). 24And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in severe agony in this flame.’2 THES 1:8-9
8dealing out [full and complete] vengeance to those who do not [seek to] know God and to those who ignore and refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus [by choosing not to respond to Him]. 9These people will pay the penalty and endure the punishment of everlasting destruction, banished from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,REV 14:11
11“And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day and night—those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”REV 20:10
10And the devil who had deceived them was hurled into the lake of fire and burning brimstone (sulfur), where the beast (Antichrist) and false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night, forever and ever.
Have you seen that Hell has already been prepared and not that it is yet to be prepared?
In MAT 25:41 we read that Hell already exits.
One thing about the afterlife that sticks out like a pole above water is that wherever you or I go – we will be there for ever in eternity – "for keeps."
MAT 25:46
46“Then these [unbelieving people] will go away into eternal (unending) punishment, but those who are righteous and in right standing with God [will go, by His remarkable grace] into eternal (unending) life.”
Another thing that is as clear as crystal to me personally, is this:
If I question the existence of Heaven or Hell, I am saying that Jesus is lying and that our Lord speak nonsense in many places in His Word, to put it very lightly.
Greetings,
Sakkie