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 |  THE REALITY OF HELL
 "The wicked shall be turned into Hell, and all nations that forget God." (Psalm 9:17)
 The answer to this question rests in the authority of the Scripture, because the Bible certainly teaches us of a very real and very terrible place of punishment for those who keep Christ out of their lives.
It's very sad to me that we so often hear people speak of Hell lightly. To many it is something to be joked about, or a curse word used casually.
The fact of the reality of Hell is taught throughout the Bible in innumerable passages. The Lord Jesus Christ Himself probably had more to say about it than anyone else. He was a teacher with the most impressive credentials--a sinless life, a miraculous ministry, and an empty tomb that could not hold Him.
Christ is often spoken of as "Gentle Jesus, meek and mild," but that label hardly fits with the language we find in Mark chapter nine as He affirms the fact and reality of Hell. We read these strong statements:
In another passage Christ calls the Scribes and Pharisees a “generation of vipers,” and warns them, "How will you escape the damnation of Hell?" (Matt. 23:33) Those are pretty strong words from the Lord Jesus. He laid it on the line. He told it like it is.
When someone questions the fact and reality of Hell, he's actually questioning the authority of the Bible, and the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. The Christian faith is all tied up together, and when it is attacked at one point, it becomes vulnerable at all. It holds together beautifully. If Christ is the Son of God, and if He came into time from eternity, and came into the world from Heaven and died and rose again from the dead, then anything He ever said on any subject is worth hearing and ought to be heeded. And is really to be received without question. So people who have problems with the fact and reality of Hell sometimes do not realize that their real problem is with the person of the Lord Jesus Christ and who He is and why He came to the world.
There have arisen some among evangelical Christians who argue that these traditional views are founded on early Greek philosophy and that the biblical texts are capable of an alternative interpretation.
There are two texts of Scripture that suggest to me that Hell involves everlasting punishment. Matthew 25:46 sums up the judgment on the “sheep and goats” with the words. "And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." The same word aionion (eternal) is used to describe the punishment of the wicked and the blessing of the righteous. Whatever we say about the duration of “eternal” life for believers must be said about “eternal” punishment for unbelievers. Since “life” for believers is everlasting (John 10:28), so must be the punishment for unbelievers.
In a second text, Revelation 20:10, John describes those in the “lake of fire” being "tormented day and night forever and ever." The expression day and night is used in Revelation to express the concept of “forever.” The lake of fire is described in Revelation 19:20 as a place that "burns with brimstone." In the saddest verse in the Bible, John declares that anyone whose name is not written in the book of life is "thrown into the lake of fire"
The doctrine of eternal punishment for those who have rejected Christ appears to be thoroughly biblical. This is not an easy teaching or one that brings us joy. But the unpleasantness of a doctrine should not cause us to deny biblical truth.
FIVE MINUTES AFTER I DIE Five minutes after you die. -Author unknown
 HELL! the prison house of despair,
Here are some things that won't be there: No flowers will bloom on the banks of Hell, No beauties of nature we love so well; No comforts of home, music and song, No friendship of joy will be found in that throng; No children to brighten the long, weary night, No love nor peace, nor one ray of light; No blood washed soul with face beaming bright, No loving smile in that region of night; No mercy, no pity, pardon nor grace, No water; O God, what a terrible place! The pangs of the lost no human can tell, Not one moment's peace - there is no rest in HELL. HELL! the prison house of despair, Here are some things that will be there: Fire and brimstone are there, we know, For God in His Word hath told us so; Memory, remorse, suffering and pain, Weeping and wailing, but all in vain; Blasphemers, swearers, haters of God, Christ-rejectors while here on earth trod; Murderers, gamblers, drunkards and liars, Will have their part in the lake of fire; The filthy, the vile, the cruel and mean, What a horrible mob in Hell will be seen! Yes, more than humans on earth can tell, Are torments and woes of eternal HELL! -Catherine Dangell
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