| Hell is a real place. As you are reading this people that have just died are waking up in Hell where their spiritual body is enveloped by total darkness and intense heat. Try and plead as they might they cannot escape. 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: "There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. "But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, "desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. "So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. "And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. "Then 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.' "But Abraham said, `Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. `And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.' "Then he said, `I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house, `for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.' "Abraham said to him, `They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.' "And he said, `No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' "But he said to him, `If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.' '' Ever been really thirsty? It sure feels good and refreshing to take a long deep drink from a cool glass of crystal clear water doesn't it? The rich man in the story above sure desired a drink but found no refreshment in Hell. The Bible is clear that our eternal bodies will be capable of feeling thirst, yet since they are spiritual, they cannot die. So souls in Hell will feel intense thirst for all eternity. Jesus said something interesting regarding thirst and water. John 4:10-14 Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, `Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.'' The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? "Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?'' Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, "but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.'' HELL IS A PLACE OF FIRE The rich 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, "... he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. When Jesus Christ died His soul went into hell. And in Matthew 12:40, Jesus Christ says: 40. "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will 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. Jesus went to Hell you say? WHY? 1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, who formerly were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. Those who had died while trusting in God for a coming Messiah to redeem them before Jesus Christ completed His mission of salvation on earth, were taken to another compartment in Hell known as "Abrahams Bosom (Luke 16:22)" After Christ died on the cross He descended into Hell to retrieve and lead them into Heaven: Ephesians 4:8 Therefore He says: "When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.'' |
| HELL |
| What if it is a real place...? |
| What you're about to read is hard to believe. . . 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! While he was resuscitating a man, who was terrified and screaming � descending down into the flames of hell... Dr. Rawlings states: "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! As we discussed on the previous page, 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 16:32-33Inside 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! READ THE FOLLOWING!... they dig into hell... Amos 9:2 "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 whDr. 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!" We know what we saw and we know what we heard. And we are absolutely convinced that we drilled through the gates of hell!" And now here it is, the recording that was made that fateful day by Dr. Azzacove and his crew. HELL IS A PLACE OF TORMENT Jesus says of the man in Luke 16: 23 "And in hell he lifted 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 its horror. |
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| Sounds from Hell? Natural phenomenon? Stupid hoax? Or Urban Legend? You decide... |