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Does Hell Really Exist?
Hell is real.
Jesus, the Son of God, came from heaven to teach us the way to heaven.
He promised that he would give eternal life and raise from the dead everybody who believes in him (John 6:34-40).
At the same time, nobody in the Bible warns so often about hell as Jesus does.
Unbelievers go to Hades
Jesus taught in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus that immediately after death unbelievers go to Hades.
There they are “in torment“, and the rich man complains that he is “in anguish in this flame” (Luke 16:23-24).
These are the states that we often think of as hell and heaven, and that we go there immediately after death.
That is not totally wrong, but we should realize that these are temporary states, waiting for the judgment of the last day, when Jesus will return.
Only then the full glory of heaven and the full terror of hell will be revealed.
The Torments of Pershing
weeping (Matthew 8:12)
wailing (Matthew 13:42)
gnashing of teeth (Matthew 13:50)
darkness (Matthew 25:30)
flames (Luke 16:24)
burning (Isaiah 33:14)
torments (Luke 16:23)
everlasting punishment (Matthew 25:46)
Jesus says in Matthew 25:41,
All these verses make clear that there are two elements to the punishment of the unbelievers.
It is a punishment without end, ‘eternal’.
It is also a severe punishment
“For whosoever believe in Him, will not PERISH but have EVERLASTING LIFE.”
What about Everlasting Life?
What is that all about?
When the Bible speaks of eternal life, it refers to a gift of God that comes only “through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
This gift is in contrast to the “death” that is the natural result of sin.
The gift of eternal life comes to those who believe in Jesus Christ, who is Himself “the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25).
The fact that this life is “eternal” indicates that it is perpetual life—it goes on and on and on, with no end.
You may not realize this, but eternal life can be thought of as something that Christians experience now.
Believers don’t have to “wait” for eternal life, because it’s not something that starts when they die.
Rather, eternal life begins the moment a person exercises faith in Christ.
It is our current possession.
John 3:36 says,
Note that the believer “has” (present tense) this life (the verb is present tense in the Greek, also).
The Bible links eternal life with the Person of Jesus Christ.
John 17:3 is an important passage in this regard, as Jesus prays,
Here, Jesus equates “eternal life” with a knowledge of God and of the Son.
This life-giving knowledge of the Father and the Son is a true, personal knowledge, not just an academic awareness.
There will be some on Judgment Day who had claimed to be followers of Christ but never really had a relationship with Him.
To those Jesus will say, “I never knew you.
Away from me, you evildoers!”
(Matthew 7:23).
In regards to Heaven it is described as the New Jerusalem, the apostle John sees a river flowing from “the throne of God and of the Lamb,” and “on each side of the river stood the tree of life. . . .
And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations” (Revelation 22:1–2).
In Eden, we rebelled against God and were banished from the tree of life (Genesis 3:24).
In the end, God graciously restores our access to the tree of life.
This access is provided through Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29).
Right now, every sinner is invited to know Christ and to receive eternal life: “Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life” (Revelation 22:17).
END WITH THE ROPE ILLUSTRATION FROM FRANCIS CHAN
How can you know that you have eternal life?
First of all, confess your sin before our holy God.
Then accept God’s provision of a Savior on your behalf.
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Romans 10:13).
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died for your sins, and He rose again the third day.
Believe this good news; trust the Lord Jesus as your Savior, and you will be saved (Acts 16:31; Romans 10:9 –10).
John puts it so simply: (1 John 5:11–12).
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