(OPINION) Beliefnet – Hell is mentioned in the New Testament numerous times, including in Matthew 8:12, which says, “The children of the kingdom will be driven out into the darkness where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.” Hell is also mentioned related to internal destruction in 2 Thessalonians 1:9, which says, “These will pay the penalty of eternal ruin, separated from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power.”
Hell is also described in great detail in Revelation 14:11, which says, “The smoke of the fire that torments them will rise forever and ever, and there will be no relief day or night for those who worship the beast or its image or accept the mark of its name.” From these descriptions of hell in the Bible, we know that it is a place of final judgment and anguish. Here are five questions about hell answered.
We know from New Testament readings that no place on earth indeed compares to hell. No human truly has a sense of what hell looks like or feels like. No experiences of pain and torment on this earth parallel the pain and agony one would experience in hell. It is even hard to comprehend what hell is like from the Bible’s descriptions.
As believers, we know that hell is real, but it is still hard to comprehend fully. Descriptions of hell are dark and scary. While it is not easy to wrap our minds around it, as Christians, we must fully understand it to understand God and His love for us.
The New Testament is clear that hell is all about suffering. Hell is often depicted as a place like that on earth today, with people running around killing and committing evil acts. If you think hell is anything like this, you are up for a rude awakening.
Hell was designed as a place of horror, torment, and torture. That is why it is repeatedly referred to as a lake of fire and brimstone. The Bible warns that we do not make light of this evil. The Bible tells us, “For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them” (Proverbs 1:32). The only concern in hell is how bad the pain is. READ MORE
This article is VERY misleading. Hell is NOT eternal. It will be eliminated after the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ. What will exist is the Lake of Fire; Gehana. Revelation 14 talks about hell fires burning eternally. This is the lake of fire, where after the Judgment Seat judgments against unbelievers, they are sent to Gehana to burn in the Lake of Fire forever. Hell, as we think of it, will be shut down after the 1000 year reign because Jesus will remake both Heaven and Earth. Hell, as we think of it, is actually Sheol. Sheol in the Old Testament had 2 sections: Paradise, where the Faithful waited for body resurrection into Heaven, and where Jesus visited and brought them up to Heaven emptying out the Paradise section. The other section is truly Hell, and has existed since time began. This is where the Nephilim reign as demons, tormenting nonbelievers in Christ.
Hell is eternal BECAUSE it was created for Satan and the demons who were CREATED as eternal beings.
Humans weren’t created as eternal beings, and our ONLY access to eternal life is Jesus. Hell does not give us eternal life. It’s the Second Death, the place of our destruction as our own sin offerings.
Jesus’ offer is to BE our sin offering. If we reject Him, we will become our own sin offering.