There are two reasons for Hell.
The first one is so that God can deal righteously with Satan! Satan was cast out of heaven along with a bunch of his friends for trying to take over the place. God's not a fan of rebellion, and Satan will be dealt with for his rebellion! God prepared Hell for Satan and his angels, you can read it in Mathew 25:41.
Another reason for Hell... and we don't like to talk about this one. Is for the unbeliever.
He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power… 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
It's pretty simple. If we do not accept Jesus into our lives and let His sacrifice remove our sins, we will be accountable for them ourselves! Here's a few scriptures to check out just in case you don't chose Jesus and decide to chose Hell! This is what Hell is like!
• Unspeakable Sorrow! You know how bad you felt when aunt Betty hurt your feelings last Christmas? Well that is nothing compared to the sorrow in Hell! In Hell everyone's gonna treat you like that! This sorrow can't even be described.
Matthew 25:41, 46; Revelation 14:10-11
• Unsatisfied Cravings! Ever had a craving? Peace, joy, happiness, so many wants that will never be fulfilled!
Luke 16:24
• Unquenchable Flames of Fire! It continues to burn and burn, you think summers hot?
Matthew 13:41-42, 49-50
• Eternal Separation From Loved Ones! They won't even know you exist! Gone!
Luke 13:28; 16:19-31
• Hell Is Forever! It will never end!!
Revelation 20:10
And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur…They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Revelation 20:10
One Bible scholar (Spurgeon) described it like this!
In hell there is no hope. The damned have not even the hope of dying - the hope of being annihilated. They are forever - forever - forever - lost. On every chain in hell, there is written “forever.” In the fires there, blaze out the words, “forever.” Above their heads, they read “forever.” Their eyes are galled and their hearts are pained with the thought that it is “forever.” In Luke 16 we you can read a story of two men, it explains how they both lived their lives on earth and how both died and lived after death. One went with Abraham to paradise and the other went into Hades or Hell is another translation. There's four things we learn from the man who went to Hell!
1) He was fully conscious. Going through serious pain and knew what was happening!
2) His eternal destiny was irrevocably fixed. His chance to change things was over, he knew this was forever!
3) He knew what he was experiencing was just. He complained about the pain, but not that it was injustice! He knew he was getting what he deserved!
4) He became interested in missions. I cannot let this happen to anyone else! Please send someone to speak to my brothers!
God doesn't want any of us to go to Hell! We can find this in 2 Peter 3:9 … (The Lord) is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
However... that being said, God must deal with rebellion and those who do not accept His son!
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:14-15
If your name is not written in the book of life, you go to Hell with Satan and his angels. Did you notice I under lined the second death?
I read once that we will all either be born once and die twice or born twice and die once!
You will either be born in the physical, die in the physical and then face the second death as mentioned above. Born once and die twice! Or
You will be born in the physical and then be born again in the spiritual and when your physical death takes place, you will not face the death mentioned above, but will live with God forever! Born twice and die once! The choice is yours!
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