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! He was resuscitating a man,
terrified and screaming — descending down into the flames of
hell:
"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!
The Bible continually warns of a place called hell. There are over
162 references in the New Testament alone which warns 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:
22 . . . the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his
eyes, being in torments, and seeth
Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And 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.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime
receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now
he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf
fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither
can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest
send him to my father’s house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they
also come into this place of torment.
(Luke 16:22-28)
HELL IS A PLACE OF FIRE
The 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, " . . . seeing this before spake of
the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in HELL"
When Jesus Christ died His soul went into hell.
And in Matthew 12:40, Jesus Christ says:
"For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's
belly: so shall 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."
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 16:32-33
Inside 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
The
following article appeared in the well respected Finland
newspaper, Ammenusastia
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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 what we heard. And we are absolutely
convinced that we drilled through the gates of hell!"
Dr. 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!"
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HELL IS A PLACE OF TORMENT
Jesus says of the man in Luke 16:
23 "And in hell he lift 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 it’s horror.
You'll see HELL. . .
You'll smell HELL. . .
You'll breathe HELL. . .
You'll hear HELL . . .
You'll feel HELL. . .
It'll be beyond anything humanly
imaginable!
The Bible describes it as weeping
(Matt 8:12), wailing (Matt
13:42), gnashing of teeth
(Matt 13:50), darkness (Matt
25:30), flames (Luke 16:24),
burning (Isa 33:14), torments
(Luke 16:23), everlasting punishment!
Jesus Christ says in Matthew 25:41, "Depart from me,
ye cursed, into EVERLASTING FIRE,
prepared for the devil and his angels."
In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says: "And shall cast them into a FURNACE
OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
HELL IS FOREVER!
All who enter hell — abandon all hope!
The horror of hell — for even one second is unbearable — but FOREVER!
Jesus says in Matthew 25:41: ". . . Depart from me, ye cursed,
into EVERLASTING fire, . . ."
Rev. 14:11: "The smoke of their TORMENT
ascendeth up for EVER AND EVER:
and they have NO REST DAY NOR NIGHT."
What could possibly be worth eternity in hell? No wonder Jesus Christ
warned so much about hell! No wonder Jesus said in Mark 8:36,
"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world,
and LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?"
Jesus Christ took hell very
serious. . .
Jesus Christ says in Mark 9:43-47,
43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off:
it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands
to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off:
it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to
be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out:
it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye,
than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
Jesus Christ took hell so serious — He could say without the
slightest hesitation — to remove your eye, cut off your hand or foot,
if that would keep you out of hell!
If hell is not real — Jesus Christ was the
most deceived man that ever lived!
I’ll challenge anyone to read the words of Jesus Christ and tell me
they are the words of a deceived man!
Jesus Christ knew exactly what He was talking about!
How did Jesus describe hell?
Jesus Christ spoke more on hell than any
other subject.
Just look at how Jesus described hell:
| WHAT
JESUS CHRIST SAYS ABOUT HELL! |
| "fire" |
Matt 7:19, 13:40, 25:41 |
| "everlasting fire" |
Matt 18:8, 25:41 |
| "eternal damnation" |
Mark 3:29 |
| "hell fire" |
Matt 5:22, 18:9, Mark 9:47 |
| "damnation" |
Matt 23:14, Mark 12:40, Luke 20:47 |
| "damnation of hell" |
Matt 23:33 |
| "resurrection of damnation" |
John 5:29 |
| "furnace of fire" |
Matt 13:42, 50 |
| "the fire that never shall be
quenched" |
Mark 9:43, 45 |
| "the fire is not quenched" |
Mark 9:44, 46, 48 |
| "Where their worm dieth
not" |
Mark 9:44, 46, 48 |
| "wailing and gnashing of
teeth" |
Matt 13:42, 50 |
| "weeping and gnashing of
teeth" |
Matt 8:12, 22:13, 25:30 |
| "torments" |
Luke 16:23 |
| "tormented in this flame" |
Luke 16:24 |
| "place of torment" |
Luke 16:28 |
| "outer darkness" |
Matt 8:12, 22:13 |
| "everlasting punishment" |
Matt 25:46 |
WHAT IF JESUS IS RIGHT?
Hebrews 9:27 says, "And as it is appointed unto men once to die,
but after this THE JUDGEMENT:"
it is appointed unto man once to
die . . . and
one day — YOU will die . . .
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments
. . .
As you leave your body — you realize something
is happening. You hear a sound. . . getting louder and louder. . .
screaming . . .weeping. . . wailing. Terror and fear beyond anything
you could imagine overtakes you. "This can’t be
happening!" you scream. Your nostrils are filling with the awful
stench of burning souls. Your face ignites from the heat. Flames are
now blazing from your eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth — every opening in
your body, flames are roaring out. Your body is sizzling and crackling
from the flames.
Your body is now madly thrashing and convulsing from the horrible
pain. "Why don’t I die?", you scream. You begin weeping
and gnashing your teeth with the millions. "When will this pain
stop?" But you know it will never stop. . .
The darkness is so terrifying, it begins engulfing you. You feel
something moving in the darkness. . . something horrible is happening.
"No! No! This can’t be happening" you scream — as your
worm is emerging.
You begin cursing the day you were born. You scream — "Oh God,
why didn’t you warn me?"— but you remember the preacher
pleading with you to receive Jesus Christ. You remember reading that
gospel tract. You cry — "God don’t you care?" — but
you remember John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave
his only begotten Son,. . ." "God is a God of love — He
won't allow this", you cry — but you remember John 3:36,
". . . he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the
wrath of God abideth on him."
And you soon realize, that Jesus
Christ was right!
There is a place called hell.
...
YOU ARE THERE — FOREVER!
But God is a God of LOVE. . . Why would a GOD OF LOVE send me to hell?
Yes, God is a GOD OF LOVE — but God is also a HOLY GOD.
A HOLY GOD demands payment for sin. Otherwise God would NOT and could
NOT be HOLY.
Because God is holy — sin MUST be condemned. Joshua 24:19 says, ".
. he is an HOLY GOD;. . . he will NOT forgive your transgressions
nor your sins."
BUT FRIEND I HAVE GOOD NEWS!
God does NOT want you in hell
Hell was not made for man. Matthew 25:41 says, hell was, ". . .
prepared for the devil and his angels:"
Because God is a GOD OF LOVE, and He LOVED YOU so much, He
sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to this earth to die a cruel death on a
cross to pay the price a HOLY GOD demands for your sins.
Romans 5:8 says, "But God commendeth his love toward us, in
that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
God does not send someone to hell. You choose hell when you
reject Jesus Christ. When you refuse God's love gift of eternal life in
Jesus Christ. . .
YOU CHOOSE HELL!
Millionaire Ted Turner, said in an interview, "I’m
looking forward to dying and being cast into Hell. That's where I
belong." You say — he’s a fool! But friend, when
you say "No"; to Jesus Christ and His payment for your
sin — you are saying the same thing! You’re telling God — I
don’t need Jesus Christ — I’ll pay for my sins in hell!
If you reject God’s gift of eternal life through
Jesus Christ
ONE DAY YOU WILL BE IN HELL!
Dr. Rawlings has watched as thousands of people depart into eternity.
Most people think they'll somehow "sneak" into heaven, but Dr.
Rawlings claims most people descend into the flames of hell!
Jesus Christ gave a solemn warning in Matthew 7:21-23
"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven. . . MANY will
say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name?
and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many
wonderful works?And then will I profess unto them, I never knew
you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."
If it was for a few days, a few months, a few years or even a million
years, but to be tormented — FOREVER! You will despair
of ever having any deliverance! You will beg for death itself to come
and take you away! You will curse the day you were born! Revelation
14:11 says, "The smoke of their TORMENT
ascendeth up for EVER AND EVER: and
they have NO REST DAY NOR NIGHT."
What could possibly be worth
eternity in hell?
No wonder Jesus Christ said in Mark 8:36:
"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole
world, and lose his own soul? Or
what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"Mark 8:36:
God has something far better than words can describe for those who
love Him. I Corinthians 2:9 says:
". . . Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered
into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them
that love Him."I Corinthians 2:9
Friend, there is a place called hell! And, if you continually refuse
God's gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ — just as sure as
you live and breathe — ONE DAY YOU WILL WAKE
UP IN HELL!
Don't wait until you die to find out the truth about Hell! Tomorrow
may be too late! Proverbs 27:1 says, "Boast not thyself of
tomorrow: for thou KNOWEST NOT what a day may bring forth."
Three people die every second, 180 every minute, since you started
reading this — 2000 more people have gone into eternity! An
automobile accident. . . A heart attack. . , A stroke. . .One
thing is CERTAIN — you will DIE — today. . . tomorrow . . .
a week. . . a month . . . a year. . . 5 years. . . 10 years. . . 20
years. . . 50 years — ONE THING IS CERTAIN
—" . . .it is appointed unto man once TO DIE
. . ."
DON'T BE CAUGHT DEAD WITHOUT JESUS!
You may have made some terrible mistakes in your life. There may be some
things in your life you would give anything to be able to change. But
friend, I assure you — if you die without Jesus Christ — it'll be
the worst mistake you could possibly make!
Has there ever come a time and a place in your life, when you
received Jesus Christ as your personal Savior?
If not, you are on the way to hell!
Don't let anyone convince you that when you die it will be all over! The
Bible says in Hebrews 9:27:
"And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this THE
JUDGMENT." Hebrews 9:27
Revelation 20:15 says:
"And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was
cast into the LAKE OF FIRE." Revelation 20:15
If you've never received Jesus Christ as your Savior, bow your head
this minute and ask the Lord Jesus Christ to save you.Don't put it
off another second!
NOTHING'S WORTH TAKING THE CHANCE!
It's simple to be saved ...
- Realize you are a sinner.
"As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not
one:" Romans 3:10
"... for there is no difference. For all have sinned, and
come short of the glory of God;" Romans 3:23
- Realize you CAN NOT save
yourself.
"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our
righteousnesses are as filthy rags; ..." Isaiah 64:6
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
according to his mercy he saved us, ..." Titus 3:5
- Realize that Jesus Christ died
on the cross to pay for your sins.
"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the
tree, ..." 1 Peter 2:24
"... Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins
in his own blood," Revelation 1:5
- Simply by faith receive Jesus
Christ as your personal Savior.
"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to
become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his
name:" John 1:12
" ...Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said,
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy
house."" Acts 16:30,31
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life." John 3:16
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Romans 10:9,10
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE SAVED?
Pray this prayer, and mean it with all your heart.
Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and unless you save me I am lost
forever. I thank you for dying for me at Calvary. I come to you now, Lord
the best way I know how, and ask you to save me. I now receive you as my
Savior. In Jesus Christ Name, Amen.
"How shall we escape, if we
neglect so great salvation;"
Hebrews 2:3 |
