BEGINNING
WITH DEATH: EVERLASTING SUFFERING?
Friday,
January 12, 2018
The Lord declares "The new
heaven and earth that I am about to make will continue in my presence,"
declares the LORD. "So your descendants and your name will also continue
in my presence. From one month to the next and from one week to the next all
people will come to worship me," declares the LORD. Then they will go out
and look at the corpses of those who have rebelled against me. The worms that
eat them will not die. The fire that burns them will not go out. All humanity
will be disgusted by them. “
[GW Isa.66:22-24; Mt.5:22 presenting a apt description of a unbeliever. Also
note Jn.3:18 in context.]
Revelation 19:20; 20:10-12, 14-15 And the beast was taken, and with him the
false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them
that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.
These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. … And
the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone,
where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night
for ever and ever. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from
whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for
them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were
opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead
were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to
their works. … And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the
second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast
into the lake of fire.
Is eternal hell real? Or is it a religion
scare tactic to inspire morality, or
a method to manipulate people?
Hell, the place of eternal suffering
separated from God is real. The same Word from whence we joyfully read of
heaven. For your convenience in edification I share my review of the references
in KJV:
Deut.32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and
shall burn unto the lowest hell,
and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations
of the mountains.
2Sam.22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death
prevented me;
Job_11:8; 26:6 It is
as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? … Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no
covering.
Ps.9:17 The
wicked shall be turned into hell,
and all the nations that forget God.
Ps.16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou
suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Ps.18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death
prevented me.
Ps.55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
Ps.86:13 For great is
thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Ps.116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the
pains of hell gat
hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Ps.139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Pr.5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take
hold on hell.
Pr.7:27 Her house is
the way to hell,
going down to the chambers of death.
Pr.9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that
her guests are in the depths of hell.
Pr.15:11 Hell and destruction are
before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Pr.15:24 The way of life is
above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
Pr.23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt
deliver his soul from hell.
Pr.27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are
never satisfied.
Isa.5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth
without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he
that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
Isa.14:9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for
thee, even all the chief ones of the
earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Isa.14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the
pit.
Isa.28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant
with death, and with hell
are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall
not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we
hid ourselves:
Isa.28:18 And your covenant with death shall be
disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass
through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
Isa.57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment,
and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and
didst debase thyself even unto hell.
Ez.31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of
his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of
Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted
in the nether parts of the earth.
Ez.31:17 They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the
heathen.
Ez.32:21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to
him out of the midst of hell
with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by
the sword.
Ez.32:27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are
gone down to hell
with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads,
but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of
the living.
Amo.9:2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though
they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Jon_2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine
affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
Hab.2:5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who
enlargeth his desire as hell,
and is as death, and cannot be
satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
Mt.5:22, 29-30 But I say unto you,
That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of
the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger
of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. … And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast
it from thee:
for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not
that thy whole
body should be cast into hell.
And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast
it from thee:
for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not
that thy whole
body should be cast into hell.
Mt.10:28 And fear not them
which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him
which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Mt.11:23 And thou, Capernaum,
which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have
been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this
day.
Mt.16:18 And I say also unto
thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the
gates of hell shall
not prevail against it.
Mt.18:9 And if thine eye
offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it
from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life
with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
Mt.23:15, 33 Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte,
and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Ye serpents,
ye generation of
vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Mk.9:43, 45-47 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: … 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:
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:
Lk.10:15 And thou, Capernaum,
which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
Lk.12:5 But I will forewarn
you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast
into hell; yea, I
say unto you, Fear him.
Lk.16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes,
being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Act.2:27, 31 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou
suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. … He seeing this before spake of the
resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Jam.3:6 And the tongue is
a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it
defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is
set on fire of hell.
2Pet.2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned,
but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto
judgment;
Rev.1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for
evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Rev.6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and
his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto
them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger,
and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Rev.20:13-15 And the sea gave up the dead which were in
it; and death and hell
delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man
according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the
second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast
into the lake of fire.
Hell is important
to know of. I pray that none that read my morning thoughts will ever be known in.
EBB4
