“AND
IN HELL, HE LIFTED UP HIS EYES, BEING IN TORMENTS…..” Luke 16:23. Several
years ago a book was published titled 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 experience Hell , In his testimony titled,
to hell and back , He was a resuscitating 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) 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!
"THEY DIG INTO THE HELL.
" Amos
9:2. Another scientist Dr Azzacove Picks from Dr Rawling with this
stunning revelation. He says "As 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! (These details are from the translation of an
article in a Finnish newspaper name 'Ammennusatia'. Do
you know why Jacques Costeau, the famous underwater explorer, quit deep
sea diving sometime before he died? It is said that he stopped because
he had heard in one of the underwater caves he was exploring, the sounds
of people screaming.
There was also another time,
when one of his men, who was in a diving bell in the deepest trench at
the Bermuda Triangle, also had a similar experience. He signalled to be
brought up immediately. After being revived from his shock, he told
others of his frightening experience of hearing people's screams while
under the deepest part of the sea. 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!
Jesus Christ gives a frightening picture of hell:. . . the
rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes,
being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his
bosom. 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. 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.
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. Then he
said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my
father�s house: 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 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 Door, Dr. Rawlings writes patients who described hell said,
". . . this place seems to be UNDERGROUND or WITHIN THE EARTH in some
way." Scientist and Bible teacher, Henry Morris also agrees the Bible
plainly teaches that hell is in this earth:"So far as we can tell from
Scripture, the present hell, is somewhere in the heart of the earth
itself. It is also called 'the pit' (Isaiah. 14:9, 15: Ezekiel. 32:18-21) and
'the abyss' (Revelation. 9:2). . .The writers certainly themselves believed hell to be real and geographically 'beneath' the earth's surface.
To
say this is not scientific is to assume science knows much more about
the earth's interior than is actually the case. The great 'pit' [hell]
would only need to be about 100 miles or less in diameter to contain,
with much room to spare, all the forty billion or so people who have
ever lived, assuming their 'spiritual' bodies are the same size as their
physical bodies." (Henry M. Morris, The Bible Has the Answer, p. 220)
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".
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.
Caspar
Peucer, a famous fourteenth century astronomer and physician, who also
researched and documented the volcanoe eruptions at Heklafell wrote some
very frightening information in his research findings. Peucer, claims
(as others) that "fearful howlings, weeping and gnashing of teeth" could
be heard "for many miles. . ." as these volcanoes erupted: "Out of the
bottomless abyss of Heklafell, or rather out of Hell itself, rise
melancholy cries and loud wailings, so that these can be heard for many
miles around . . . there may be heard in the mountain fearful howlings,
weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Haraldur Sigurdsson, Melting the Earth,
The History of Ideas on Volcanic Eruptions, p. 73)
And
Caspar Peucer is not alone. There are others who believe they have
heard "cries and screaming" coming from volcanoes. Most have tried to
ignore the obvious. Some simply explain the "sounds of hell" to some
rational meaning. But they are there. . ."The fearsome noises that
issued from some of their volcanoes were certainly thought to be the
screams of tormented souls in the fires of hell below". (Haraldur
Sigurdsson, Melting the Earth, The History of Ideas on Volcanic
Eruptions, p. 73)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. 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."National Geographic magazine truthfully titled their story on
Volcanoes "Going To Hell". When PBS did a series on The Savage Earth,
one episode was titled "Hell's Crust: Our Ever changing Planet".
Everything we know. Everything we observe. Echoes the truth of a place
called hell.
Nature magazine recently discovered
(July 2002) what the Bible knew over 3,000 years ago. Inside this earth
is "fire and brimstone": "Volcanoes may be more like hell than anyone
realized. Eruptions disgorge streams of molten sulphur, the brimstone of
evangelical preachers, which burns up before it can be preserved for
posterity, new research in the journal Geology shows". (Nature, Science
Update, July 22, 2002)
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 fright. No crime scene with all its blood and
gore could begin to match its horror.It will be beyond anything
humanly imaginable!
The Bible warns in Psalm 9:17,
you will not only be in hell — you will BE TURNED INTO HELL! You will
literally BE HELL! “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the
nations that forget God.” The Bible
describes it as 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! 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.
Rev. 14:11: "The smoke of their TORMENT ascendeth up for
EVER AND EVER: and they have NO REST DAY NOR NIGHT." Just look how the
Bible warns of the eternity and permanence of hell: everlasting
fire - Matthew 18:8, 25:41; everlasting punishment - Matthew
25:46 everlasting chains-Jude 1:6 eternal damnation -Mark 3:29 eternal
judgment -Hebrews 6:2 eternal fire -Jude 1:7 unquenchable fire - Matthew
3:12 the fire that never shall be quenched -Mark 9:43, 44, 45, 46, 48 fire
unquenchable - Luke 3:17 mist of darkness is reserved for ever - 2 Peter
2:17 the blackness of darkness for ever - Jude 1:13.
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?"
Hebrews 9:27 says, "And as it is appointed
unto men once to die, but after this THE JUDGEMENT" Friend, 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. 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 because 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. Roman 5:8 says, "But God commend 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.
. .
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 —a fool! But friend, when you say "No"
to Jesus Christ and His payment for your sin — you are saying the same
thing! "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, repent from all your sins,
confess and forsake them, become a new creature in Jesus and you will be
saved from the terror of hell.
It'll be beyond anything humanly imaginable! The Bible describes it as weeping (Matt 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! 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."
The Hopelessness In Hell.
Revelation. 14:11: "The smoke of their TORMENT ascendeth up for EVER AND EVER: and they have NO REST DAY NOR NIGHT."
The Destination of Hell and Its Location.
When Jesus Christ died on the cross, He descended into hell. In Acts 2: 31 " He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption" When Jesus Christ died his soul went into hell to wrestle with Satan and in which he came out victorious.
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!3.) (Ephesian. 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.
Its Manifestation.
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".
It's Revelation.
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:"( Number.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."
- The earth’s crust on land is normally 13 miles thick. You’d have to go down 13 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!
The Duration of Hell Is Forever.
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.
Three people die every second, 180 every minute, 10,800 people an hour. 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"
The Deception of 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 (Mt.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." Heaven And Hell both exist In eternity, Please run for your own soul, Life is personal
