Anytime you take God out of the equation, nothing is left for you but hell! If it is not well it is hell.Please Read: 2 Thessalonians 1:6 -9; Luke 16:19-31 ; Matthew 13:42; 27: 50; 25:41 ;Mark 9:47 ;2 Peter 2:4 ;Ephesians 4
Dear Friend,If you are not pleased with the current status of your life ,family, marriage, career, friends or community , then you may be experiencing ‘hell’ in some area of your life. As you well know ,cold is the absence of heat ,darkness is the absence of light vice versa. Similarly Hell is the absence of God. Whether in a life after death situation prepared for the devil and his followers, or experiencing a miserable situation right here on earth.
According to 2 Thessalonians chapter 1,Hell is real It is a state of depravity, secluded from the presence of God and the glory of His power. Since God is love ,hell is full of hatred and stench. God is light therefore hell is a place of total spiritual darkness and confusion. God is life and hell is devoid of life but full of death.
Hell on earth is like a woman in a marriage whose husband does not love her. Terrible. Or a husband whose wife does not respect or accord him honor, or a person plagued in sickness and pain or in a financially bankrupt situation. My friend if it is not well it is hell.
There is also a literal place called hell, a state of judgment for the unrighteous. Hell was prepared originally for the devil and his cohorts. God does not desire any man to experience hell with Satan. That is why He sent Jesus to provide for us a choice of escape from hell. According to 1 peter 3:19 Jesus went to hades like everyone who dies, but He rose in power over death to offer to everyone who will receive Him, a “no more hell” life. Thus, if any man or woman, goes to the literal place called hell or hell on earth, it is their choice. Accept Jesus as Lord of your life and you will escape hell.
Hell has the same connotation as the Hebrew word Shoel and the Greek words Hades, Gehenna, Tartaroo. The very mention of these words gives us an idea of how hell looks like.
Gehenna, draws it original meaning from Gay Hinnom a valley in south Jerusalem. And Topeth was a place located in Gay Hinnom where children were sacrificed in the Old Testament days along with being the place where garbage and criminals were dumped in Jesus’ day. The putrefying stench and the howling of carnivorous animals gnashing their teeth whilst they consume human remains was a perfect description of the anguish and devastations hell represents.
Shoel and Hades refer to the same. It is the place of dwelling for the dead. This shows that hell is a place of hopelessness.
Tartaroo is a holding place for sinful angels until their judgment is exercised.
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