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According to the Bible, hell is real (Mark 9:43), it is where sinners are punished (Matthew 5:22), it is a place of torment (Revelation 14:11), and it is eternal (Mark 9:48). Hell was originally created for Satan and his angels (Matthew 25:41).
The terrifying images of hell are often influenced as much by church tradition and pop culture as it is by Biblical truth. We need to read Scripture to understand the truth. Today we will tackle the question: does hell have levels of different punishment?
How Does the Bible Describe Hell? God’s word is faithful to warn against hell by describing the depth of its torment with images of darkness, gnashing of teeth, fire, and complete separation from God.
What the Bible Says About Hell. Key Facts About Eternity. (1) Everyone will exist eternally either in heaven or hell (Daniel 12:2,3; Matthew 25:46; John 5:28; Revelation 20:14,15). (2) Everyone has only one life in which to determine their destiny (Hebrews 9:27).
What does your Bible say about heaven and hell, and about the future hope of those who have died? The good news is that the truth of Scripture can give hope to those who have been deceived by false information about heaven and hell.
Hell is a real place of conscious and unending misery. The erroneous doctrine known as annihilationism, or conditional immortality, posits that the wicked are destroyed at the last judgment. They need not worry about conscious, eternal punishment in the afterlife.
Hell is a difficult reality, but it is something that the Bible teaches, and we can’t fully understand God and his world unless we grapple with it. These seven truths should frame our discussion of hell. 1. Hell is what hell is because God is who God is.
In Christian theology, Hell is the place or state into which, by God's definitive judgment, unrepentant sinners pass in the general judgment, or, as some Christians believe, immediately after death (particular judgment). [1][2] Its character is inferred from teaching in the biblical texts, some of which, interpreted literally, have given rise to...
The Bible repeatedly emphasizes that hell is a place of everlasting punishment and destruction for the wicked. Jesus warns of being thrown into “eternal fire” and a place “where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched” (Mark 9:43-48).
Hell is a place of total, conscious, eternal separation from the blessings of God. If a person rejects God all throughout life, never submitting to him in repentance, then the person will enter eternity after death without God.