Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Everlasting Punishment!

Everlasting punishment! This doesn't mean that a person will be annihilated, but that the punishment will last forever. I have had people tell me that they believe that if they end up in Hell, they will be burned up and that will be the end. That is not what the Bible teaches. We are taught that we will either have eternal life in Heaven with Jesus or we will be cast into the lake of fire. There isn't any other options, you will be at one place or the other.

Matthew; 25:46
(And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.")
The punishment of the wicked is never-ending. The punishment is described throughout the Scriptures as:
"EVERLASTING FIRE"
Matthew; 25:41
("Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels;)
"UNQUENCHABLE FIRE"
Matthew; 3:12
(His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather his wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.")
"SHAME AND EVERLASTING CONTEMPT"
Daniel; 12:2
(And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt.)
A PLACE WHERE "THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED"
Mark; 9:44
(where 'Their worm does not die And the fire is not quenched.')
"TORMENTS" AND "FLAME"
Luke; 16:23-24
(And being in torment in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. "Then 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.')
"EVERLASTING DESTRUCTION"
2Thessalonians; 1:9
(These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power.)
A PLACE OF TORMENT WITH "FIRE AND BRIMSTONE" WHERE "THE SMOKE OF THEIR TORMENT ASCENDS FOREVER AND EVER"
Revelation; 14:10-11
(he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.)
"LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE" WHERE THE WICKED ARE "TORMENTED DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER"
Revelation; 20:10
(The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.)
Revelation; 20:15
(And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.)

Don't wait any longer, give your life to Jesus now before it is to late. Jesus has paid the price for all of us sinners, and He is offering us life in Heaven with Him. He is not going to force you to accept eternal life. The choice is yours to make. It is free from God, and it is only through Jesus Christ. The Bible tells us that Jesus is the way.
John;14:6
(Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.)

God Bless You!

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