11. The Ugly

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 The Ugly

We love to think of Heaven as a glorious place, that we will go to after death.

Many however who do not follow God and do not believe on Jesus as their Saviour, still like to think of Heaven as their final resting place.

So, while they love to believe in Heaven, they either don’t believe in the idea of the place called Hell or if they do, certainly don’t believe they will go there.

The Bible though makes it quite clear, that Hell is real and says who will go there.

Jesus used the word Gehenna to describe hell. Gehenna was a refuse dump deep down outside of Jerusalem. Full of rubbish, maggots and fire and where we get the image of a lake of fire.

Jesus said it would be “an outer darkness, where there would be weeping and gnashing of teeth”

So we have the image of a place of loneliness, separated from God where one would be in spiritual darkness for an eternity, suffering the regret of knowing that they could have gone into heaven with God, but turned it down.

 It was never intended for mankind, it was reserved for Satan and his angels, but the ones who choose to reject God and His opportunity for pardon through Jesus, will one day follow Satan into that eternal torment. With no exit, no way out, no second chance.

 This is why I like so many Christian believers, want to share the Good News of salvation with family, friends and others we come across. We can’t bear the idea of them going to such a place.



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