The Hell

ForMatt Slick

Hell is one of those topics that makes people feel uncomfortable. We hear
Stories of hell describing it as a place of fire, demons, and torments.
eternal. Throughout history, many authors have written about this. For example,
Dante in his work The Inferno. Western culture is familiar with the concept. Still
Hollywood has made many movies about the subject. Whatever the context or
the belief, definitely, hell is taught in the Bible. But even so, the doctrine of
Hell is controversial. Some say that it is the tomb without consciousness. Others say
what is a place of correction and punishment, which is not eternal. Others say that it is a place
of agonizing and eternal punishment in the fire. Whatever this may be, hell is the total
absence of the favor of God.

The words associated with Hell

Gehenna

In the Old Testament, the word for hell is 'ge-hinnom' which means 'Valley of

and derived its origin from an Aramaic word that means 'the place of burning'.
In this place, some pagan kings practiced the sacrifice of human beings through
of the fire (2 Chronicles 28:3; 33:6; Jeremiah 7:31; 32:25).1In the New Testament, the word came to
to be associated with destruction by fire. The word 'gehenna' appears 12 times
in the New Testament and each of these is mentioned by Jesus. In the NT
"gehenna" is used as a condition and never as a place.

Hades

This word occurs ten times in the New Testament and corresponds to the word in the
Old Testament for 'sheol'. Jesus uses the word four times in Mt 11:23; 16:18; Lc
10:15; 16:23. The other six times occur in Acts 2:27, 31; Revelation 1:18; 6:8; 20:13, 14.

It was probably the 'underground dwelling of all the dead until the judgment. It was
divided into two departments: paradise or Abraham's bosom for the good, and
Gehenna or hell for the wicked.2In particular, in the account of Lazarus and the man
Rich man in Luke 16:19-31, this is the place of the dead who are aware of their wickedness.

Sheol or Seol

The Hebrew word Sheol possibly derives from a root that means 'to make a hollow', and
it was seen as the common receptacle of the dead. The word appears in the Old
Will, where it refers to the tomb.3This is a place and it is mentioned in Genesis.
37:35; Numbers 16:30, 33; Psalm 16:10. In Scripture, Sheol has many meanings: the
tomb, the underworld, the state of the dead. It is supposed to be located beneath the
earth. (Ezekiel 31:15, 17; Psalm 86:13).

Is Hell a Conscious Eternal Torment?

There are some groups of Christians and many cults that deny the idea that the
Hell, in a general sense, means eternal conscious punishment. Some argue that the
God's eternal punishment is the annihilation or non-existence of hell. Others say that it is
temporal and that eventually, everyone will be saved from hell. Perhaps the most common objection
It is common to think that a loving God would never punish people by tormenting them.
eternally. We agree that God is love (1 Jn 4:8), but He is also
just (Neh 9:32-33; 2 Th 1:6) and eternal (Ps 90:2; 1 Ti 1:17). God punishes the doer of
evil (Is 11:13) and this punishment will be eternal. But the question remains. Is this a
place of torment, conscious or not?

There are verses that can be interpreted to support the idea that the dead
they are not aware: Ecclesiastes 9:5: '...but the dead know nothing,...'4and Psalm 146:4:
...On that same day, their thoughts perish.
verses compare the dead to sleeping: Acts 13:36; 1 Corinthians 15:1-6; 1st
1 Thessalonians 4:13; but these last verses barely compare the similarity.
between the appearance of the dead and the appearance of someone sleeping.

The Dead are Aware After Death

The wicked descend alive to Sheol

Numbers 16:30, 33: "But if the Lord does something new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them
swallow with all their things, and descend alive to the Sheol, then you will know that these
men angered the Lord...33And they, with all that they had, descended alive into Sheol, and
the earth covered them, and they perished from the midst of the congregation.

Cast into the outer darkness with weeping and gnashing of teeth

Matthew 8:12: "But the children of the kingdom will be cast into outer darkness; there will be weeping
I cry and the gnashing of teeth.

Those cast into the fire will suffer consciously.

Matthew 13:41-42: "The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom...

all who cause stumbling, and those who commit iniquity,42and they will throw them in the oven
of fire; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." See also Matthew 13:50.

Thrown into a stormy fire

Revelation 14:9-11: "And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice: If anyone worships the beast..."
beast and to its image, and receives the mark on his forehead or on his hand,10he will also drink from the
wine from the wrath of God, which has been poured pure into the cup of his wrath; and will be tormented
with fire and brimstone before the holy angels and the Lamb;11and the smoke of his
torment rises for ages and ages. And they have no rest day or night those who
They worship the beast and its image, nor anyone who receives the mark of its name.
Revelation 21:8.

Hell is a place of eternal fire and punishment.

Unquenchable fire

Matthew 3:12: "His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor; and gather his wheat into the

barn, and will burn the straw in a fire that will never be extinguished.

Fire hell

Matthew 5:22: '...and whoever says to him, 'You fool!' will be in danger of hell fire.'
Also Matthew 5:29, 30.

Fiery hell

Matthew 18:8-9: "Therefore, if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you;"

it is better for you to enter life lame or crippled, than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown out

in the eternal fire.9And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away; it is better for you
to enter life with one eye, rather than having two eyes and being thrown into hell
fire.

Eternal Fire

Then he will also say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed,
eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.'

Jude 7: "as Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring cities, which in the same way
that those, having fornicated and pursued vices against nature, were placed
for example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

Eternal Punishment

And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

The word 'eternal' in both places is 'aionios' which means: 1) Without beginning and end: the
that has always been and always will be; 2) Without beginning; 3) Without end, it will never cease, it will be

eternal. The word "punishment" is the word "kolasis" and it means "to punish, with the
implication that results in severe suffering; to punish, punishment.5
Lake of Fire

Revelation 20:15: "And anyone not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
fire.

Luke 16:19-31, Lazarus and the Rich Man

In Luke 16:19-31, the story of Lazarus and the rich man is found. Basically,
Lazarus is a poor man who suffers throughout his life. The rich man is simply
rich man. Both die. The rich man goes to Hades and Lazarus goes to the bosom of Abraham, another
term for paradise. In Hades, the rich man lifts his eyes and sees Lazarus far away.
He shouts to Abraham and asks for mercy since he is in flames and agony. Abraham tells him
No. Then the rich man asks if someone from the dead can...
to get up and tell his brothers not to come to this terrible place. Abraham said to him
it teaches that that cannot be done either.

Some say this is a parable. However, if it is, it is unique; since it does not
There is no other parable that mentions the name of a person. This happened.
really. But those who believe that there is no consciousness after death will say that
Still, this is a parable. The question then is: What if this is a parable?
What is it teaching? If the fire of hell is false and if we do not have consciousness
after death, then Jesus is using false doctrines to teach a
truth. The parables illustrate the truth. If this is a parable, what does it symbolize
consciousness after death? What does the agony in flames symbolize? Are they not
Are these real? Of course they are real.

Conclusion
Hell is a real place. It is simply neither unconscious nor temporary.
This is eternal torment. Perhaps that's why Jesus spoke more about hell than about heaven and passed
a long time warning people not to end up in that place. After
Of everything, if people were to cease to exist, what would be the point of warning them? If this was temporary,

then they would leave in a short time. But if this is eternal and one is in shape
Aware, then, the warning is strong.

Jesus said, "Therefore, if your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away from you; for
better that one of your members perish, than that your whole body be cast into the
Hell. 30And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better
it is better for you to lose one of your members, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
(Mt 5:29-30)

A description of hell
Hell is an unquenchable fire furnace, a place of torment.
eternal, where its victims are tormented both in their bodies
as in their minds, according to their sinful natures, the
current sins committed and the amount of spiritual light offered and
rejected by them. Hell is a place from where mercy and
the goodness of God has been taken away; where the wrath of God is revealed
like a consuming fire, terrifying; where the wicked live with their
vices without being able to carry them out in an endless torment.

In Matthew 13:47-50, the Lord Jesus narrated a parable about judgment.

In verses 49 and 50, the Lord describes the fate of the wicked:
This will be the end of the world; the angels will come out and take away the wicked.
of the righteous, and they will throw them into the fiery furnace; there will be the
weeping and the grinding of teeth.

When examining the words of the Lord, the first thing we should notice
hell is described as a furnace of fire. The furnace of
Nebuchadnezzar (whom we are told about in the Old Testament) was
heated seven times more than usual and is described as "a
"fiery furnace" (Daniel 3:23). John the Baptist spoke of
"unquenchable fire" (Luke 3:17) and Revelation describes hell
like "a lake of fire burning with sulfur" (Revelation 19:20).
Can we really imagine the horror that these talk about?
Words? Imagine every part of your body exposed to the fire.
same time, so that every fiber of your being feels the intense
torment of being burned. How long would you endure such a thing?
punishment? Christ says that "there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth". The
the wicked will weep and gnash their teeth at having to endure the pain and the
intense suffering they have ever felt from flames that
they constantly consume every part of their body. There will be none.
relief.

Jonathan Edwards describes in graphic language how the flames will be.
from hell: "Some of you have seen burning buildings;
imagine, therefore, how little help in smothering the
llamas could offer if they were found in the middle of such a large and
voracious fire. They have often seen a spider or any other insect.
thrown into the fire and observed how quickly it succumbs to the
force of the flames. There is no long battle, there is no struggle
against the fire, no force can oppose the heat or escape from
he, the insect immediately surrenders and yields, the fire takes possession
about him, and immediately it becomes a spark of fire. Here we have
a small image of what you will be in hell, unless you
repent and turn to Christ. Comforting yourself by imagining that
Could you endure the torments of hell as much as you can?
like a worm about to be thrown into a blazing oven, it
prepare and strengthen himself, ready to fight the flames.

Hell is also described as a place of darkness. The Lord

Jesus talks about a guest who showed up to a wedding without a suit and was
thrown into 'the outer darkness' (Matthew 22:13). Judas writes of
those who are in hell, "for whom the darkness of the
darkness has been reserved forever" (Jude 13). Christopher
Love dice in his book Hell's Terrors: "The
darkness is terrible and human beings are prepared to
to fear the darkness more than the light: hell, consequently, is
described with this terrible image to make hearts
tremble, for it is not just about darkness, but the darkest of
the darkness.

Hell is compared to Tophet in Isaiah 30:33. Tophet was the place

where the idolatrous Jews sacrificed their children to the pagan god
Moloch, throwing them into the fire prepared for it. Day and night, it was heard
in that place, moans and laments, like day and night, moans will be heard,
laments and cries in hell.

Isaiah speaks of 'the breath of the LORD, like a torrent of sulfur.'

lighting the hell. There is enough evidence in the Scriptures to
to demonstrate that God himself will be the fire of hell. Hebrews 12:29
"Our God is a consuming fire." The wicked of the earth
They dance joyfully in ignorance when the preacher talks about love.
and the mercy of God, but they will benefit neither from one nor from the other.
otherwise they will not repent. For them, God will be a consuming fire.
Hebrews 10:30-31 warns: "For we know him who said: Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord."
vengeance, I will repay. And again: The Lord will judge His people.
Horrible it is to fall into the hands of the living God! It is horrendous,
terrible, to fall into the hands of the living God! Sinner, you will not escape from the
hell. God will be your hell and his wrath will consume you and will be poured out
about you all the time that He exists. "Who knows the power of your
"wrath?" (Psalms 90:11). For God himself will be the fire of hell,
words cannot express the terrors of the damned to the
hell. "There is no reason to fear that, perhaps, the ministers of
Gospels expose this matter beyond what it really is;
such a possibility is not as terrifying as it is intended to be... Rather,
We have reasons to believe that after having said everything
what is possible, everything we have said or thought is nothing but a
pale shadow of reality.

In Luke 16:19-26, Christ speaks of two men. One of them was rich.
(traditionally known as Divas or Epulón); the other was poor (due to
name Lazarus). Both died. The poor man was carried by angels to
Heaven and the rich man went to hell. The rich man did not go to such a place for being rich, nor the
poor to heaven for being poor. The Lord shows through this story
of contrasts that our circumstances can change
drastically when we move from time to eternity. No
we must be as foolish as to think that because God does not us
I have dealt harshly in this life, do not let it happen after the
death. The eternal resting place of both men was the result
of the condition of their hearts before God while they lived in the
earth. Lazarus was a true follower of God, unlike Dives.
We want to carefully note what Scripture says about
Goddesses and their condition, for we have much to learn from him about
the hell.

Verses 23 and 24 indicate that Dives was "in torment." What

What is the meaning of being in torment? This torment refers to
similar to the torment suffered by the body as well as by the soul. Like
we have seen, the human body will be tormented in a furnace of
fire. Every part of the body will feel the pain caused by that
fire. People with severe stomach pain may feel great
agony because of it, but the pain of hell will be much greater
Great. It is said that sometimes death from cancer causes pain.
supreme in the body, but the pain in hell will be worse still. If
your body were to suffer several and painful ailments at the same time, still not
you would begin to approach the pain of the condemned in hell.

The consciousness of the human being will also be tormented in the

hell. Consciousness is the worm that does not die, of which speaks the
Scripture (Mark 9:48; Isaiah 66:24). It is said to God: 'remember
that during your life. Men will be physically tormented
with intense pain, but they will also be tormented by their own
memory. They will remember the times they heard the alarm and, not
paying attention to her, they mocked her. They will remember the times they were
advertised and called to repent, or that they were told it was
it is impossible to receive the blessings of heaven without submitting to Christ as
Sir, but they did not listen. They will be tormented when they see, from a distance.
(just as Divas did), the glories of heaven and knowing that they are
condemned for all eternity. They will be tormented by desires
unsatisfied (Divas cannot even receive a drop of water that
refresh your tongue). They will be tormented by the fact that
they will never escape from hell (to Divas it is said: "so that the
who want to pass from here to us cannot). They will be
tormented by the screams, moans, and curses of the
condemned around them. The cruelest torment that a man
what one can experience here on earth is like the sting of a fly
compared to the torments of hell.

Jonathan Edwards, in a sermon on The Future Punishment of the

wicked, talks about how they are unable to find a single one
moment of rest in hell: "They will find nothing to ease their
punishments in hell. They will never find a place of rest there;
no secret corner that is cooler than the others, where
they can have a little rest, a small reduction of the
gravity of their torment. They will never find a stream or spring of
cold water nowhere in that world of torment; no, not even
not even a drop of water to quench their throats. They will not have
a companion that gives them a minimum of comfort, or offers a minimum
well-being. They will not find a place where they can be and rest and
take a breath, if only for a minute, because they will be tormented with
fire and sulfur. They will have no rest day or night for the
ages of ages.

THE ETERNITY OF HELL

The most terrifying aspect of hell is its duration. Hell
it is eternal, that is, forever, without end. Can you understand the
eternity? No formula or mathematical equation can explain it.
Your mind cannot conceive eternity, and yet, it is real.
despite everything. This alone aspect of hell should make the
men will cry out in regret. It is not strange that skeptics
of all time have attacked the eternal nature of hell,
replacing it with doctrines such as the annihilation of the unbelievers.
Let's take another look at the Scriptures to verify the nature
eternal hell and try to understand eternity better. After
we will look at why hell has to be eternal.

And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur,
where the beast and the false prophet are; and they will be tormented
day and night for ever and ever" (Revelation 20:10). This
The verse clearly shows us the duration of hell. Hell
it is for the ages of ages. Could a stronger statement be used?
What does this mean? If the Spirit of God wanted to communicate to beings
humans, the eternal nature of hell, what can this communicate?
better than the expression 'for ages and ages'? The Scripture not
contains another greater expression that denotes eternity other than "for the
ages of ages", because it is the same statement that is applied to the
eternal existence of God Himself: "To the one who is seated on the throne, to
who lives forever and ever" (Revelation 4:9). Is there anyone who
dude, which God will live for all eternity? Why, then,
doubts that hell will remain for all eternity since it
Does it use the same expression for both?

We cannot form a very strong idea about this issue, but,

to help them in their way of conceiving it, imagine yourself in the middle of
a bonfire or a large oven, where their pain is much greater
greater than that caused by the accidental rubbing of a coal
burning, since its heat is superior. Also imagine that its
bodies are to be held in that place for a quarter of an hour, in
full awareness, how great the horror of entering such
oven! And how long that quarter of an hour would seem to them! After
having endured it for a minute, how unbearable it would be to think that
there were still another fourteen missing. But what would be the effect produced in
their souls, if you knew you would have to stay in that
torment during twenty-four hours... or a whole year... or thousands of
Years? Oh, then, how their hearts would sink if they knew.
they would have to suffer it year after year, what would be the end! Without arriving
never at the end! That after a million million centuries, their
torment would not be closer to its end than at the beginning, and that never
they will be released! But the torment in hell will be immense
superior to what this illustration represents.

The Lord Jesus, describing the day of the great final judgment, refers to the
separation of the wicked from the righteous with these words: "And these
They will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life" (Matthew 25:46).
Is there anyone who denies that the sky exists eternally? Will it have an end?
someday in the future, the blessing of the righteous in heaven? Naturally
not; however, the same Greek word used in this
the verse for the eternal life of the righteous is the one used for the
eternal punishment for the unjust. Hell will last as long as heaven.

In hell there will be different degrees of punishment determined for

each human being according to some passages of Scripture.
Luke 12:47-48 says: "And that servant

that he knew his master's will, and did not prepare or act
according to his will, he will receive many lashes; but he who does not
he knew, and did things that deserved punishment, he will be whipped little. To everything
To whom much has been given, much will be demanded of him; and to whom
To whom much has been given, much will be required of them." In Matthew 11:24 Christ says:
I tell you that on the day of judgment the punishment will be more bearable for the
land of Sodom that is for you." The verses from Matthew indicate that the
the people of Capernaum will receive greater punishment on the day of judgment than
those who lived in the depraved Sodom. The verses of
Lucas speaks of a distinction in judgment based on the amount of
light received: some will receive many lashes while others
few will receive.
Those who commit greater or more sins than others will receive greater punishment.
punishment in hell (John 19:11). The religious hypocrites, those
who profess the Christian faith, but are not really Christians, will be
more severely punished than the rest (Matthew 23:14-15). The Lord
He said of Judas Iscariot: "It would be better for that man if he had not been born."
(Matthew 26:24). How could these statements be made if it were
Is it true that annihilation is the only thing that comes after death?
The presence of different degrees of punishment only makes sense in light of
of the ability to feel punishment. In what way can it be said that
it would have been better for Judas not to have been born if annihilation is
everything that awaited him? Annihilation or extinction is not punishment in
absolute.

Every time the unbeliever sins, he increases the level of his torment in the
hell. The person who sins twice as much as another with similar light will receive
the double punishment. Every day that the sinner continues living and
breathing here on earth without regret adds to his punishment in the
hell. Romans 2:5 says: 'But because of your stubbornness and your
unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath
and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God." The Lord Jesus urged to
the righteous to make treasures in heaven rather than on earth.
the wicked increase their anger and future torment in hell every moment
who continue to sin. They add to their punishment daily. In the
in hell, men will wish they had not been born.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon said: "In hell there is no hope. Neither

at least the hope of dying: the hope of being annihilated.
They are lost for centuries and centuries! In every link of the
the hell's chain is written: "forever". In the flames of
hell is illuminated by these words: 'forever'. Above their
heads they can read: 'forever'. Their gaze is
dislocated and their hearts pained with the idea that it is "for
always". Oh, if I could tell them tonight that hell will be extinguished
one day and those who are lost may be saved, there would be
A real party in hell just at the thought of it. But it can't
it is "forever" that they have been cast into the darkness of
outside.

Christopher Love uses an illustration to try to help us to

understand what eternity means: 'Suppose that all the
mountains of the earth were mountains of sand, and more and more
mountains were added until reaching the sky, and that a little bird
you can take a grain of sand every thousand years from that gigantic one
mountain. It would take countless millions of years before
that all that mass of sand would disappear, and yet this process of
time would come to an end, and it would be a joy for man if the
Hell will not last longer than that time; but this is the misery of the
man in hell, will not have another chance to get out after
having passed millions of years since it was thrown there
principle; because their torment will last for eternity, without end,
"for the God who punishes is eternal."

Previously we considered the necessity of hell or the reason for it.

that there had to be a place like that. Now we will analyze the
the reason why hell not only has to exist but must
exist eternally. What is the need for hell to have
What is it to be eternal? There are several answers that we can explore.
briefly.

The first reason to consider is the one that Christopher Love has just
mention. The God that condemns is an eternal God. 'The eternity of
"Hell is based on the nature of God."10 Is the Word eternal?
God? Is the nature of God eternal? Scripture says: 'Jesus Christ'
He is the same, yesterday, today, and forever" (Hebrews 13:8). "Splendor and
Majesty is His work, and His justice endures forever" (Psalm
The Word of the Lord endures forever
1:24). If the Word of God is eternal, if the justice of God is eternal and
If God himself is eternal, then why is his wrath not going to be eternal?
also? As eternally existent, all the attributes of God are
eternal and immutable; therefore, hell, as an expression of
the divine wrath must be eternal.

Hell must be eternal because God's justice would never be satisfied.

satisfied with the finite punishment of sinners, no matter how much
that will last. Christ clarifies this issue when He talks about making the
You pace with the adversary before going to the magistrate if you wouldn’t be thrown out.
to jail and, 'I tell you that you will not leave there until you have paid
even the last penny" (Luke 12:59). Men cannot give
nothing in exchange for his sin. No amount of punishment in the
hell, no matter how long it lasts, can never expiate the
sins. It is impossible, therefore hell must be eternal.

Thirdly, hell must be eternal because the Scriptures say

that the worm that corrodes the consciousness of man in hell
never dies. "His worm shall not die, nor shall his fire be quenched" (Isaiah
If the worm never dies, then those who are
tormented by the worm will never die.

Finally, hell will be eternal because men will continue

sinning in hell. Their guilt will increase and intensify there.
Hell is a place where the condemned will curse God and themselves.
the same, and they will complain and lament with blasphemous language about the
men around them. The wicked will increase in torment
among themselves, by accusing and condemning each other. Men do not
They will regret in hell because the character of sinners does not...
they change. They continue to be sinners still. They will sin throughout the
eternity, therefore God will punish them eternally.

APPLICATION FOR BELIEVERS AND NON-BELIEVERS

The prophets of the Old Testament constantly warn us about
the dangers of hell: "Who among us will dwell with the fire
consumer? Who among us will dwell with the eternal flames?
In the presence of his indignation, who will stand?
Who will stand before the heat of his anger? His fury is
spills like fire" (Nahum 1:6). Sinner, are you so arrogant
How can you think that you can withstand the wrath of God when it comes?
spilled in all its capacity over you? It's possible that you think that
hell is not as hot as it is painted and you will be able to endure it
quite well. If you believe this, you are something more than a fool. The terrors
from hell make even the demons tremble, are you?
so foolish as to remain still in the face of these or take them as the
light?

Don't think that just because you go to church, or believe in God,

or you intellectually accept the truths of Christianity, you will escape.
from hell. Most of those who attend church regularly
Every week around the world will go to hell. Thomas Shepard,
pastor and founder of Harvard University (USA), wrote:
Nominal believers and men who believe they are saved have something
similar to faith, to grief, to true repentance, to the good
wishes; but they are only images; they deceive others and themselves... the
most of those who live in the church will perish.

You, who claim to be a Christian but do not read the Bible much and do not pray.
little: how do you think you will escape the punishment of hell? You, who do not
You worry too much about small sins or thoughts.
dirty and filthy that cross your mind: are you ready to go to the
hell? You, who think that the kingdom of God consists of a
verbal confession of faith in Christ or intellectual acceptance that Jesus
he died for your sins, but you are not interested in living a life
saint, pious, nor dedicate any thought to God during the
week: Are you ready to endure the torments of hell,
day and night, for centuries to come? You should be, for if
these things are true of you, you are on the straight path to hell, to
less than you regret. Don't fool yourself! Christianity
It does not consist of pious words or affirmations or beliefs.
intellectuals, but in a new heart and a new life set apart from
sin and dedicated to the glory of God. If your heart and your life have not
have been changed by God, you are still in your sins. If you are living
in open disobedience to the Word of God and you are indifferent to it,
you have no right to believe that you are going to heaven; on the contrary,
you are on the road to hell. Repent of all your sins and
Turn back to Jesus Christ and surrender to him as Lord. Pay attention to the
words of Christ: "If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and
cast it away from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have
two eyes, to be cast into hell of fire" (Matthew 18:9). "Nothing
less than completely denying oneself, abandoning the idol
more cherished, abandon the most cherished sinful habit
-figuratively represented as cutting off a hand or tearing out an eye-
it is what Christ requires of all those who want to have communion with
"him." Remember the difficulty that comes with abandoning everything for Christ.
it's nothing compared to spending all eternity in hell.

I don't think anyone is scared by the idea of going to heaven, but rather of going to the
hell, in such a way that I could begin to seek God from everything
heart and to implore divine mercy. The human being is in the
border same as the abyss of hell, soon to fall headlong into it,
and yet, completely unaware of such danger. If hearing
Talking about hell can make insensitive people aware of its reality.
situation consider the eternal truths, then, preach about the
hell is quite beneficial. It is better to consider hell now,
while you live; and to be terrified by this, rather than having to endure it
later.

I wouldn't want you to be more terrified of hell than of

to sin. Sin is your real enemy. Sin is worse than hell.
because sin gave birth to hell. Are you willing to go to hell?
for all eternity in exchange for a few pleasures and lust here
On earth? Flee from sin! Stop living for the self and the
self-gratification and turn to Jesus Christ. When you die it will be
too late. All opportunity for remorse is limited to the
life on earth.
This doctrine is as beneficial for the just as it is for the unjust. The
The doctrine of hell should lead the righteous to fear God. A fear
holy is useful in many ways. He who fears God in his
the heart has a greater respect for the commandments of God. Who
He who truly fears God will not fear men and will prefer
to be enemies with men rather than with God (Isaiah 8:12-13). This
doctrine should increase the faithfulness and joy of the righteous in Christ,
since he has been saved from the torments of hell and, of the same
Thus, he should increase his love for Christ who endured the wrath of God.
on the cross in his place.

The doctrine of hell should produce in you a fear of sin.

I would have to make you fear even the smallest sins and
be diligent in confessing them, both from the heart and from thought and
life. Let the doctrine of hell keep you from practicing sin.

The doctrine of hell should help the believer to be patient in

the days of affliction. No matter how great your troubles are
in this world, they are much smaller than the torments of
hell, from which the Lord has saved the saints. It may be that
you may have to go through minor storms in this world, but
remember that they are merely temporary and that you have been freed from
largest of them all so that you can rejoice even in the
time of affliction.

This doctrine helps motivate you to testify to others about Christ and His
message. Eryl Davies wrote in his book The Wrath of God
God): "The eternity of the sufferings of hell should make us
more jealous and quick to talk to people about the only one who can
save them. Do we shy away from declaring these solemn truths? Do we
Does the idea of hell disgust you? Remember that God will be glorified.
even through the eternal punishments of the unbelievers in the
hell. Your offended majesty will be vindicated... What is supreme in
the purpose of God when choosing and rejecting men is His
own glory, and hell will also glorify His justice, His power and His
he will go for all eternity. Meanwhile, it is our responsibility
to pray and seek the salvation of sinners before such punishment
horribly fall upon them.

I cannot finish without a final word directed to those who

screens converted but they are not, and also for those who
They know they are not converted. Can you conceive eternity?
Stop for a moment and try to imagine being tormented
, relentlessly, forever, without end. Doesn’t this terrify you? Never.
a chance to rest; or a drop of cold water that refreshes
the throat. Think again about the duration of eternity. Try to
imagine it: day and night, for centuries and centuries, burning with
fire like a spider in a bonfire. Screams, laments, pain,
cursing the day of being born; and being cursed eternally
by the demons and damned around. Remembering, always
remembering the times you were warned on earth and how
you ignored all those warnings: self-satisfied and self-deceived,
believing that everything was fine with your soul. Job's wife said to
this one who would curse God and die. Unless you repent and
you go to Christ, who is your only hope, you will be cursed by God and
eternally tormented by Him in his presence, in the terrible
fullness of your wrath, without ever being able to die. You will never die. You will not
You will never die! Eternity is forever!

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THE STATE OF THE SOUL BETWEEN PHYSICAL DEATH AND THE

RESURRECTION

Between the death of the physical body and the resurrection, the souls of the saved...
be consciously and in the presence of God.

Matthew 22:31, "But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read
what was said by God, when he said: I am the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

That was Pablo's conviction:

Philippians 1:23, "Having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better"
better

To the thief on the cross who believed in Him, Jesus Christ told him that on that very day
I would be with Him in paradise:

And he said to Jesus, 'Remember me when you come into your kingdom.'
Then Jesus said to him: Truly, I tell you that today you will be with me in the
paradise.

3. The saved go to a place of rest; the unsaved go to a place of

torment. In both cases, the soul is aware and has memory. The story
from Luke 16, it is not a parable, because the name of one of the
characters. In the parables, proper names are never mentioned.

Luke 16:22-25, "It came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the
angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died, and was buried. And in the
Hades lifted his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham from afar, and to
Lazarus in his bosom. Then he, shouting, said: Father Abraham, have
have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in
water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

II Corinthians 5:6,8, "... knowing that while we are at home in the body,
we are absent from the Lord... but we trust, and we would rather be
absent from the body, and present with the Lord.

THE SKY

Here we refer to heaven as the place where God dwells, the desired place.
by humans to have eternal rest.

Heaven is the dwelling place of God.

Matthew 6:9, "Our Father who art in heaven."

Matthew 5:34, "Do not swear at all; neither by heaven, for it is the throne
of God.

Ephesians 4:10, "He who descended is the same one who ascended far above"
all the heavens to fill everything.

Luke 24:51, '... he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.'

Acts 7:56, '... I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man.'

Mark 1:10; Luke 3:21, '... he saw the heavens open and the Spirit descending like a dove.'
that descended upon him.

The sky is the place of all blessings for the saved:

... your reward is great in heaven.

... you will have treasure in heaven.

... your names are written in heaven.

...make yourselves a treasure in heaven that does not deplete.

Luke 15:17, 'there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents.'

Philippians 3:20, '... but our citizenship is in heaven.'

John 14:2, "In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you;"
I would have said it; I am going, therefore, to prepare a place for you. And if I go and you
prepare a place, I will come again, and will take you to myself, that where I am
I am, you all are too.

3. The New Jerusalem will descend from heaven:

Revelation 21:2, "And I, John, saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down"
from heaven, from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard
a great voice from heaven saying: Behold, the tabernacle of God with the
men, and he will dwell with them; and they shall be his people, and God himself will be
with them as their God." (Read the entire chapter 21).

In heaven, humans will be like the angels of God:

Matthew 22:39, "For in the resurrection, they neither marry nor are given in marriage"
marriage, for they will be like the angels of God in heaven.

Luke 26:35, "For they can no longer die, for they are equal to the angels,
and they are children of God, being children of the resurrection." (Also read Mark
12:25.

HADES: PARADISE AND THE PLACE OF TORMENT

THE HADES BEFORE THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST

The passages where the word appears make it clear that Hades was divided.
previously in two parts, the place where the salvos were located, and the place
where the unsaved were. The first one was called 'Paradise' or 'Bosom'
from Abraham." Both names come from the Talmud, but they were adopted by
Christ in Luke 16:22; 23:43.

The deceased who were saved were with Abraham; they were conscious and were
consoled, Luke 16:25. The thief who believed would be with Christ that same
day in Paradise. The lost were separated from the saved by "a great
"sima" (Luke 16:26). The representative of the lost who are found today in the
Hades is the rich man from Luke 16. He was alive, aware, in full exercise.
of their faculties, memory, etc., and in torments.

2. HADES SINCE THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST

In the Bible, there is no indication that there has been any change.
regarding the condition of the unsaved who are in the place of torment.
In the judgment of the Great White Throne, (Revelation 20:11, Hades them
they will be delivered, will be judged, and thrown into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:13, "And
the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up
the dead that were in them; and they were judged each one according to their works.

3. Yes, there was a change in Paradise. Pablo was taken there:

I Corinthians 12:14, "I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago (if
in the body, I do not know; if out of the body, I do not know; God knows) was
taken up to the third heaven.

It is believed that Ephesians indicates when this change occurred:

Ephesians 4:8-10, "Therefore it says: When he ascended on high, he led captive...

captivity, and gave gifts to men. And what does it mean that he ascended, except that
had also descended first to the lowest parts of the earth?
that is, to the division of Hades called Paradise. During the present era of the
church, the saved who have died are "absent from the body, and present with the
Sir. The lost dead are in Hades, and the saved are 'present to the.
Lord", (Job 19:26, 27; I Corinthians 15:52).

THE ETERNAL PUNISHMENT

The doctrine of the fire hell is taught in the New Testament. It is not a
place where the lost are annihilated and disappear forever; it is a
place of eternal torment, without end.

Jesus Christ referred to him many times:

Matthew 5:22, "... will be exposed to the hell of fire."

... and not that your whole body be thrown into hell.

Matthew 10:28, "... who can destroy both soul and body in hell."

Matthew 18:9, "...having two eyes to be cast into hellfire."

Matthew 23:15, '... you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.'

Matthew 23:33, 'How will you escape the condemnation of hell?'

And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

Immediately after dying, the unsaved go to torment.

Luke 16:23-25, "And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment... I am

tormented in this flame... and you tormented.
Those who deny that the soul is aware between physical death and the
resurrection, they assert that the passage from Luke 16 is a parable. But in the
Parables never mention proper names. This is a story that
mention the beggar Lazarus.

It is the place of punishment for the angels who sinned.

II Peter 2:4. "... casting them into hell, delivered them to chains of darkness."

4. It is the punishment of those from Sodom and Gomorrah:

Jude 7, "... suffering the punishment of eternal fire."

It is an eternal, endless punishment:

Mark 9:44, "... where their worm does not die, and the fire is never extinguished."
turn off

Luke 3:17, '... and he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.'

A place of weeping and terror:

... there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

7. In addition to the current torment, the unsaved will suffer the second death: the
lake of fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels.

Then he will also say to those on his left: Depart from me,
cursed, to the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Revelation 20:5-6 "But the rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years."
They fulfilled a thousand years. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy
blessed is he who has part in the first resurrection; the second death has no power over him.
power over these.

Revelation 20:19, "And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of
fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were; and they will be
tormented day and night for ages of ages.

Revelation 20:14, 'And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire.'
This is the second death.

Revelation 21:8, "in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death"
second
J. I. Packer (in Christianity Today, January, 86), says that the Scriptures
Scriptures affirm these three truths:

1. The reality of hell as a state of eternal destructive punishment, in the

what is God's judicial retribution for sin is experienced
directly.

2. The certainty of hell for all those who choose it by rejecting

Jesus Christ and his offer of eternal life.

3. The justice of hell as an appropriate divine punishment for the

humanity for its cruel and unlawful actions.

Catholics believe that the unsaved will go to a purgatory where they will suffer for
a time to atone for their sins; and that the prayers of the living
will be taken from there, to enter heaven. The Bible says that the dead who do not
they were saved are now in torment, and cannot change their situation.

Luke 16:26, "those who wish to cross from here to you cannot, nor can those from there"
pass over here.

THE TRIALS

The Bible mentions several judgments:

a. The judgment of the believer's sins on the cross of Christ: The sins of
the believers have already been judged in the person of Christ. By accepting Him,
he grants us his justice.

II Corinthians 5:21, "He who knew no sin, He made sin for us,"
so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." (Also read I
Peter 3:16

b. The believer's self-judgment:

The Christian must constantly judge himself before participating in

the different ministries and privileges within the body of Christ: the Church. If
participates indignantly may be judged by God; but if he himself
Correct, avoid being punished. It is one of the duties of the life of holiness.
1 Corinthians 11:31-32 says: "For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged."
we would be judged; but being judged, we are punished by the Lord, for
that we be not condemned with the world.

c. The judgment of the works of the believer:

This judgment will take place at the coming of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:10 says: 'For we must all appear before the ...'
tribunal of Christ, so that each one may receive according to what he has done while
it was in the body, whether good or bad" I Corinthians 3:11-15 states:
For no one can lay another foundation than that which is laid, which is
Jesus Christ. And if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, stones
precious, wood, hay, leaf litter, the work of each will be made manifest;
For the day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the work of each
whoever it is, the fire will test it. If the work of someone remains that
whoever overbuilds will receive a reward. If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer.
loss, yet he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

d. The judgment of the nations upon Christ's return in glory:

Christ will judge the nations that survive the great war of Armageddon,
with which the Great Tribulation will culminate. Matthew 25:31-32, "When the Son
when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He
He will sit on his throne of glory, and all will be gathered before Him.
nations; and He will separate them one from another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from
the kids.

e. The judgment of Israel upon Christ's return to determine who will receive the
blessing of the Millennial Kingdom:

Ezekiel 20:31, 38, "I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the...
links of the covenant; and I will remove from among you the rebels, and those who
they rebelled against me; from the lands of their pilgrimages I will take them, but to the
they shall not enter the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord.

f. The judgment of the angels after the millennium:

And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode
His own dwelling, he has kept them under darkness, in eternal prisons, for the
Judgment of the great day.

g. The judgment of the wicked dead:

This judgment will be the last in the history of the present world. Revelation
20:11-15, 'And I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from before'
from which the earth and the sky fled, and no place was found for them. And I saw
to the dead, great and small, standing before God; and the books were
opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and they were
judged the dead by the things that were written in the books, according to their
works. And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades
they delivered the dead that were in them: and they were judged each one according to
his works. And death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the
second death. And whoever was not found written in the book of life was cast out
to the lake of fire.
THE STATE OF THE SOUL BETWEEN PHYSICAL DEATH AND
RESURRECTION

Between the death of the physical body and the resurrection, the souls of the saved...
Hello conscious and in the presence of God.

Matthew 22:31, "But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read
what was said by God, when He said: I am the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

That was Pablo's conviction:

Philippians 1:23, "Having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better"
better.

To the thief on the cross who believed in Him, Jesus Christ said that on that very day
I would be with Him in paradise:

And he said to Jesus: Remember me when you come into your kingdom.
Then Jesus said to him: Truly I tell you that today you will be with me in the
paradise.

3. The saved go to a place of rest; the unsaved go to a place of

torment. In both cases the soul is conscious and has memory. The story
In Luke 16, it is not a parable, because the name of one of the
characters. In the parables, proper names are never mentioned.

It happened that the beggar died and was carried by the

angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died, and was buried. And in the
Hades raised his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham from afar, and to
Lazarus in his bosom. Then he cried out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me.
have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in
water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

II Corinthians 5:6,8, "... knowing that while we are at home in the body,
we are absent from the Lord... but we trust, and we would rather be
absent from the body, and present with the Lord.

THE SKY

Here we refer to heaven as the place where God dwells, the desired place.
by humans to have eternal rest.
Heaven is the dwelling place of God.

Matthew 6:9, "Our Father who art in heaven."

Matthew 5:34, "Do not swear at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne
of God.

Ephesians 4:10, "He who descended is the same one who also ascended far above"
all the skies to fill it all.

... he was taken up into heaven.

Acts 7:56, '... I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man.'

Mark 1:10; Luke 3:21, "...he saw the heavens open, and the Spirit like a dove"
that descended upon him.

2. Heaven is the place of all blessings for the saved:

... your reward is great in heaven.

... you will have treasure in heaven.

... your names are written in the heavens.

Luke 12:33, "... make yourselves... treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted."

... there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents.

... but our citizenship is in heaven.

John 14:2, "In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you.
I would have said it; I am going, therefore, to prepare a place for you. And if I go and you...
prepare a place, I will come again, and will take you to myself, that where I am
I am, you all are too.

3. The New Jerusalem will descend from heaven:

Revelation 21:2, "And I, John, saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending
from heaven, from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard
a great voice from heaven saying: Behold, the tabernacle of God with the
men, and he will dwell with them; and they will be his people, and God himself will be
with them as their God." (Read the entire chapter 21).

In heaven, humans will be like the angels of God:

Matthew 22:39, "For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage"
marriage, for they will be like the angels of God in heaven.

Luke 26:35, 'For they can no longer die, because they are equal to the angels,'
and are children of God, being children of the resurrection." (Also read Mark
12:25

HADES: PARADISE AND THE PLACE OF TORMENT

THE HADES BEFORE THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST

The passages where the word appears make it clear that Hades was divided.
previously in two parts, the place where the saved were, and the place
where the unsaved were. The first was called 'Paradise' or 'Bosom'
from Abraham." Both names come from the Talmud, but were adopted by
Christ in Luke 16:22; 23:43.

The dead who were saved were with Abraham; they were conscious and were
comforted, Luke 16:25. The thief who believed he would be with Christ that same
day in Paradise. The lost were separated from the saved by "a great
"Abraham's bosom" (Luke 16:26). The representative of the lost who are today in the
Hades is the rich man from Luke 16. He was alive, aware, in full exercise
of their faculties, memory, etc., and in torment.

2. HADES SINCE THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST

In the Bible, there is no indication that there has been any change.
regarding the condition of the unsaved who are in the place of torment.
At the Judgment of the Great White Throne, (Revelation 20:11, Hades them
they will be judged and thrown into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:13, 'And
the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades delivered up
the dead who were in them; and they were judged each one according to their works.

3. Yes, there was a change in Paradise. Pablo was taken there:

I Corinthians 12:14, "I know a man in Christ, who fourteen years ago (if
in the body, I do not know; if out of the body, I do not know; God knows) was
caught up to the third heaven.

4. It is believed that Ephesians indicates when this change occurred:

Ephesians 4:8-10, "Therefore it says: When he ascended on high, he led captive a

captivity, and he gave gifts to men. And what does it mean that he ascended, if not that
had also descended first to the lowest parts of the earth?
that is to say, to the division of Hades called Paradise. During the present era of the
church, the saved who have died are "absent from the body, and present with the
Sir. The lost dead are in Hades, and the saved are 'present to
Lord

THE ETERNAL PUNISHMENT

The doctrine of hellfire is taught in the New Testament. It is not a

place where the lost are annihilated and disappear forever; it is a
place of eternal torment, without end.

Jesus Christ referred to him many times:

... will be exposed to the hell of fire.

Matthew 5:29, '...and not that your whole body be cast into hell.'

Matthew 10:28, '... who can destroy both soul and body in hell.'

Matthew 18:9, '... if you have two eyes, being cast into hellfire.'

... you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

Matthew 23:33, "How will you escape the condemnation of hell?"

And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

Immediately after dying, the unsaved go to torment.

Luke 16:23-25, 'And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment... I am'
tormented in this flame... and you tormented.

Those who deny that the soul is conscious between physical death and the
resurrection, they affirm that the passage of Luke 16 is a parable. But in the
parables never mention proper names. This is a story that
mention the beggar Lazarus.

It is the place of punishment for the angels who sinned.

II Peter 2:4. "...throwing them into hell he delivered them to chains of darkness."

4. It is the punishment of those from Sodom and Gomorrah:

... suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

5. It is an eternal punishment, without end:

Mark 9:44, '... where their worm does not die, and the fire is never quenched.'
turn it off.

Luke 3:17, "... and he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire."

A place of weeping and terror:

... there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

7. In addition to the current torment, the unsaved will suffer the second death: the
lake of fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels.

Then he will also say to those on his left: Depart from me,
cursed, to the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Revelation 20:5-6 "But the rest of the dead did not come to life until the ..."
They completed a thousand years. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy.
blessed is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; the second death has no power over them.
power over these.

Revelation 20:19, "And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of
fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were; and they will be
tormented day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 20:14, "And death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire."
This is the second death.

Revelation 21:8, "in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the death"
second.

J. I. Packer (in Christianity Today, January, '86), says that the Scriptures
Scriptures affirm these three truths:

1. The reality of hell as a state of eternal destructive punishment, in the

what is the judicial retribution of God for sin is experienced
directly.

2. The certainty of hell for all who choose it by rejecting

Jesus Christ and his offer of eternal life.

3. The justice of hell as a suitable divine punishment upon the

humanity for its cruel and lawless deeds.

Catholics believe that the unsaved will go to a purgatory where they will suffer for
a time to pay for their sins; and that the prayers of the living them
they will be taken from there to pass to heaven. The Bible says that the dead who do not
they were saved, they are now in torment, and they cannot change their situation.

Luke 16:26, 'Those who wish to cross from here to you cannot, nor can those from there.'
pass here.

THE TRIALS

The Bible mentions several judgments:

a. The judgment of the believer's sins on the cross of Christ: The sins of
the believers have already been judged in the person of Christ. By accepting Him
awards us its justice.

II Corinthians 5:21, "He who knew no sin, He made sin for us,
so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him". (Also read I
Peter 3:16.

b. The self-judgment of the believer:

The Christian must constantly judge himself before participating in

the different ministries and privileges within the body of Christ: the Church. If
may be judged by God; but if he himself does
Correct, avoid being punished. It is one of the duties of a life of holiness.
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
we would be judged; but being judged, we are chastened by the Lord, to
that we may not be condemned with the world.

c. The judgment of the believer's works:

This judgment will take place at the coming of the Lord.

II Corinthians 5:10 says: "For we must all appear before the
tribunal of Christ, so that each one may receive according to what he has done while
it was in the body, whether good or bad" I Corinthians 3:11-15 states:
"For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is"
Jesus Christ. And if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, stones
precious, wood, hay, foliage, the work of each will be made manifest;
for the day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the work of each one
whatever it is, the fire will test it. If the work of anyone remains,
whoever overbuilds will receive a reward. If someone's work is burned, he will suffer.
lost, yet he himself will be saved, but as through fire.

d. The judgment of the nations at Christ's return in glory:

Christ will judge the nations that survive the great war of Armageddon,
with which the Great Tribulation will culminate. Matthew 25:31-32, 'When the Son'
of the Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will
He will sit on his throne of glory, and all will be gathered before Him.
nations; and he will separate them one from another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from
the kids

e. The judgment of Israel upon Christ's return to determine who will receive the
blessing of the Millennial Kingdom:

Ezekiel 20:31, 38, "I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the"
links of the covenant; and I will remove from among you the rebels, and those who...
they rebelled against me; from the lands of their pilgrimages I will take them out, but to the
they shall not enter the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord.

f. The judgment of the angels after the millennium:

Jude 6, "And the angels who did not keep their own position, but left their proper dwelling"
his own dwelling, he has kept them under darkness, in eternal prisons, for the
judgment of the great day.

g. The judgment of the ungodly dead:

This judgment will be the last in the history of the present world. Apocalypse
20:11-15, "And I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from before
from which the earth and the sky fled, and no place was found for them. And I saw
to the dead, great and small, standing before God; and the books were
opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and they were
judged the dead for the things that were written in the books, according to their
works. And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades
they delivered the dead that were in them: and they were judged each one according to
his works. And death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the
second death. And anyone not found written in the book of life was cast out
to the lake of fire.