Every day of our lives is a gift from God. The counsel of "God is love," "His Grace," and "Mercy" are the most popular sermon preach in the church of Christ. One of the other counsel, you don't often hear is "The judgment of God". The wrath of God is real as well as His mercy. In the old testament all the prophets, in all their 'Repent Sermon', they brought the blessing of those who obey God and the aware of divine judgment for those who don't obey the gospel.
Jesus Christ, saw the need to teach His love,compassion and mercy.But it was also important for Him, to preach of His judgment, He didn't excluded. The house of those who has not received the Lord will catch up in fire, because the church has failed to communicate the judgment of God. For those who don't know, what is 'HELL'?,I will give you the biblical definition as clear as possible. It is a place you wanted avoid to go. The bible teach is a dark place were people who rejected Jesus Christ salvation, are tormented day and night in flaming fire.
The Hebrew word for 'Hell' is [Sheol] and the Greek word is [Hades]. The life will continue after death, however, the direction of your eternal destiny will depend of your willing decision to receive or reject Jesus Christ salvation. The Lord said in (John 14:6) 'I am the way, the truth and life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. When time come to respond to God, His simple question: Why He should let you enter to heaven?. It will be not any valid and acceptable response than the completed work of Jesus on the cross.
I will share some scripture that has to do with the judgement of God, Lets look for details of description of the place:
In (Mt 25:41) ' Then he will also say to those on the left hand, Depart from Me, you curse, into the [everlasting fire] prepared for the devil and his angels.
In (Mt 13:40,42) Therefore as the tares are gathered and [burned in the fire], so it will be at the end of the age. (V42) ' and will cast them into the [furnace of fire]. There will be [wailing and gnashing of teeth].
In (Mt 22:11-13) 'But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment. (V12) 'so he said to him, 'friend, how did you come here without a wedding garment? And he was speechless. (V13) Then the king said to the servants 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and [cast him into outer darkness]; there will be [weeping and gnashing of teeth].
In (Lk 16:23-24,27-28) 'So it was the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's blossom. The rich man also died and was buried. (V23) 'And being in [torments in 'Hades'] he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his blossom. (V24) 'Then he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy of 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]. (V27) ' Then he said , I beg you therefore, father, that you would send to my fathers house, (V28) 'For I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come [to this place of torment].
In (Rev 19:19-20) And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. (V20) Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who worshiped his image. These two were [cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone].
In (Rev 20:12-15) And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened which is the book of life. And the dead were judged according to their works by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. (V14) Then the Death and Hades were [cast into the lake of fire]. This is the second death. (V15) And any one not found written in the book of life [was cast into the lake of fire].
The judgement of God is real as well as His mercy, however the Lord has offer to every man kind His redemption plan of salvation. For those who decided to reject God's mercy through Jesus will suffer the consequence of eternal separation and the punishment for their sins. The Lord did not create the lake of fire for human being, that was Satan punishment for his rebellion toward God and the other one third of the angels that agreed to rebelled against God. The Lord provided his salvation plan through his Son Jesus, but it is your decision whether or not you wanted accept his offer.
Dear Friend:
The bible is the word of God the passage of scriptures of his judgement are over whelming . It really don't make any different whether people wanted to accepted or not because at the end, is not what I say or believe but what God has to say. This is the reason why this blog is call bible and doctrine because the ultimate answer is what God has to say. The testimony of the rich man and Lazarus is not a fairy tale story, they both die and went to two different place. The rich men did not went to hell because he was rich, but because he rejected the Lord during the time he was alive. He saw Lazarus far away from the distance and he was begging to have Lazarus, to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool his tongue. The rich men testify that he is tormented in flame fire, he express his desired for someone to tell his five brothers so they don't have to go to the same place he is. The rich men could not be so kind to express mercy, when during his life he did not show any compassion for Lazarus.
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