What you're about to read is hard to believe...
We're going to examine the place the Bible calls Hell. We'll present documented evidence for a place called Hell. Don't take what you're going to read lightly. If what you read is true - YOU COULD BE IN SERIOUS DANGER!
Several years ago a book was published, entitled Beyond Death's Door by Dr. Maurice Rawlings. Dr. Rawlings, a specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, resuscitated many people who had been clinically dead. Dr. Rawlings, a devout atheist, "considered all religion 'hocus-pocus' and death nothing more than a painless extinction". But something happened in 1977 that brought a dramatic change in the life of Dr. Rawlings! He was resuscitating a man, terrified and screaming - descending down into the flames of hell:
"Each time he regained heartbeat and respiration, the patient screamed, "I am in hell!" He was terrified and pleaded with me to help him. I was scared to death... Then I noticed a genuinely alarmed look on his face. He had a terrified look worse than the expression seen in death! This patient had a grotesque grimace expressing sheer horror! His pupils were dilated, and he was perspiring and trembling - he looked as if his hair was "on end." Then still another strange thing happened. He said,"Don't you understand? I am in hell... Don't let me go back to hell!" ...the man was serious, and it finally occurred to me that he was indeed in trouble. He was in a panic like I had never seen before." (Maurice Rawlings, Beyond Death's Door, Thomas Nelson Inc., 1979, p. 3).
Dr. Rawlings said, no one who could have heard his screams and saw the look of terror on his face could doubt for a single minute that he was actually in a place called Hell!
The Bible continually warns of a place called Hell. There are over 162 references in the New Testament alone which warns of Hell. And over 70 of these references were uttered by the Lord Jesus Christ!
In Luke 16, Jesus Christ gives a frightening picture of Hell: (Luke 16:22-28)
22 ... the rich man also died, and was buried;
23. And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24. And 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.
25. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. (Luke 16:22-28)
The man in Luke 16:24 cries: "...I am tormented in this FLAME."
In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says: "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
In Matthew 25:41, Jesus says: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,..."
Revelation 20:15 says, "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE."
When Jesus Christ died on the cross, He descended into Hell. In Acts 2, Peter is speaking, verse 31, "... seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in HELL"
When Jesus Christ died His soul went into Hell.
And in Matthew 12:40, Jesus Christ says:
"For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly: so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the HEART OF THE EARTH." (Matt 12:40)
The Bible is clear - Hell is inside the earth!
Ephesians 4:9 says of Jesus: "Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the LOWER PARTS OF THE EARTH."
On page 85 of Beyond Death's Door, Dr. Rawlings writes patients who described Hell said, "... this place seems to be UNDERGROUND or WITHIN THE EARTH in some way."
The Birmingham News, April 10, 1987 had an article entitled "Earth's Center Hotter Than Sun's Surface, Scientists Say". The article stated that scientists have recently discovered, "THE EARTH'S INNER CORE HAS A TEMPERATURE OF OVER 12,000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT!"
Have you seen pictures of a volcano erupting, spewing a lake of fire from inside the earth - consuming everything within miles just from the heat? When Mount St. Helens erupted in May 18, 1980, it was described by reporters, "when HELL surfaced upon the earth." The book, Volcanoes, Earth's Awakening (p.91) describes an erupting volcano as "descent into HELL".
Thousands of years ago, the Bible described a place called Hell in the heart of the earth that matches exactly what science is discovering.
In Numbers 16, the Bible gives the account of people falling into Hell alive!
"And THE EARTH OPENED HER MOUTH, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive INTO THE PIT, and the EARTH CLOSED UPON THEM:" (Numbers 16:32-33)
Inside this earth, this very moment, there are millions of lost, tormented souls - burning, weeping, wailing - without any hope whatsoever!
In Mark 9:46, Jesus Christ says about Hell: "Where THEIR WORM dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."
Jesus said explicitly, "THEIR worm" not a worm, or the worm - but THEIR worm. The Bible teaches that Christians will one day have a body like the Lord Jesus Christ. Could it be, as some Bible students teach - that men and women in Hell take on the form of their father, Satan (John 8:44)? In Revelation 12:3, Satan is described as a red dragon. Could Jesus Christ be referring to the body lost men and women will have for eternity?
The earth's crust on land is normally 50 miles thick. You'd have to go down 50 miles before the edge of the fire. But in parts of the ocean floor, the earth's crust is less than a mile thick.
Scientists recently discovered cracks on the ocean floor where fire was leaking out. Do you know what they found around these fire-breathing vents in the crust? Eight-foot long worms, found no other place in the world! The book, The Deep Sea, by Joseph Wallace (p.39), reads, "Perhaps the strangest of ocean creatures recently discovered are Riftia, the giant tube WORMS. Measuring up to 8 feet in length, the worms are ONLY FOUND NEAR DEEP SEA VENTS."
And Jesus Christ said, "Where THEIR WORM dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."
Revelation 14:10 says, " ... and he shall be tormented with fire and BRIMSTONE ..." And Job 18 describes the " ... PLACE of him that knoweth not God" (vs 21), in verse 15 as, " ... BRIMSTONE shall be scattered upon his habitation." Do you know what brimstone is? It's sulfur. And do you know where sulfur or brimstone is found? INSIDE THIS EARTH! According to the book Volcanoes by Pierre Kohler (p. 43), when Mt. St Helens erupted in 1980 - 150,000 tons of sulfurous gas was ejected! Job is the oldest book in the Bible, written over 3,000 years ago, and yet Job knew what science wouldn't know for years - inside this earth is BRIMSTONE!
Jesus says of the man in Luke 16:22-28:
23 "And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in TORMENTS..."
24 "... for I am TORMENTED in this FLAME."
28 "...PLACE OF TORMENT." (Luke 16:22-28)
It is humanly impossible to comprehend the Bible description of Hell. Nothing on earth can compare with it. No nightmare could produce a terror to match that of Hell. No horror movie could describe its fright. No crime scene with all its blood and gore could begin to match its horror.
You'll see HELL...
You'll smell HELL...
You'll breathe HELL...
You'll hear HELL...
You'll feel HELL...
It'll be beyond anything humanly imaginable!
The Bible describes it as weeping (Matt 8:12), wailing (Matt 13:42), gnashing of teeth (Matt 13:50), darkness (Matt 25:30), flames (Luke 16:24), burning (Isa 33:14), torments (Luke 16:23), everlasting punishment! Jesus Christ says in Matthew 25:41, "Depart from me, ye cursed, into EVERLASTING FIRE, prepared for the devil and his angels."
In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says: "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
All who enter Hell - abandon all hope!
The horror of Hell - for even one second is unbearable - but FOREVER!
Jesus says in Matthew 25:41: "... Depart from me, ye cursed, into EVERLASTING fire,."
Rev. 14:11: "The smoke of their TORMENT ascendeth up for EVER AND EVER: and they have NO REST DAY NOR NIGHT."
What could possibly be worth eternity in Hell? No wonder Jesus Christ warned so much about Hell! No wonder Jesus said in Mark 8:36:
"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Mark 8:36)
Realize you are a sinner.
"As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:" (Romans 3:10)
"... for there is no difference. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" (Romans 3:23)
Realize you CAN NOT save yourself.
"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; ..." (Isaiah 64:6)
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, ..." (Titus 3:5)
Realize that Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay for your sins.
"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, ..." (1 Peter 2:24)
"... Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood," (Revelation 1:5)
Simply by faith receive Jesus Christ as your personal Savior.
"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:" (John 1:12)
" ...Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." (Acts 16:30-31)
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)
Please, Pray this prayer, and mean it with all your heart.
If you just now prayed this prayer - HOW TO BE SAVED
"How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation;" (Heb. 2:3)
