JESUS MADE THE DIREST WARNING ON HELL (MARK 9:38-50):
God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezek. 18:23) and does not desire that anyone perish (2 Pet. 3:9). The Lord wept over Jerusalem because the people would not come to Him and be saved (Lk. 19:41).
He warned about hell, not to put people in agony but to save them from it. Hell was not even created for men but for the devil and his fallen angels (Mt. 25:41).
Perhaps no doctrine is more emotionally challenging to accept than hell.
Yet it is too clear and often mentioned in Scripture to deny or ignore.
Jesus spoke more of hell than any of the prophets or apostles did–perhaps for the reason that its horrible truth would be all but impossible to accept had not the Son of God Himself absolutely affirmed it.
It had a special emphasis in Jesus’ teaching from the beginning to the end of His earthly ministry. He said more about hell than about love. More than all other teachers in the Bible combined, He warned men of hell, promising no escape for those who refused His gracious, loving offer of salvation.
In the Sermon on the Mount alone, the Lord gives several specific and direct warnings about hell: “Whoever shall say, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell” (Mt. 5:22).
OT Hades 100 times
NT Hades 10 times
NT Gehenna 11 times (10 = Jesus Christ) + 1 time James
HELL: Sheol (31); Grave (31); Pit (3)
1. The unseen state; Strong # 7585 65 x in the Old Testament
Hades, the unseen world; Strong # 86 used in New Testament 11 times
Mt. 11:23 thou…shalt be brought down to hell: for
Mt. 16:18 gates of hell shall not prevail against it
Lk. 10:15 And thou…shalt be thrust down to hell
Lk. 16:23 in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torment
Acts 2:27 thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither
Acts 2:31 that his soul was not left in hell, neither
1 Cor 15:55 “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?”
Rev. 1:18 I…have the keys of hell and of death
Rev. 6:8 I looked…and Hell followed with him
Rev. 20:13 death and hell delivered up the dead
Rev. 20:14 death and hell were cast into the lake
Valley of Hinnom, Gehenna Strong # 1067 geenna. 12 times in New Testament
Tartarus Strong # 5020 tartaroo 1 x New Testament
2 Peter 2:4 but cast (them) down to hell, and deliver.
Lake of Fire 5 x in New Testament
1. Revelation 19:20
2. Revelation 20:10
3. Revelation 20:14-15
4. Revelation 21:8
(1) People go to hell because of their own works! God kept a running record to show none make it! Rev. 20.
(2) Either the King of Kings in unsparing holiness is going to drag into the light every second of your life or Jesus Christ will cleanse it all away!
(3) It will be eternal! 70 times aionias (unending) used
63 times of eternal life used
7 times of eternal death
Therefore, heaven to be sought. Hell fire to flee.
All afresh affirm their only hope in Jesus Christ!
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