A Few Thoughts about Hell

Some facts

B1 Created for devil and his angels

C1 Matthew 25:41 EMTV Then He will also say to those on the left, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

C2 Evidently some fallen angels are in a holding cell with chains of darkness. Some have mocked the idea of chains of darkness, because they have never seen one. There are a lot of things we have not seen. 2 Peter 2:4 NRSV For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of deepest darkness to be kept until the judgment. The word hell used here is Τάρταρος Tartaros̄, and it means (the deepest abyss of Hades) [Strong].

B2 Is a place of torment. It is described as a place

C1 Of fire. See Matthew 25:41, 2 Peter 2:4, Luke 16:24, and Revelation 20:14-15.

C2 Of darkness See Matthew 8:12, Matthew 22:13, 2 Peter 2:17, Jude 1:6, 13.

C3 Of sorrow See Matthew 13:50.

C4 Of torment See Matthew 8:29 and Revelation 14:11.

B3 Consider hell as a prison for eternity. Hades is jail where lawbreakers await trial. The initial judgment is when one dies (Hebrews 9:27). Those who refused to believe Jesus will go to Hades. There they will wait until the trial and sentencing at the Great White Throne (Revelation 20:11 and Romans 2:16).

C1 Hades/Sheol See Luke 16:23, Acts 2:27 (Psalm 16:10), Revelation 1:18, and Revelation 20:13-14.

C2 Law of Fire See Revelation 19:20 and Revelation 20:14-15. See Barnes comment on 2 Peter 2:4.

C3 For further information, you can read from the questions at Eschatology :: Questions about Death, Heaven, Hell, and Future Life (click “Additional Bible FAQs” then Eschatology).

B4 Jesus paid the penalty for lawbreaking. It is applied to those who meet His conditions. The conditions are faith and trust in Jesus Christ alone. Those who do not trust in Jesus Christ will go there to be punished for their sins (crimes by breaking God’s laws).

B5 The anti-Christ and False Prophet go there 1,000 years before the devil and his angels. See Revelation 19:20.

B6 The residents are conscious. Hell is described as torment. Matthew 13:41-42 (weeping and gnashing), Revelation 20:10, 1 Samuel 28:11-15, Isaiah 14:9-11, Acts 2:27.

B7 Hell never ends. The sentence imposed is eternal, forever, and never ending. God warned them and plead for them, but they refused God’s conditions because of pride and love of sinful pleasure. Daniel 12:2, Matthew 25:46, Revelation 14:11.

B8 It is a place God has cursed. Compare Matthew 25:41.

The loving God sentences people to hell, because of sin. Revelation 21:8.

The loving God warns all about hell and that they are going there. Mark 9:28 and Matthew 10:28.

The loving God sees most people refuse His offer of salvation.

B1 Some would refuse to look and so die. Numbers 21:8-9 NLT Then the LORD told him, “Make a replica of a poisonous snake and attach it to a pole. All who are bitten will live if they simply look at it!” 9 So Moses made a snake out of bronze and attached it to a pole. Then anyone who was bitten by a snake could look at the bronze snake and be healed!

B2 Matthew 23:37 NIV Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

B3 Isaiah 30:15 NRSV For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength. But you refused.

The loving God sees most people remain proud and love sinful pleasure. John 3:19, 2 Thessalonians 2:12, and 2 Timothy 3:1-2.

The loving God sees most people justify their sin. Compare Genesis 3:12, Psalm 94:7, and Ezekiel 9:9.

The loving God sees most people blame others for their own sin. Genesis 3:12.

The loving God pleads with all people to repent. Matthew 4:17.

The loving God punishes living people for their repeated sins and hardening their hearts by allowing them to sin even more. Romans 1:18-32.

Matthew 11:28-30 NRSV Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.