"And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: ..." Matthew 13:42.
HELL
fact or fiction?by Terry Watkins
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're about to 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--actually 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, 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!THE BIBLE EVEN GIVES THE LOCATION OF 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 on the cross, He descended into Hell. And
Jesus says in Matthew 12:40, "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." Ephesians 4:9, referring
to Jesus Christ says, "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 said, patients
who descended into hell said, "In most cases, 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 twelve 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, Volcanos, 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. YES! THERE IS A PLACE CALLED HELL!In Numbers 16, the Bible gives the actual account of people falling
into Hell alive! Numbers 16:32-33 says, "(32)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. (33)They, and all that
appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth
closed upon them: and they perished from among the congre-
gation." Inside this earth, there are millions of lost, tormented souls--
burning, weeping, wailing--without any hope whatsoever!The earth's crust on land is normally 50 miles thick. You'd have
to go down 50 miles before you would begin to reach the edge of the
fire. But in parts of the ocean floor, the earth's crust is less than a mile
thick. [...][...] They've been in National Geographic and several times
on TV specials! Do you know how Jesus Christ describes Hell in Mark
9:46? "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."Jesus said explicitly in Mark 9:46, 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 that men and women
in Hell take on the form of their father, Satan (John 8:44)? Who in
Revelation 12:3 is described as a red dragon. Could Jesus Christ be
referring to the body lost men and women will have for eternity? YOU'D
BETTER THINK ABOUT THAT FRIEND!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 Volcanos 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! Yes, friend! You'd better believe there's a
place called Hell!THE HORRORS OF HELL! In Luke 16, Jesus Christ describes the horrors of Hell, "(22)And it came
to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into
Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; (23)And in
hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments.... (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."Jesus Christ said plainly that man was in TORMENTS,
in FLAMES, and in HELL!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 ever made 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" (Matthew 8:12), "wailing"
(Matt. 13:42), "gnashing of teeth" (Matt. 13:50), "darkness" (Matt. 25:30),
"flame" (Luke 16:24), "burnings" (Isaiah 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[.]"Jesus Christ took Hell very serious. To Him, Hell was no laughing
matter. Jesus Christ says in Matthew 5:29, "if thy right eye offend thee,
pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of
thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast
into hell." Jesus Christ took Hell so serious--He could say without the
slightest hesitation--to remove your eye, cut off your hand or foot if
that would keep you out of Hell!
[...]
The Facts are clear!
Earth's center hotter than
sun's surface, scientists say
PASEDENA, Calif. (AP) -- The center of the Earth is
hotter than the sun's surface with temperatures thousands of
degrees higher than once thought, . . .
Earth's inner core has a temperature of about 12,420
degrees Fahrenheit, . . . scientists from the University of
California at Berkeley and the California Institute of
Technology reported . . .· Birmingham News, April 10, 1987
(Planet Earth, Bramwell, p.31)
Science is dis-
covering what
the Bible fore-
told thousands
of years ago--
inside this earth
is a lake of fire!
FRIEND, WHAT IF JESUS IS RIGHT? If Hell is not real, Jesus Christ was the most deceived man that
ever lived! I'll challenge anyone to read the words of Jesus Christ and
tell me they are the words of a deceived man! No, Friend! Jesus Christ
knew exactly what He was talking about!Dr. Rawlings has watched as thousands of people depart into
eternity. Most people think they'll somehow "sneak" into Heaven, but
Dr. Rawlings claims that most people descend into the flames of Hell!
Jesus Christ gave a solemn warning in Matthew 7:21-23, "(21)Not every
one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven; .... (22)Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in
thy name done many wonderful works? (23)And then will I profess unto
them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."If it was for a few days, a few months, a few years or even a million
years, but to be tormented--FOREVER! You will despair of ever
having any deliverance! You will beg for death itself to come and take
you away! You will curse the day you were born! Revelation 14:11 says,
"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 said in Mark 8:36, "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain
the whole world, and lose his own soul?"You ask, why would God send me to Hell? Friend, God does not
want you to go to Hell. Matthew 25:41 says that Hell was prepared for
the devil and his angels--not for YOU! God loved you so much He
gave His own Son, Jesus Christ, to die in YOUR place, to pay for YOUR
sin, and to keep YOU out of Hell! John 3:16 says, "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." God has
something far better than words can describe for those who love Him.
I Corinthians 2:9 says, "...Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither
have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared
for them that love him."The facts are clear! There is a place called Hell! And, friend, if you
continually refuse God's gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ--
just as sure as you live and breath--ONE DAY YOU WILL WAKE
UP IN HELL!Don't wait until you die to find out the truth about Hell! Tomorrow
may be too late! Proverbs 27:1 says, "Boast not thyself of to morrow;
for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."FRIEND, DON'T BE CAUGHT DEAD WITHOUT JESUS! You may have made some terrible mistakes in your life. There may
be some things in your life you would give anything to be able to
change. But friend, I assure you--if you die without Jesus Christ-- it'll
be the worst mistake you could possibly make!
Friend, has there ever come a time in your life, when you received
Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour? If not, you are on the way to Hell!
Don't let anyone convince you that when you die it will be all over! The
Bible says in Hebrews 9:27, "And as it is appointed unto men once to
die, but after this the judgment[.]" Revelation 20:15 says, "And
whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the
lake of fire."If you've never received Jesus Christ as your Saviour, bow your
head this minute and ask Jesus Christ to save you. Don't put it off
another minute! NOTHING IS WORTH TAKING THE CHANCE!Pray this simple prayer, and mean it with all your heart. Lord Jesus,
I know that I am a sinner, and unless you save me I am lost forever.
I come to you now, in repentance and faith, and ask you to save me.
I now receive you as my Saviour. In Jesus' name, Amen.What Will It Be? HEAVEN OR HELL?
The Choice Is Yours!¨ I TRUST JESUS AS MY SAVIOUR"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life:"
John 3:36a.¨ I REFUSE JESUS CHRIST
"and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life;
but the wrath of God abideth on him." John 3:36bDIAL-THE-TRUTH
M I N I S T R I E S
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