Hey everyone! I told you that we've been studying Heaven and Hell at Gen-x recently and I just wanted to share a few tidbits about that. A classmate of mine said that he was pretty sure Hell would be basically separation from God, and according to scripture, he's right. It sounded to me like this was his gut-feeling, so I don't know if he knew about this verse or not (did you?) I didn't know the verse for sure until last week either. Anyway, here's the verse:
"He will come with His mighty angels, in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don't know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from His glorious power. When He comes on that day, He will receive glory from His holy people-praise from all who believe."
2 Thessalonians 1:8-10
Just like Darkness is the absence of Light, Hell is the absence of God.
Did you know that Hell and the After Life is talked about over 600 times in the Bible??
Did you know you don't get there by just being a good person?? Hell is not just for murderers, rapists, dishonest business people, and mean dictators-it's for anyone rejecting God. Thankfully, when you're being judged, Jesus says that you're clean-if you're a believer. Let me know if you have questions about this. More on this later. In the meantime, think about it. Hell is serious stuff.
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This is very true. What the unbeliever needs to understand is that being separated from God is only half of it. Revelations 20:15 tells us exactly what is present in God's absence. "If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."
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