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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Heaven and Hell

Test everything.

https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-self-pity.html

Acts 17:11

King James Version (KJV)

11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all

readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

2 Timothy 2:15

King James Version (KJV)

15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.


All glory goes to God and ALL THE CREDIT GOES TO GOD, for providing me with the information and knowledge on Heaven and Hell.


Heaven


Go to the bottom links.


The 2nd link shows a lot of support that we will all receive the same rewards in Heaven.

http://justifiedbychristalone.com/2013/01/01/don-bell-will-i-have-stars-in-my-crown-audio/



39 What was the Archangel's motivation before the Fall ?  




  45a. Why was the Archangel Envious of Adam & Eve ?



Matthew 20:1-16 shows us that we will all receive the same rewards in Heaven which is eternal life and giving glory to God.  There are no different rewards in Heaven.  If there was different rewards in Heaven, people would be prideful.  In addition, if there was different rewards in Heaven, people will be jealous of each other.

Just be glad that you are one of God’s elects.  Only God's elects names are written in the book of life.  It is impossible for God’s elect’s names to be struck from the book of life.  While all of the nonelects’s names, have never been and will never be written in the book of life. (Revelation 13:8)


Now I will be telling you what Heaven is like. Read Revelation 14:13.  
https://www.gotquestions.org/work-in-heaven.html

Read the bottom verses which talks about Heaven.

Isaiah 25:8-12, Isaiah 55:1-13, Isaiah 60:1-22, Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 62:1-12, Isaiah 64:4, Isaiah 65:13-25, Isaiah 66:10-24, Ezekiel 28:24-26,

Matthew 22:29-33, Mark 12:25, John 14:2-4, 1 Corinthians 2:7-9, 2 Corinthians 5:8, Philippians 1:21-23, Philippians 3:20-21, Revelation 7:13-17, Revelation 21-22


1 Corinthians 15:42-58 shows us that, we will have spiritual bodies after Jesus Christ ends the world and creates the new heaven and new earth.


More information on Heaven, go to the bottom link.

http://justifiedbychristalone.com/2012/03/12/carl-haak-what-is-heaven/


http://justifiedbychristalone.com/2012/03/12/carl-haak-our-citizenship-in-heaven/







Question: "What is the Book of Life?"


 Answer:  Revelation 20:15 declares, “If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” The Book of Life is the set of names of those who will live with God forever in heaven. It is the roll of those who are saved. This Book of Life is also mentioned in Revelation 3:5; 20:12; and Philippians 4:3. The same book is also called the Lamb’s Book of Life because it contains the names of those who have been redeemed by the blood of the Lord Jesus (Revelation 13:8; 21:27).


 How can you be sure your name is written in the Book of Life? Be sure you’re saved. Repent of sin and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:5). Once your name is written in the Book of Life, it is never erased (Revelation 3:5; Romans 8:37-39). No true believer should doubt his eternal security in Christ (John 10:28-30).


 The Great White Throne Judgment described in Revelation 20:11-15 is a judgment for unbelievers. That passage makes it clear that no one at that judgment has his name in the Book of Life (Revelation 20:12-14). Since their names are not in the Book of Life, their fate is sealed, their punishment is sure.


 Some people point to Revelation 3:5 as “proof” that a person can lose his salvation. However, the promise of Revelation 3:5 is clearly that the Lord will not erase a name: “He who overcomes . . . I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life.” An overcomer is one who is victorious over the temptations, trials, and evils of this world—in other words, one who is redeemed. The saved are written in God’s registry and have the promise of eternal security.


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My comments:

1 John 2:19

King James Version (KJV)


19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

1 John 2:19 shows us that the people that “went out from us” are nonelects when they were physically born and its impossible for them to receive the Holy Spirit because God won’t give it to them. 

The 3 types of ground that are nonelects (the wayside, stony places and among thorns). 

(Matthew 13:4-7, Matthew 13:19-22, Mark 4:4-7, Mark 4:15-19, Luke 8:5-7 and  Luke 8:12-14)



While only 1 type of ground are God's elects (good ground).

(Matthew 13:8, Matthew 13:23, Mark 4:8, Mark 4:20, Luke 8:8 and Luke 8:15)



John 14:17


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17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.


In John 14:17, the word "world" are all of the nonelects and God won't give the Holy Spirit to the nonelects.









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 Another passage over which confusion sometimes arises is Psalm 69:28: “Let them [David’s enemies] be blotted out of the book of the living.” This “book of the living” should not be confused with the Lamb’s Book of Life. David is referring to earthly, physical life, not eternal life in heaven. The same is true of the “book” mentioned in Exodus 32:32-33.


 God keeps good records. He knows His own, and He has set the names of His children permanently in His book.





Question: "Is eternal security biblical?"


 Answer:  When people come to know Christ as their Savior, they are brought into a relationship with God that guarantees their eternal security. Jude 24 declares, "To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy." God's power is able to keep the believer from falling. It is up to Him, not us, to present us before His glorious presence. Our eternal security is a result of God keeping us, not us maintaining our own salvation.


 The Lord Jesus Christ proclaimed, "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand" (John 10:28-29b). Both Jesus and the Father have us firmly grasped in their hand. Who could possibly separate us from the grip of both the Father and the Son?


Ephesians 4:30 tells us that believers are "sealed for the day of redemption." If believers did not have eternal security, the sealing could not truly be unto the day of redemption, but only to the day of sinning, apostasy, or disbelief. John 3:15-16 tells us that whoever believes in Jesus Christ will "have eternal life." If a person were to be promised eternal life, but then have it taken away, it was never "eternal" to begin with. If eternal security is not true, the promises of eternal life in the Bible would be in error.


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 The most powerful argument for eternal security is Romans 8:38-39, "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Our eternal security is based on God's love for those whom He has redeemed. Our eternal security is purchased by Christ, promised by the Father, and sealed by the Holy Spirit.





Hell and the Lake of fire


THE BIBLICAL DOCTRINE OF HELL #4: A PLACE FOR THE DAMNED WHICH DISPLAYS GOD'S WRATH & JUSTICE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XslbMYLexu4



http://www.gotquestions.org/levels-hell.html


In Revelation 20:11-15, the people are judged “according to what they had done as recorded in the books” (Revelation 20:12). All the people at this judgment, though, are thrown into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:13-15). So, perhaps, the purpose of the judgment is to determine how severe the punishment in hell will be. Whatever the case, being thrown into a slightly less hot portion of the lake of fire is no consolation to those who are still doomed for eternity. Whatever degrees of punishment hell contains, it is clear that hell is a place to be avoided.


 Unfortunately, the Bible states that most people will wind up in hell. “…For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it” (Matthew 7:13-14). The question one must ask is “which road am I on?” The “many” on the broad road have one thing in common—they have all rejected Christ as the one and only way to heaven. Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). When He said He is the only way, that is precisely what He meant. Everyone following another “way” beside Jesus Christ is on the broad road to destruction, and whether or not there are different levels of punishment in hell, the suffering is hideous, dreadful, eternal, and avoidable.

Jesus Describes Hell 1/6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1ZBlLU7XIQ
Are You Ready For Hell? 1/3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S349Fc9PyX8

John Piper - Why Is Hell Hard to Take Seriously?
Degrees of punishment for the nonelects (greater degrees of punishment, Revelation 20:12-13, book of works=depends on how many sins you have committed=Nonelects live a very long life on earth but the more they live, the greater punishment in Hell and lake of fire that they will have to face, how much you know the bible, how many false doctrines that you have preached if you are a pastor, elder, deacon, scholar or teacher and more).
Ecclesiastes 3:17, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Matthew 12:36-37, Romans 2:6, 16
Matthew 23:14-15, Mark 12:40, Luke 20:47
Luke 12:47-48
James 3:1



Matthew 10:14-15

King James Version (KJV)


14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.


15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.



Matthew 11:20-24

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20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:


21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.


22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.


Judgment will be worse for some than others.


23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.


24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
John 19:11
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11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me (Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus) unto thee (Pilate) hath the greater sin.
John 19:11 tells us that some sins are greater than others.
3.2 Degrees of Sin



The Church Is One. False Prophets Will Pay - Paul Washer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7CGCXFp5Bs


Are there different levels of hell and degrees of sin?
by Ryan Turner and Chad Ressler




Biblically, there seems to be definite teaching that there are different levels of hell - at least in the sense that there are various degrees of punishment.  The Bible does not specifically mention higher or lower levels of hell in the location sense, but it does allude to degrees of punishment and sins:




1. More Tolerance for Certain Sins




A. Matthew 10:15, "Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city."




B. Matthew 11:23-24, “And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day. 24 “Nevertheless I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you."

C. Luke 10:13-14, "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you," (cf. Luke 10:7-12). 
I. The implication of those above three passages is that there is a greater punishment for rejecting Jesus than there is for even the most atrocious sins in the Old Testament.
2. Greater Punishment
A. Matthew 23:14, "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation," (cf. Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47).
B. Luke 12:47-48, "And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes, 48 but the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more."
i. This passage appears to indicate that the greater our knowledge, the greater our responsibility.  Also, it indicates the greater our punishment if we fail in our responsibility (this is in relation to unbelievers).

3. Greater Sin
A.  John 19:11, "...for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin."
I. Jesus specifically attributes Judas's betrayal as a greater sin than Pontius Pilate's.



Hell and Lake of fire bible verses
Lake of fire                                            Revelation 20:15
A horrible tempest                                 Psalm 11:6
A devouring fire                                     Isaiah 33:14
A place of everlasting burnings             Isaiah 33:14
A furnace of fire                                   Matthew 13:42
A place of torments                               Luke 16:23


Lazarus and the rich man                      Luke 16:19-31



Extreme Dehydration, rich man begs for a drop of water. 



Luke 16:24


King James Version (KJV)





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.


You would experience about less than 1% of Hell, if you went to a desert with no water for hours dehydrated=having a dry mouth.  I have been to a desert and I experienced what it is like.
A place of everlasting punishment        Matthew 25:46
A place of no forgiveness                      Matthew 12:32
A place of weeping                                Matthew 8:12




A place of outer darkness                      Matthew 8:12


Extreme loneliness with no friends and no family in Hell for all of the nonelects.  God's elects have very little friends or no friends at all on earth.  But they will have lots of friends in Heaven.  While Satan's children=nonelects have alot of friends on earth, but they will have no friends in Hell.


God is the great equalizer.


A place of no rest                                   Revelation 14:11
A place of blackness and darkness forever        Jude 13
A place where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched    Mark 9:48
A place where people are tormented with fire and brimstone                       

Revelation 14:10
A place from which the smoke of people’s torment ascends up forever     

Revelation 14:11

Revelation 20:15


King James Version (KJV)




15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.


Only nonelects don’t have their names written in the book of life.
 
Proverbs 27:20
King James Version (KJV)
20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Proverbs 1:26-33
King James Version (KJV)

26 I (God) also will laugh at your (nonelects) calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.


33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.


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We all have that emptiness, when we were physically born because we were separated from God by birth. The things of this world will never satisfy us and is all vanity, no matter how much we have. For example: Going to a friend's house for years, but still not satisfied. Buying something new, but still not satisfied and the list continues.  The reason why most of the things of this world will never satisfy us is because most of the things of this world are sins.  The things of this world are temporary and are fading away.  But God is forever.  Read 1 John 2:15-17.

-That emptiness is permanently satisfied, when God gives his chosen ones the Holy Spirit and being reunited with God.

The God-shaped Vacuum: Our Third Part and the Meaning of Human Life 


Everything was good in the video "The God-shaped Vacuum: Our Third Part and the Meaning of Human Life", except the part of the sinner's prayer 2:18-2:50 that does not give the Holy Spirit.  God will only give the Holy Spirit to all of God's elect, not nonelects.  Remember that all of God's elect and nonelects are all guilty and deserve the punishment of the lake of fire.  But in God's great undeserved love and mercy was willing to save some people (all of God's elect).  Better than no mercy at all.

Declaring War on The Sinner's Prayer (Paul Washer)


King Solomon had everything, but he said it is all vanity and will never give you happiness.  Maybe temporary pleasure but that’s it.
Only God can bring permanent happiness.
But majority of the world are going after the things of this world (spending time with friends, family, possessions, money and more) instead of God.  Don't they know all of that except God, is gone once they die? Then they spend an eternity (forever and ever) in the lake of fire…

Nonelects lose everything once they die, all that work for nothing. Then they regret it for eternity.

Mark 8:36
King James Version (KJV)

36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Matthew 16:24-25
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24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

John 12:25-26
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25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

James 4:14
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14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

This life on earth is very very short, give up everything for Christ and depend on Christ for your basic needs.  Pray to God before doing anything.  

2 Corinthians 5:7
King James Version (KJV)

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)


It Will Cost You Everything



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Hebrews 10:31


King James Version (KJV)




31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

http://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/agonizing-prayer/


Man what great love and mercy Christ have for all of God's elect, that all of God's elect won't go there.

The lake of fire is for eternity=forever and forever and there is no escape once entered.



Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God - Classic Sermon by Jonathan Edwards


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtHijgqceXo


The parable of The Rich Man and Lazarus Luke 16 19 31



"ANNIHILATIONISM" TO ESCAPE HELL: ANOTHER DOCTRINE OF THE DEMONS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O-LMpP6bAg



The bottom was a discussion I had with a pastor I know.


Hell is an English word for the general temporal place of punishment until the final judgment. Hades is a Hebrew word, for a more a resting place of death. It refers to what we call Hell.


What do you mean by "more a resting place of death."?


It is not specific as to a place. It is a more general term but basically they are the same place.


Why do some people use Hades instead of Hell? Is it to make it a different meaning?


Because often they are trying to claim that Hell is not in the Bible but they have to change the meaning of Hades to do so.


And what is the change that they want Hades to be?


Death not a place, but just a reference to death which they claim but is not true.


Hades, Sheol and Gehenna are three different Hebrew words and have a different focus but basically what we call Hell.


Hell=Hades=Sheol=Gehenna


Why is it that Atheists say Gehenna and not Hell? Is it to change its meaning also?


They say it, to change its meaning in order to deny the whole existence of Hell.

Atheists use the words Hades, Sheol and Gehenna that few people know, in order to deny the word Hell which most people know as everlasting fire.


Found this on Wikipedia "annihilationists understand Gehenna to be a place where sinners are eventually utterly destroyed, not tormented forever."


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http://repent5610.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-bottomless-pit.html


If Satan and his angels have been cast out of heaven, and they have been cast into Tartarus, and they have been cast on this earth, and they have been cast into the “Bottomless Pit”, and they have been bound with chains of darkness, but nevertheless they are still able to roam around and deceive those who have not the seal of God in their foreheads, what does that tell us about the location of the Bottomless Pit?




Of course, the Bottomless Pit is here, on this sin cursed earth. This earth is a round sphere, but in God’s terminology it is a Bottomless Pit.

My notes:

Tartarus=Spiritual Earth is where Satan and his demons are imprisoned right now in the thousand years.

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Jesus drank the cup of the wrath of God (Jesus went through Hell, spiritually) when he was on the cross, in order to pay for all of God's elects's sin debts and punishments in Hell.  The top Hell verses that I just mentioned is what Jesus had to go through.  Now you know why God's elects are willing to suffer and be persecuted for Jesus's sake.  God's elects sufferings are nothing, compared to what Jesus Christ had to go through.  Jesus started drinking the cup of the wrath of God, when he said "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34)  Then he endured Hell, the above Hell verses is what he had to endure spiritually.  Jesus finished drinking the cup of the wrath of God when he said "It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost." (John 19:30)


David Platt - Jesus Absorbed the Wrath of God



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The Gospel Demands Radical Sacrifice







What the Gospel Demands









Casual Acceptance or Absolute Surrender? (Part 1 of 3) - David Platt at Liberty University 
Casual Acceptance or Absolute Surrender? (Part 2 of 3) - David Platt at Liberty
Casual Acceptance or Absolute Surrender? (Part 3 of 3) - David Platt at Liberty



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ALL THE CREDIT AND GLORY GOES TO GOD.

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