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I Saw The Light Ministries
An outreach of Ecclesia Theos At Morristown TN,
(called out ones of the supreme divine God)
Serving God in Spirit and in Truth
John 4:23-24
What happens when you die? What is the truth about Heaven and Hell?
Words NOT found in the Bible:
"you will live forever in hell without ever dieing"
"the reward of the wicked is everlasting life"
"the wages of sin is everlasting life"
"when you get to heaven"
"you shall go to heaven"
"the meek shall inherit heaven"
"you shall reign in heaven"
"you shall live in heaven"
"you shall fly into heaven"
What is the truth about Heaven and Hell?
Forget everything you was taught in church and by men. Read the Bible!
The ideal/theory/teaching of a ever burning hell where you never never die is a lie from the devil to deny the mercy of God! Yes, some wicked people will burn in hell. Yes that is biblical. But let us remember that the Bible is written in the english language today and that it was originally written in Hebrew and Greek. "Hell" is an old english word which means "a hole in the ground" or "grave". But when Jesus spoke of a burning hell the greek scriptures used the word "Gehenna". At the time, Gehenna or the Valley of Hinnom was on fire. It was where all of Jerusalem burned their trash. But that place is no longer burning at the current time!
Here is a picture of Gehenna today!
One Hundred years after the 2nd resurrection, Gehenna, the Valley of Hinnom and the entire earth SURFACE will be burned to destroy the wicked. And the wicked will be destroyed eternally. That is to say that they will die. That is to say that their punishment will be everlasting as in final. They will not live forever in that fire because the fire will go out on its own when everything is devoured. Then God will renew the surface, that is what is meant by a new earth. This earth will not disappear and another one pop up somewheres else in the universe! The Bible says the earth will abide forever!
Yes, the Bible teaches 2 resurrections! Most churches only teach one.
God's plan of salvation and his mercy is so great and awesome that only a relatively few people will ever get to be cast into the lake of fire. He is not willing that any would perish but that all would be saved. But some will perish because of their out-right refusal to obey Him.
What happens when you die?
Words NOT found in the Bible:
"when you die you go to heaven or hell"
What the Bible DOES say:
Ecc 9:5-10 "For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest."
Ecc 12:7 "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."
Your body returns to the earth (grave), and your spirit returns to God! That is what the Bible says!
That is where you are (asleep) until Jesus returns and the resurrections start occurring.
Rev 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Rev 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Rev 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till (until) the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Rev 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Rev 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Rev 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell (greek word Hades which means the grave) delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Rev 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Rev 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Where does Revelations say the dead came out from to be judged? They come out of the sea and out of the graves (wherever you were buried at)! It does NOT say you come out of Heaven or out of a giant hole in the center of the earth filled with fire where you are already receiving your punishment or reward to come back to be judged AGAIN! That theory is ridiculous!
The verses talk about "first resurrection", if there is a FIRST resurrection, then there must be another! It says "the rest of the dead live not again until the 1000 years"! Then those people come back alive (2nd resurrection) for a "short season" (100 years) while the devil deceives people again! The first resurrection is for all those people in this life who ARE truly called by God and given truth and understand and believe and obey the truth. They take part in the first resurrection. But anyone who has never heard the truth, never heard the name of Jesus, those who dies very young, those killed by abortion, those who died before the age of accountability (13 years old) and anyone who was deceived in the first life, they come back to live to be 100 years old (Isa 65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.) to have what is really THEIR first true real chance to learn the truth because then Jesus and all the saints that have already been resurrected and turned into spirit will be here to show them the total truth! But the devil again tries to deceive them. Because they still must make their choice for God or the devil. Then at the end of the 100 years is when the earth and the wicked will be set on fire. The people who lived as fleshly human beings during the 100 years will either be cast into the fire to die and never live again or they will be turned to spirit beings and live forever with God. When punished, Their punishment is everlasting. Their death is everlasting. The gift of God is eternal life and the wages of sin is death (second death).
What does the Bible say will happen to the people who does end up in that hell?
Mal 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Mal 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Mal 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
Psa 37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
Why does it say the fire shall not be quenched?
Because the fire will not be quenched, that is to say it will not be put out, it will burn until there is nothing left to burn and will go out on its own! No one will put it out, it will burn until all the wicked is consumed away into smoke and nothing of them is left, neither root nor branch!
What happens to the righteous?
Mat 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
If we go to heaven, then why does the new Jerusalem come down to the earth instead of us going up there to it?
Rev 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
Rev 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
In conclusion, Gods plan is much better than anything man can come up with. I'd rather be a king and priest for God on earth rather than sitting around on a cloud in Heaven doing nothing while my brothers and sisters are screaming and yelling burning in hell for ever and ever. Praise God for HIS plans and not ours!
Suggested reading:
Gospelthemes.com
TruthAboutDeath.com
What about Lazarus and the rich man? See this article at The Living Word Mission Life Church.
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