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Words NOT found in the Bible:
"you will live forever in hell without ever dieing"
"when you die you go to heaven or hell"
"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?

Okay, Let's take it step by step. What does the Bible really say about what happens when you die?

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."

Psalm 146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Job 14:10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

So what the bible really says about death is that your body returns to the earth (grave), and your spirit returns to God! But you do not know or do ANYTHING in that state of sleep. 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 died very young, those murdered by abortion, those who died before the age of accountability (13 years old) and anyone who was not called and were deceived in the first life, They ALL 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 (death) 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.

What about the man on the cross and Jesus said to him, Today you will be with me in Paradise? Read that again my friend. IN the orginal writings, there was NOT a comma. So if the comma was inserted in the wrong place, it could make all the difference in the world. Read it like this: "Verily I say unto you today, You shall be with me in Paradise." Is there another verse in the bible that tells us whether or not that man did go to Paradise THAT day? YES!!! He did NOT go that day AND neither did Jesus that day!!! Notice: John 20:17 "Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God." (Wow, this was AFTER the resurrection and Jesus basically says that HE had not yet been to Heaven during the 3 days and 3 nights that He was in the tomb of the earth. If Jesus had not yet gone to Paradise, then neither did the the other man on the cross!!!) And didn't Jesus say that HE WOULD be IN the belly of the earth for the entire 3 days and 3 nights as the sign of who He is?!?!)

As far as hell goes, We Know GOD is the most righteous Judge of all time of course. What if an unrepentant person killed someone 5,000 years ago and went to a burning hell when they died? Then Adolf Hilter comes along and kills millions of people and dies and he goes to hell. Then the man who killed only 1 person burns 5,000 years longer than Hilter?!!! Oh come on people, The Gospel is Simple. Let us use some common sense and all the bible scriptures. The bible is very very clear on this matter. You just have to let go of the false teachings you have always accepted. GOD is truly Just and righteous and will judge and punish Fairly. This is NOT to mininize in ANY way the fate of the wicked, they will still burn but they will also be put out of their misery! God loves even the most wicked sinner and will punish them righteously and lovingly by removing them as the bible teaches in many many very clear scriptures.

Psalm 37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Psalm 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.
22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Revelation 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

Common Sense in the Account of Lazarus of John 11
In John 11, Jesus rose Lazarus from the dead. Lazarus had been dead for 4 days! When Lazarus rose from the dead, he walked out of the tomb. Where had Lazarus been for those 4 days? Was he in hell? Was he in Heaven? If he was in a burning hell fire then surely Jesus would not have brought him back in order to be thinking about that torture for the rest of his days! That would be an aweful life to live! AND IF he had been in Heaven, Would Jesus deny Lazarus of his rewards? Would Jesus pull this man out of paradise and make him live on this old earth again after getting such a good 4 day taste of paradise? That would not be very kind of Jesus to do such! Of course Lazarus was neither in a burning hell NOR was he in Heaven. He was simply asleep in the grave. Thus, His resurrection was a good thing! Don't confuse this Lazarus with the Lazarus of Luke 16 in the account of Lazarus the beggar and the rich man. That is a completely different Lazarus which you can click here to read about that parable and what it means!

Objections:
If you have any verses that you think PROVE that we do go to Heaven or that the wicked do burn forever in fire without dieing, please use the contact form and we will add them to this page with the answers. Thanks.

Objection 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

ANSWER: This verse says we shall be forever with the Lord. It does NOT say we will be with him in Heaven. We meet him in the air. Where does he go from there? Back to Heaven? No. See: Zech. 14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

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.

Revelation 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

-Objection 2 Corinthians 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
ANSWER: This is NOT talking about where we go as soon as we die. But rather the eventual reward of the saints. See context vs. 7-10. Also it does not say we're with the Lord in Heaven. Again, where will the Lord be? Rev. 21 also shows He will be reigning on the earth.

-Objection: 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
ANSWER: It is not talking about us going to heaven. It is talking about our eventual eternal spirit which is made in Heaven. Verse 2 says it is FROM heaven. Revelations shows that any home that we have in heaven is brought down to us. Not the other way around. 1 Cor. 15:42-54 directly relate to these verses of 2 Cor. 5. This clearly shows WHEN we put on this new immortal body- at the second coming of Christ Jesus and NOT BEFORE. 1 Thes. 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

Objection: Rev. 7:9-17 People who have been thru the Great Tribulation are shown in Heaven.
ANSWER: Let's Read that: Revelation 7:9-17:
9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
13And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. (Compare: Rev. 21:3; And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.)
16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. (Compare: Rev. 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. Rev. 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.)
17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. (Compare: Rev. 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.)

It is clear from the comparisons of Rev. 7 and Rev. 21 that the context is that this Great Multitude has come out of the Great Tribulation and is at the Throne of GOD on Earth after all things are completely fulfilled and NOT in Heaven. However, It is true that the Saints will temporarily enter Heaven for a period of 45 days for the Marrige Supper of the Lamb of GOD. Please read the 1335 days Revealed article.

Objection: The soul is eternal/immortal.
ANSWER: That is the lie of the devil! The serpent said "you will not die"!
What the scriptures say: Matt. 10:28 "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell"!

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! And I have proven it here. 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 in the greek scriptures, He 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.

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!

I know the churches and people have taught you something much diffently! You owe it to yourself to actually read the Bible and fast and pray about this! DO NOT IGNORE all the verses that have been listed on this article!!! You cannot deny the FULL WORD OF GOD!

Suggested reading:
Gospelthemes.com
TruthAboutDeath.com
What about Lazarus and the rich man? See this article at The Living Word Mission Life Church.
Hell and the Lake of Fire

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