Matthew 25:41 tells us that Hell was prepared for the Devil and his angels.
That’s why such a place was prepared in the first place.
It was not by original plan and design for men and women–for human sinners.
It was prepared for the Devil and his angels. The Lord Jesus tells us that Himself.
In another passage Christ calls the Scribes and Pharisees a “generation of vipers,” and warns them, “How will you escape the damnation of Hell?” (Matt. 23:33)
Those are pretty strong words from the Lord Jesus. He laid it on the line.
He told it like it is.
When someone questions the fact and reality of Hell, he’s actually questioning the authority of the Bible, and the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
There are two texts of Scripture that suggest to me that Hell involves everlasting punishment. Matthew 25:46 sums up the judgment on the “sheep and goats” with the words...
“And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
The same word aionion (eternal) is used to describe the punishment of the wicked and the blessing of the righteous.
Whatever we say about the duration of “eternal” life for believers must be said about “eternal” punishment for unbelievers.
Since “life” for believers is everlasting (John 10:28), so must be the punishment for unbelievers.
In a second text, Revelation 20:10, John describes those in the “lake of fire” being “tormented day
The expression day and night is used in Revelation to express the concept of “forever.”
The lake of fire is described in Revelation 19:20 as a place that “burns with brimstone.”
In the saddest verse in the Bible, John declares that anyone whose name is not written in the book of life is “thrown into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:15).
The doctrine of eternal punishment for those who have rejected Christ appears to be thoroughly biblical.
This is not an easy teaching or one that brings us joy.
But the unpleasantness of a doctrine should not cause us to deny biblical truth.
This is why so many Christians spend so much time sharing the gospel message with others.
And more importantly, this is why so many Christians agonize over the unsaved condition of family members and close friends.
They know that hell is a very real place.
Any you do not want to go there.
If you're in sin of any kind, set it aside and repent before God.
The hour is late...
The Parable of the Ten Virgins
Matthew 25
“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise.
3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.
4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps.
5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
The Sheep and the Goats
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Everyone born will arrive at the "T" intersection of life and eternity at some point. One direction is Eternal hell and the other Eternal heaven.
Make sure you know the way ... Jesus the Christ is the only way to an Eternity with Almighty God and heaven.
Your choice of heaven or hell can only be made in time.
At the moment you leave time and step into eternity (die), your choice is withdrawn.
Your eternity is sealed forever.
The bible tells us that today is the day of salvation, in 2 Corinthians 6:2 ... and that is sound advise because eternity is a long time to be wrong.
If you want to make heaven your choice today you need to understand God's plan for salvation here.
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