By Tom O’Neal Everyone believes in hell; no one at his funeral wants the preacher to indicate he went to hell, nor does the family of any deceased want the preacher to preach their love one there. However, there are many people who deny the reality of hell. They think God is too good to send …
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God’s Vengeance
By Edgar J. Dye God’s vengeance is affirmed in the Scriptures as a fact of the past (Jer. 5:1-9; 2 Pet. 2:4-6; Jude 5-7), as a present reality (Rom. 13:1-5; 1 Pet. 2:13,14; Jude 6), as a future possibility (Matt. 25:31-46; Rom. 2:1-11; Heb. 2:1-3; 10:28-30; Rev. 20:10-15; 21:8), and always as something which belongs only …
Sodom and Gomorrah: A Sign of Eternal Torment
By Ron Halbrook Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire (Jude 7). Jude plainly says that Sodom and Gomorrah are a sign or symbol of eternal fire. How …
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The Inhabitants of Hell
By Warren E. Berkley One positive step we can take toward motivation for righteousness, and abstaining from sin is: Consider the revulsion of what the Bible tells us about eternal punishment. The greatest and deepest tragedy of hell is banishment from the blessed presence of God and the eternal relationship with the Son (2 Thess. 1:9). …