Your First Six Days in Hell (3 views) Subscribe   
  From:  David (DavidABrown)    10/19/2001 2:50 pm  
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 Your First Six Days In Hell!

Most vacations include an itinerary. You have an idea what you will see and do before you arrive at your destination. The Bible has enough information to project an itinerary for those whose destination is hell. Lets look at the first 6 days...

The trip originates at the gate of death. Since departures are made daily, you are called upon to begin your trip on short notice. Since the journey is only one way, there is no need to concern yourself with return plans. Your initial point of departure may prove more than a little frightening as you suddenly realize the finality of your destination. The trip itself will leave you with little time to contemplate what awaits. As you pass through the doorway of death, you will notice almost immediately that your direction is taking you away from the light toward what appears to be complete and utter darkness. With each passing moment the darkness becomes more intense. At first the absence of light is only annoying, but you feel it becoming more ominous and threatening. The intensity of the darkness is matched only by the absence of any joyful sounds no music, no laughter, no sounds of merriment. As you move farther, faint sounds of moaning and wailing become detectable. They seem to be coming through the darkness from every direction. You become aware of a faint light. It flickers like a flame, yet thick clouds of black smoke dance all around it, keeping the flame from casting off any real hope of light. Suddenly you find yourself obsessed to know what day and hour it is. Already it feels like youve been here for an eternity...and its only Day 1.

The continuing darkness is stifling. Its as if something is lurking in the veil of night that surrounds you. You yell, you threaten, you even plead, but to no avail. Whatever it is just stays there, producing fear like youve never known before. As your eyes struggle to adjust to the dark, you become aware of a new sensation. The heat. Its right at the edge of unbearable. Hot, searing, intolerable heat. You crave water. Youd give anything for a drink, and you try unsuccessfully to push that desire out of your mind. The air is thick, choking, miserable...and its just Day 2.

At least you think its day 3. It seems as if it has already been forever. Youve not been able to sleep. You still cant believe youre here. Where are the friends you thought you would see? The knowledge that they would be here too had brought you some comfort in your lifetime. Where is the fun you thought you would have? It isnt at all like what you were led to believe. You stumble upon a group of others. You pour out a litany of questions. As they open their mouths, no words come out...only the sounds of weeping and wailing. Some in the group dont even try to respond. They gnash their teeth, as if in some invisible pain. You wonder when this nightmare will end. You wonder why somebody cant make it stop...and its only Day 3.

How you wish you could send a message to those you left behind. Youd warn them about this place. Youd tell them what its really like, so theyd never come. The thought of your loved ones coming to a place like this is unbearable. You cant help but think back upon that day when you made your decision to come here. You understood that your rejection of Jesus meant that you would spend eternity in hell, but it didnt seem real or important then. Looking back, you think how foolish you were to reject Gods offer of salvation. You wish you could choose again. You find yourself hoping that your loved ones will choose differently, even though you realize such a choice means youll never see them again...never touch them...never speak to them. What a horrible realization...and its only Day 4.

Youve become acutely aware of the absence of any good in this place. Theres nothing sacred, nothing holy, nothing of God anywhere to be found. Youre amazed at how evil evil can be. For the first time since your arrival, you begin to sense the great gulf that is fixed between where you are and where God is. The span is beyond your comprehension as you try to realize the degree of distance that will separate you from God and those who chose to serve Him. God is on the other side of that gulf. Loved ones in Christ are on the other side of that gulf. What a lonely realization... and its only Day 5.

Through the darkness you saw a new face today. A new arrival. He stopped to speak with you. You could see the terror in his eyes. He asked questions that you had been asking only days before. You opened your mouth to reply, but all that would come out was the sound of weeping and wailing.

Youve just spent your first 6 days in hell. Unfortunately, an unholy, unhappy eternity stretches out before you...and all because you rejected Jesus. If only.... But wait! The fact youre reading this says you still have a chance! In His mercy, God is giving you an opportunity right now to change your eternal itinerary. "Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Acts 2:21). Oh, friend, do it now...before its too late.

by D. E. Rabineau

Dear God, I want to never experience the hell Ive just read about. I confess my sinful thoughts and actions to You right now, and I accept Your Son, Jesus, as my Savior. I believe He died for my sins and rose again to save me from hell. I claim His free gift of salvation as all I need to live with You for eternity. Amen.

(This scenario is based upon verses found in: Matthew 22:11-13; Mark 9:43; Luke 16:20-31; Revelation 20:14-15.)





David A. Brown
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  From:  Zebra30   10/20/2001 9:52 pm  
To:  David (DavidABrown)    (2 of 6)  
 
  230.2 in reply to 230.1  
 
Hey, that was pretty good, David!! I've never read anything like it, at least I don't recall reading anything like that. Just reading it makes want to know the Lord all the more. I sure wouldn't want to wind up in such a place, if for no other reason than that I hate intense heat (hehe!!). I sure wouldn't want my loved ones to go there. Again, good read! 
  
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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    10/21/2001 11:30 am  
To:  Zebra30   (3 of 6)  
 
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Hi Zebra30,

 

I enjoyed it too.

 

The article really does of good job of reminding people that Hell is a very real place every bit as real as Heaven and the Earth are.

 

A lot of people mean well and are trying to do good. Unfortunatlly All those that accept their own works and abilities and reject the Love of Jesus are Purchasing for themselves a one way ticket to Eternity in Hell away from Jesus.

 

It is sad for those who work hard all of thier life, to scrimp and save, to obey the laws and to live a good life according to the standards of other people and who reject the Love of Jesus. Then in the end they discover that the Only thing that their lifetime of hard work and Self Sacrifice has gotten them is a one way ticket into the pit of Hell for eternity.

 

I agree, I am content and happy to Accept the Love of Jesus to remove my sin from me by His death on the cross and to reunite me with the Father by His Resurrection of Life.

 

God Bless You,

David

 

 

 

 





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  From:  FynalAnser   12/1/2001 10:05 pm  
To:  David (DavidABrown)    (4 of 6)  
 
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Actually this scenario is built upon ancient legends, nothing more. 
 
  
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  From:  123four   12/2/2001 10:53 pm  
To:  FynalAnser unread  (5 of 6)  
 
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I pray that you will never go there. 
That truly is my prayer for you. The 
worst of all is not being able to be 
in the presence of God, but rather 
being in the presence of satan and 
his evil beings.  
  
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   From:  Alexander G. Thwarpton (GOD_IS_KING)   12/19/2001 5:27 pm  
To:  FynalAnser unread  (6 of 6)  
 
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Actually, the God that will send you to Hell is infinitely more ancient than your "legends". Think about that. 
  
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