Jesus specifically said, at sixteen places in the New Testament, that Hell exists.

Heaven , and hell , exist here , and now .

If we hold it close to our hearts , we have a chance .

If we pretend , we never stood a chance .

We will be dirt again , the downside will rip us apart , the up-side will reveal a life , we never knew existed .

your going

He never condemned anyone . The people that do this , are abusing their faith . Nothing , and nobody , tells them to pass judgement , they do it , to fulfill their own selfish desires .

I think it actually comes from vanity. This need to feel somehow superior to someone else because they think you have superior knowledge, or guarantee salvation because of their faith. God is your father and he see's no one better than another. And he loves no one more than another. If your a parent you should understand that. Do you love one of your children more than you love the other?

Unrepentant sinners fervently hope there is no Hell.

They hope in vain.

Number of times the word ‘Hell’ occurs in the following Bible Versions
Year AD BIBLE VERSION OT NT Total
400 The Latin Vulgate 87 24 111
1611 King James Version 31 23 54
1884 Hanson’s New Covenant n/a 0 0
1891 Young’s Literal Translation 0 0 0
1900 Twentieth Century New Testament n/a 0 0
1901 American Standard Version 0 13 13
1902 Rotherham’s Emphasized Bible 0 0 0
1903 Weymouth’s New Testament n/a 0 0
1917 Jewish Publication Society Bible OT 0 n/a 0
1942 Emphatic Diaglott Greek/English Int. n/a 0 0
1952 Revised Standard Version 0 17 17
1976 Restoration of Original Sacred Name 0 0 0
1978 New International Version 0 14 14
1982 New King James Version 19 13 32
1983 Concordant Literal NT n/a 0 0
1998 Tanakh/The Complete Jewish Bible 0 n/a 0
2004 Holman Christian Standard Bible 0 12 12

Unrepentant sinners fervently hope there is no Hell.

They hope in vain.

Yes, things sure can change from what we think we know, and that which hits us in the face, the reality of the matter , when you are really operating on opinion.

Its a beautiful , and wonderful thing , to be what we are , in a universe that is being what it is .

Actually, fourteen (14).

Matthew 5:22 -- en re Anger
Matthew 5:29 -- en re Adultry
Matthew 5:30 -- en re Adultry
Matthew 10:28 -- en re to Apostles, be not afraid
Matthew 19-9 -- en re gouge out sinful eye, greatest Kingdom
Matthew 23:15 -- en re warning to righteous leaders
Matthew 23:33 -- en re snakes, warning to righteous leaders
Mark 9:43 -- en re cut off sinful hand, greatest in Kingdom
Mark 9:45 -- en re cut off foot, greatest in Kingdom
Mark 9:47 -- en re gouge out sinful eye, greatest in Kingdom
Like 12:5 -- en re fear God, against hypocrites
Like 16:23 -- en re place of torment, shrewd manager
James 3:6 -- en re tongue as flame of fire lit by hell, control tongue
2 Peter 2:4 -- en re even angels who sings not saved, judgement day


No where in the Bible is there an intermediary place of punishment called purgatory.



Good morning, OP, and everyone.

Two Judgments

When we die, we undergo what is called the particular, or individual, judgment. Scripture says that "it is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment" (Heb. 9:27). We are judged instantly and receive our reward, for good or ill. We know at once what our final destiny will be. At the end of time, when Jesus returns, there will come the general judgment to which the Bible refers, for example, in Matthew 25:31-32: "When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats." In this general judgment all our sins will be publicly revealed (Luke 12:2–5).

Augustine said, in The City of God, that "temporary punishments are suffered by some in this life only, by others after death, by others both now and then; but all of them before that last and strictest judgment" (21:13). It is between the particular and general judgments, then, that the soul is purified of the remaining consequences of sin: "I tell you, you will never get out till you have paid the very last copper" (Luke 12:59).

Verses used to support theosis are . . .

John 17:22-23, "The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; 23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me."
2 Peter 1:4, "For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust."

right sure it does.lets see u have life now in the body god chose for u

I have a better idea . Lets see if you can have a life , without the body , that nature created for you .

There is no such thing as mind over matter . Matter is flexible , the rigid mind , snaps like a twig .

I don't believe in jester jester does not exist.

Don't forget the hell inflicted by others created by Nazis, Inquisitors, conquistadors, KKK, and other religious atrocities that has gone on for thousands of years and of course now.

Don't forget the hell inflicted by others created by Nazis, Inquisitors, conquistadors, KKK, and other religious atrocities that has gone on for thousands of years and of course now.

Hell, right here on earth!