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the subject of eternal damnation.

Now i wouldn’t be doing you much good if I didn’t touch on the repercussions of rejecting this great salvation. 

The will of God is explicitly clear on the fact there’s absolutely no other way to be accepted and reconciled to him except through his son. He came as the way, the truth and the life, the bread of life, the life that became the light of men. 

All men have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. God’s standard of righteousness could not be met by works. That’s why it pleased God to bruise his son Jesus and consider him stricken, to make him an offering for sin. That by him righteousness can be imputed into the books for us. That by Jesus we can be restored to the father, that we can come boldly to the throne of Grace knowing that we are declared righteous. -Rom 3:23, Isa 53:10, Heb 4:16. 

The law (Commandments) was to establish the fact that we couldn’t attain to God’s standard so he made an avenue where we can be righteous through the obedience and conformity of one- Jesus, even as we became unrighteous by the sin and disobedience of one- Adam.  -Romans 5:19. 

Righteousness is right standing with God, Him being pleased. Only Jesus could do that because he obeyed and conformed even onto death, the death of the cross and that’s why God raised him, highly exalted him and gave him a name that’s above every other name.  And it’s also expressly clear that there’s no other name under heaven by which all men might be saved.  Jesus is the ONLY way. -Acts 4:12.

It’s established by God that he can’t behold sin or unrighteousness, in the dispensation of the law, God touched on the fact that his presence would consume sinners.  He even had to turn away from his own beloved son, the first begotten, when he became sin, he’s unchanging.  That’s why God made provision of the blood, the fulfillment of the allegories of the blood of animal sacrifices in the mosaic testament.  Those sacrifices weren’t sufficient for atonement, so the blood was to appease the wrath of God, so they weren’t consumed, the only acceptable sacrifice was the blood and the death of Jesus. That was when God’s wrath got fully satisfied. -2 Cor 5:21.

And it’s on that basis that we’re no longer separated from God, so a sinner remains isolated, alienated from the manifest presence of God, cut off from the kingdom of God and everything that pertains to life and godliness, blinded by the prince of the this world and God leaves them in their folly even though it’s his desire that all men be saved.  -Eph 2:2.

Jesus during his earthly walk expressed in parables and teachings on how there’s a place reserved for the wicked and unjust, a place of everlasting punishment, a place of gnashing of teeth, a place of eternal separation from the father.  A place where every sin is accounted for, a place of unquenchable fire and darkness, an abode shared with the separated sons of God who lost their first estate, a place where forgiveness is withdrawn forever.  A place of eternal separation from the father, and it’s important to establish what that means, that means separation from God, and everything that’s his, separation from light, hope, mercy.  A place where you’re totally cut off. -Matt 8:12, 13:42,50, 22:13.

The Lord Jesus gave a parable to the end that there’d be a shutting out to the door of grace, and a casting or thrusting out of workers of iniquity, those who reveled in their unbelief, in their wickedness.  God is not a thug, he won’t force himself on anyone, that’s why he leaves unbelievers to their evil desires of being stone hearted.  He is a just judge though, as he gave each one of us a will, so as many of them that reject eternal life, the judgement of condemnation still stands on them.  -Luke 13:25

Jesus came as the route to redemption, a means to sanctification, justification and glorification.  The only way to access grace and help,by his spirit we have liberty, which is freedom from guilt and essentially the qualification to enter God’s presence.  As a high priest who’s not oblivious of our infirmities, one who was tested on every side, Jesus felt that separation for a moment and he cried out, “MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?”.  And that’s why he continually makes intercession for us in heaven, he’s been there, he tasted it, bore it, felt it.  -Matt 27:46.

This was a man who pleased the father on every side, but he felt the weight of the judgement he came to set us free from and he cried, there’s no account where he spoke or complained or cried when the punishments were being put on him, there’s stripes, battery, humiliation, disrespect, bruises, he kept mute, being stricken as a lamb taken to the slaughter.  But at the moment the father turned his back on him as he became sin, he cried out. -John 8:29, Isa 53:4,5.

So its safe to say that if the son of God cried, there’d be a lot of crying on the other side, a place of everlasting punishment where every man would have to account for every sin, every word, every action. 

We’ve also established that the law being a school master was put in place so we know that righteousness to God would never be by works and no man would ever be able to attain it themselves. If it was possible then Christ would not have had to die.   And it’s also established that the soul that sins shall die, so the death of christ was God’s window of mercy to be the death of all, he died so that as many that believe in him and his works would not perish, so there’s a place for perishing of souls not renewed and joined to christ.  -Eze 18:20, Gal 3:24. 

Hell

Hell simply put, is the final abode for those condemned to eternal perdition. A place reserved for the wicked, the unrepentant, the unsaved and the ones who rejected the great gospel of salvation. Those that mocked the grace of God. It’s a place of total separation to light and all that God is, a place of gnashing of teeth, pain and punishment that never ends.  An abode for unregenerate souls, a place of fire, brimstone that never gets put out, a place of undying worms.  It’s a pit and in the bible it’s often used in the same sentence with destruction. It’s a place of unending sorrows. – Psa 9:17, 18:5,

It’s safe to say that whatever God does is forever, nothing can be added or taken away from it.  God prepared a place of eternal bliss for his saints and also prepared a place of bondage for his enemies.

That being said, Who ends up in hell?

—The wicked.

Going off of the hebrew word rasa, the wicked are those guilty of crime, in this case sin, the rebellious, those that commit iniquity.  From inception, the scriptures always pointed out the fact that the wicked would always end up being judged.  Everyone who’s unrighteous is wicked in God’s eyes, and even before this age is wrapped up, some get their recompense here, and still end up in hell. -Psa 9:17. 

—The tares.

The scriptures describe tares as the planting of the enemy. Just as we the righteous are the planting of the Lord, the work of his hands. The enemy doesn’t create, but he’s the master of perversion. One of the things seeks to pervert are the ordinances of God.  Tares can represent false messengers, false teachers and preachers who corrupt God’s purposes, and end up making other people miss their way too. Their judgement is set in stone, they’d be bound up and thrust in a furnace of fire. A place of eternal gnashing of teeth. – Matt 7:22, 13:29,40,42.  

—Demons/ Erstwhile sons of God. 

Scriptural history also tells us that somewhere between the days of the fall of Adam and the days of Noah, Angels looked on to the daughters of men and laid with them, creating a corruption that made God repent. -Gen 6:6. 

God didn’t forgive them, neither did he give them the grace of being restored to their former estate. They’re current bound in chains, in pits of darkness, in hell until the final judgment. -2 Pet 2:4.

—Satan. 

Lucifer, the adversary, the accuser, the father of lies himself. Hell is reserved for him and his fallen followers who tried to disrupt God’s order by trying to exalt himself above God’s throne, He desired to be like the most high, iniquity was found in him, which we know is the number one ticker to get cut off from God’s presence.  God cut him down and cast him to the ground. His judgement is sure, it’s been set in stone since the foundation of the world was laid. That’s why he’s on a rampage, seeking who to join him in eternal damnation, like a wounded lion, his time is short, already set in stone.  And his job is to stop people from accessing true light with his many tactics which are bordered around stealing, killing and destroying.  He can’t fight our father, so he fights and accuses the children to get to him. He’s a defeated foe though, always will be. -Isa 14:12-20, Eze 28:12-19, Rev 12:10.

In conclusion, Knowing the type of place hell is and will be by experience, and the company waiting for people there, i think the reasonable choice is to do anything to avoid it. God has made it easy by the economy of grace, through his son Jesus.  He who died and rose again, the messiah, to the end that mankind doesn’t have to perish, he paid every price and forever the sacrifice and atonement is complete. Our job is to buy in, remain, live in righteousness and holiness, being acceptable to God all by grace through faith.  The first step is to be reborn by accepting Jesus the son as lord, savior, believing all that he did, without which no man can see the kingdom of God. Next we yield our members, as living sacrifices, instruments of worship to God, live in obedience perpetually and lean on the grace of God, living above sin.- John 3:16, 17:3.

Ultimately finding and fulfilling purpose, that the son may find us worthy when he comes with his angels on that last day, where we’d be changed into the same image and eventually transition into the new life, incorruptible eternal life, in his kingdom that will never end.  -Luke 1:33.