Hell was NOT created for mankind but Hell was created specifically for Satan, the fallen-rebellious angels; therefore, mankind will enter Hell and perish in the “second death” (Revelation 20:11-15) by a free will choice to reject our Creator’s pardon from Hell and sin through faith in Jesus our Messiah who shed His innocent blood at Golgotha for payment of sin and redemption honoring eternal life for all who believe (John 3; 1 Peter 1:18-19).
Our Creator finds no pleasure in the death of the wicked in Time or in Hell (Ezekiel 33:11), but your unrepentant sin will NOT be permitted to enter the Kingdom (Revelation 21:27); for all intents and purposes, your sin nature (Romans 5:12) that is not redeemed by faith in Jesus creating a “new creation” in Jesus as Messiah (2 Corinthians 5:17) has no place in the Eternal Kingdom; therefore, you will be extinguished, nullified, in your nihilism and irrelevancy. This is what you have freely “chosen” though a wonderful life, and peace, and joy, and eternity, exists in Jesus by faith (John 3).
Why would our Creator, having endured the ramifications of your sin-nature for 6000-years, allow same into His Kingdom, a Kingdom that was ravaged by that sin-nature which initiated the creation of Time, the Earth, your genome? Why would a loving Creator allow for a scenario of repeated rebellion and suffering and disaster when He has given Himself to redeem humanity from the sin-nature of Satan and given the Holy Spirit to prepare the faithful for honorable service in His Kingdom, the New Jerusalem (Revelation 20-22)?
Someone said: “Justification is instantaneous. Salvation is a process.” Is this true? What is the “process” of Biblical regeneration (the second birth)?
Discussion,
Subjugation – Procrastination
From the womb, humanity enters a World constrained by Time and physics, a World in subjugation to the god of this World, Satan (2 Corinthians 4:4; John 12:31). Every man, woman, child, begins their Earthly journey subjugated to the Adamic sin-nature and the ruler of this World, Satan (John 12:31); unfortunately, “many” will perish as subjects of Satan due procrastination (Matthew 7:13-14) as the Holy Spirit, the divine “Restrainer” of evil (2 Thessalonians 2:7), methodically works through the human conscience to convict the soul-spirit of humanity concerning their need for forgiveness of sin and righteousness (a right standing) with their Creator; therefore, all of humanity that rejects the call of the Spirit will be “without excuse” as they stand in the Judgement of the Condemned, are adjudicated guilty and perish in the “second death” in Hell; this, as their self-righteousness, their arrogance, their sin, cannot enter the Kingdom of Elohim (Romans 1:20; Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 21:27).
Salvation – Redemption
Salvation from the “second death” in Hell; Redemption – having been purchased with a price – mankind’s sin-debt paid by Jesus via blood atonement at Golgotha are instantaneous divine gifts of grace provided a man or woman at the moment one “believes” that Jesus is Messiah who died for them as they are sealed by the indwelling Holy Spirit who is the Guarantor of New Covenant relationship with the Father (John 3; Ephesians 1:13-14).
Justification
Justification i.e. to be declared righteous (possessing a right standing with Elohim) is integral with Salvation and concurrent (manifests jointly with salvation) because our Justification comes through faith in Jesus who justifies (imparts righteousness to) the ungodly by faith at salvation; therefore, Salvation and Justification run concurrently (Romans 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:21).
Sanctification
It is sanctification (the setting apart for Elohim’s purposes) that is a daily process in the life of the redeemed in Jesus as the Holy Spirit methodically works through the redeemed conscience (2 Corinthians 5:17) via the law written upon the heart to produce divine fruit (Galatians 5:16 -23) that honors Elohim, eternally; the daily process of sanctification continues throughout the life of the redeemed in Jesus while they are constrained by Time and physics. Sanctification is performed by the indwelling Holy Spirit who prepares the redeemed in Jesus for service in the New Jerusalem.
Glorification
Finally, glorification, concerning the redeemed in Jesus, will manifest at the resurrection of the righteous who will receive a “glorified” body likened to the glorified resurrected body of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:21); a glorified body that is freed from the Adamic sin-nature, a resurrected, glorified, body that possesses the capability of true worship with the ability to infinitely discern the holiness and beauty and majesty of our Creator Whom we will serve in the New Jerusalem, forever.
Hell – the Lake of Fire – Gehenna – Valley of Hinnom; Spiritual or Physical or both? What can we garner from Scripture?
Currently, the region of Hell is spiritual, existing in the Spiritual Realm, as it was created for Satan and the fallen angels (Matthew 25:41) and only the most vile of demons are interned there at this juncture in Elohim’s eschatological plan; this, as a result of their deception, their unconscionable defilement, within the Adamic and Noahic generations that ultimately led to the extinction of humanity by water save eight (Jude 1:6).
It is important to note that the physical Hell AKA the Lake of Fire, manifesting in the Physical Realm subsequent Messiah’s Millennial Kingdom, is not relevant for humanity until subsequent the Judgment of the Condemned (Revelation 20:11-15). Currently, all unrighteous dead from the Adamic generation forward who are not redeemed by faith and have died in body are interned in Sheol/Hades-Torments (Luke 16), a spiritual internment within the Spiritual Realm, awaiting the “resurrection of the condemned” and the final Judgment before Jesus Christ (John 5:28-29). These unrighteous condemned possess total situational awareness, they are fully cognizant of their surroundings in Sheol/Hades and are in torment due their defilement and rejection of Elohim. These defiled who rejected covenant with Elohim by faith will be resurrected in a body of corruption and stand before Jesus for adjudication concerning works done in body within the constraints of Time; this judgment will manifest immediately subsequent Messiah’s Millennial Reign (Revelation 20:11-15).
A physical Hell, the Lake of Fire, often compared to the fire of Gehenna (Valley of Hinnom), will manifest in the physical Realm of Time subsequent the Millennial Reign of Messiah as the “Judgment of the Condemned” (Revelation 20:10-15) will run concurrently with the destruction of the Earth and the Heavens by fire…this will be the “second death” for all whose names are absent the Lamb’s Book of Life…they will be dissolved in fervent heat, consumed in fire and their death will be the “second death”…an eternal death as the Earth is purified by fire and remolded, restructured, into the New Earth and a New Heaven which will be foundational for the Heavenly City, the New Jerusalem (Revelation 20-21-22).
The Spiritual Hell and the Physical Hell,
The Lake of Fire within the Spiritual Realm will be eternal for Satan and his angels as they are spirit and they will not die (Revelation 20:10; Luke 20:36); therefore, the “Hell” of the Spiritual Realm will be eternal suffering; the Lake of Fire for rebellious humanity, the Physical Hell, will be the fire of purification concerning the old Earth and the old Heavens dissolved by unconscionable heat…this is the second death and these will be as if they never existed; this, due our Lord’s mandate that “nothing impure will ever enter” His Kingdom (Revelation 21:27).
In closing,
It is only the purity, the sinless perfection, of Jesus Christ gifted – imputed into our life by grace through faith in Jesus as our Messiah that opens the Door to the Kingdom (John 10:9-16) as only the sinless purity of Jesus over our lives by faith initiates eternal covenant with the Father that results in covenant promise of forgiveness of sin (John 3; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 8:12); therefore, without Jesus as our Intercessor before the Father and the indwelling Holy Spirit as Guarantor of covenant, there is no hope, only Hell, the second death, nihilism, awaits (Ephesians 1:13-14; Acts 4:12).
2 Peter 3: The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up… the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
Do you really believe people go straight to Hell for not believing in Jesus?
Anyone who denies Jesus as Messiah will NOT enter the Kingdom of God (John 14:6). From Adam forward, those who die rejecting Elohim by faith and those who die in the New Covenant rejecting Messiah as Lord are currently interned in Sheol-Hades/torments awaiting the Judgment of the Condemned (Luke 16; Revelation 20:11-15; John 5:28-29).
Subsequent Messiah’s Millennial Reign, there will be a Judgment of the Condemned (Revelation 20:11-15) and those who have rejected the Father’s offer of a pardon from death in Hell due to sin will be judged and adjudicated guilty and lose both resurrected body and soul in the Lake of Fire, a place of eternal death created for the Devil and his angels (Revelation 20:10; Matthew 25:41).
We are in the midst of an unfathomable spiritual war and we have but two-options concerning our alliance…Jesus or Satan. If you choose Satan by rejecting Jesus as your Messiah, you will not be provided a place in the coming Kingdom; therefore, your resurrected mind, body, soul, must be eliminated as a participant in the Great Kingdom War…there will be no place for you, your reality will be annihilated as your defilement will NOT be permitted to enter the Kingdom…there is no place for the rebellious and arrogant (Revelation 21:27); therefore, you are commanded to choose this day whom you will serve. That choice has eternal ramifications.
Concerning those who believe Israel is exempt from Messiah as Lord and repentance is sufficient for the Father’s grace…
You can repent till your dying exhalation but unless that repentance is coupled with faith in the Messiah, believing that Messiah Jesus died for you, you will perish in Hell (John 3; John 14:6; 8:24). The Father has provided ONE STANDARD for righteousness and covenant relationship with Him…Jesus the Messiah as one’s Lord and Savior; that is, one must receive the imputed-gifted righteousness of Messiah Jesus over their life by faith in Him as their Messiah who died for them (John 3; 2 Corinthians 5:21). No one enters the Kingdom of God based on genealogy or heritage. Jew, Israelite, Gentile, must all pass through the same Portal…Jesus the Messiah by faith (Acts 4:12).
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