Just lately I discovered that a very well known Bible teacher,believed in annihilationism,,which is a belief that after the last judgement, all unsaved human beings,all fallen angels and Satan himself will be totally destroyed so as not to exist.Many people believe that when you die that's it,some Christians find the doctrine of hell,that place were all the unsaved will exist in a place of punishment for all eternity,hard to accept. If that is what the Bible teaches then we must accept that, there is a heaven and there is a hell.as heaven is wonderful,so hell is an awful place to be avoided at all cost ,CP Mark 9 v 42 -48. Bruce Milne writes,'There is no more terrible prospect conceivable than of being consigned to hell'. in Matthew 25 v 41 ,Jesus declares to those who are not saved,'Depart from Me,you who are accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels' The term ,'eternal fire',is also used in Matthew 18 v 8, and in Hebrews 6 v 2,we read of 'eternal judgement'. Jesus taught much on hell ,one may struggle as many do as regards hell, how can God who is love cast people into hell?,yes He loves but His is holy love.Christ death on the cross tell's us of the love of God,but it also tells us clearly of the awfulness of sin,Christ on the cross bore the punishment for sin,we need not go to hell if we but only believe in Christ,if we don't then eternal hell awaits us. Bruce Milne writes,'It is not just that hell is so terrible,but that heaven is so wonderful that every effort is to be made and every possession,if necessary, relinquished in order to arrive there'
'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and you shall be saved'
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