Hell -- What to expect:
* A lake of Fire
Rev. 20:15
* A Bottomless Pit
Rev. 20:1
* A Horrible Tempest
Ps. 11:6
* A Eternal Devouring Fire Is 33:14
* A Place of Great Sorrows
Ps 18:5
* A Place of Everlasting Weeping
Mat. 8:12
* A Furnace of Eternal Fire
Mat. 13:41,42
* A Place of Horrible Torments Lu. 16:23
* A Place of Filthiness
Rev. 22:10,11
* A Place of cursing God
Rev. 16:11
* A Place of Everlasting Burnings Is. 33:14
* A Place of Everlasting Destruction
II Thes. 1:9
* A Place of Everlasting Punishment
Mat. 25:46
* A Place of Complete Darkness
Mat. 25:30
* A Place of no Rest Lu 16:27
* A Place of Screams for Mercy Lu 16:24
* A Place of Gnawing the Tongue
Rev. 16:10
Hell the Prison House of Despair, Here are some things that will be there:
Fire and brimstone are there, as we know
For God in His Word hath told us so;
Memory, remorse, suffering and pain,
Weeping and wailing, but all in vain;
Blasphemers, swearers, haters of God,
Gospel rejecters while here on earth trod;
Murderers, gamblers, drunkards and liars,
Will have their part in the Lake of Fire;
The filthy, the vile, the cruel and mean,
What a horrible mob in Hell will be seen;
Yes more than humans on earth can tell,
Are the torments and woes of eternal Hell
Hell, the Prison House of Despair, Here are some things that won't be there:
No flowers will bloom on the banks of hell,
No beauties of nature we love so well;
No comforts of home, music and song,
No friendship of joy will be found in that throng;
No children to brighten the long weary night;
No love nor peace, nor one ray of light;
No blood washed soul with face beaming bright,
No loving smile in that region of night;
No mercy, no pity, nor pardon or grace,
No water; Oh God, what a terrible place:
The pangs of the lost no human can tell,
Not one moment's ease - there's no rest in Hell!
Hell is a word that is often grossly misunderstood by many people. There are four different words translated "hell".
Sheol - this is the Hebrew old testament word often translated "hell".
Hades - this is the Greek Old Testament translation of 'sheol', and is a commonly used word in the New Testament for hell.
Gehenna - this is the Greek term for the garbage pyre outside of Jerusalem, translated "hell" in the New Testament, and corresponds to "Tophet" in certain old testament scriptures.
Tartarus - this is a Greek term for the place of unishment for the Titans, and is found only once in the NT used to describe the place where the angels which kept not their former estate are held.
The various terms are not synonymous, for we see that in Revelation Hades ('hell') will be cast into the lake of fire (which is the second death).
Hell hath enlarged herself, even today..... the enlargement of hell probably has nothing to do with dimensions (can't get deeper than bottomless), but rather has to do with the devices and allurements of hell, the gaping mouth of hell has widened itself in the many inventions (man's waywardness) of man's untowardness. No wonder we need true Apostolic preaching today and not watered down sweet nothings to appease those comfortable in their sins.
William Booth said, "I wish I could send you all to hell for 60 seconds"
Hell is as real and horrible as heaven is real and wonderful!
Modern thinking will not cool off Hell one degree nor shorten it's duration one millisecond.
hell seems to have disappeared -- from many a pulpit -- but not from the Word!