From the Word of God, we can learn deeply about the eternity of hell. The Bible gives us sufficient knowledge about the reality of hell. The Lord Jesus also taught us about the reality of hell through many parables. Today we will discuss this topic in detail.
Hell is an eternal place separated from God. Although many of us do not like to think about this issue, we need to acknowledge its existence. The Lord Jesus taught about hell many times and also told us what it is like there. He said that hell is a place where there is endless torment and there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Hell is an eternal place where the unrighteous and fallen angels will live forever. Those who do not accept the Lord Jesus on this earth and do not identify themselves with His blood will burn in hell forever. Another characteristic of hell is that the fire is never extinguished and there will be a type of worm that will always bite people.
If we cannot enter heaven, our destination will be hell, where we will have to stay forever. Let us not live in that hell forever, as the Lord Jesus came to earth to show us the way to the kingdom of heaven. So let us be careful and follow the path shown by God.
From the story of the rich man and the beggar Lazarus, we clearly understand that hell is a painful, eternal place. Hell is not a temporary abode. When we disobey the word of God, our destination will be that eternal hell.
Dear friends, now let us look at the following Bible scriptures where ‘hell is eternal’ is talked about.
Matthew 10:28 :—
“Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul body in hell”
Matthew 11:23 :—
“Thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day”
Matthew 12:36-37 :—
“But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgmentFor by thy words thou shalt be justified, by thy words thou shalt be condemned”
Matthew 13:30 :—
“Let both grow together until the harvest: in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn”
Matthew 13:40-42 :—
“As therefore the tares are gathered burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this worldThe Son of man shall send forth his angels, they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, them which do iniquityAnd shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing gnashing of teeth”
Matthew 13:50 :—
“Shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing gnashing of teeth”
Matthew 18:8-9 :—
“Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fireAnd if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire”
Matthew 22:13 :—
“Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand foot, take him away, cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping gnashing of teeth”
Matthew 23:33 :—
“Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?”
Matthew 24:51 :—
“Shall cut him asunder, appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping gnashing of teeth”
Matthew 25:30-32 :—
“Cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping gnashing of teethWhen the Son of man shall come in his glory, all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his gloryAnd before him shall be gathered all nations: he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats”
Matthew 25:41 :—
“Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil his angels”
Matthew 25:46 :—
“These shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal”
Matthew 3:12 :—
“Whose fan is in his hand, he will throughly purge his floor, gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire”
Matthew 5:22 :—
“But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire”
Matthew 5:29-30 :—
“If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, not that thy whole body should be cast into hellAnd if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, not that thy whole body should be cast into hell”
Matthew 7:19 :—
“Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, cast into the fire”
Matthew 8:12 :—
“But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping gnashing of teeth”
Mark 9:43-44 :—
“If thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenchedWhere their worm dieth not, the fire is not quenched”
Mark 9:48 :—
“Where their worm dieth not, the fire is not quenched”
Revelation 14:10-11 :—
“The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; he shall be tormented with fire brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, in the presence of the LambAnd the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever ever: they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast his image, whosoever receiveth the mark of his name”
Revelation 18:21 :—
“A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, shall be found no more at all”
Revelation 19:20 :—
“The beast was taken, with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone”
Revelation 20:10 :—
“The devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire brimstone, where the beast the false prophet are, shall be tormented day night for ever ever”
Revelation 20:14-15 :—
“Death hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second deathAnd whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire”
Revelation 21:8 :—
“But the fearful, unbelieving, the abominable, murderers, whoremongers, sorcerers, idolaters, all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire brimstone: which is the second death”
Revelation 2:11 :—
“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death”
Revelation 9:2 :—
“He opened the bottomless pit; there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; the sun the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit”
Jude 1:13 :—
“Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever”
Daniel 12:2 :—
“Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame everlasting contempt”
Luke 10:15 :—
“Thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell”
Luke 12:5 :—
“But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him”
Luke 13:28 :—
“There shall be weeping gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, you yourselves thrust out”
Luke 16:23-24 :—
“In hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, seeth Abraham afar off, Lazarus in his bosomAnd he cried said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame”
Isaiah 30:33 :—
“For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep large: the pile thereof is fire much wood; the breath of the Lord , like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it”
Isaiah 33:14 :—
“The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
Isaiah 34:10 :—
“It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever ever”
Isaiah 66:24 :—
“They shall go forth, look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh”
Hebrews 10:26-27 :—
“For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sinsBut a certain fearful looking for of judgment fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries”
Hebrews 9:27 :—
“As it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment”
John 15:6 :—
“If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, is withered; men gather them, cast them into the fire, they are burned”
John 5:29 :—
“Shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation”
Romans 2:8-9 :—
“But unto them that are contentious, do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation wrathTribulation anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, also of the Gentile”
Psalm 11:6 :—
“Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire brimstone, an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup”
Nahum 1:6 :—
“Who can stand before his indignation? who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, the rocks are thrown down by him”
Malachi 4:1 :—
“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; all the proud, yea, all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch”
Jeremiah 7:20 :—
“Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, mine anger my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, upon beast, upon the trees of the field, upon the fruit of the ground; it shall burn, shall not be quenched”
Ezekiel 20:47-48 :—
“Say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord ; Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, it shall devour every green tree in thee, every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, all faces from the south to the north shall be burned thereinAnd all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched”
Amos 9:2-3 :—
“Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them downAnd though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search take them out thence; though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, he shall bite them”