Indeed, those who fail to follow Jesus are like a house built on the sand that ultimately comes crashing down. Matthew also recounts Jesus' surprising warning that Jews devoid of faith are in danger of hell, which is portrayed as outside, darkness, and a place of intense suffering — Jesus addresses hell when He commissions His disciples not to fear humans but God alone, "who can destroy both soul and body in hell" In Jesus' parables of the weeds —43 and the net vv.
Jesus later describes hell as a place of "eternal fire" and even warns the scribes and Pharisees of hell, characterizing it as inescapable for the unrepentant In the Olivet Discourse, Jesus speaks of future punishment in the parables of the slaves —51 , bridesmaids — 13 , talents —30 , and the section on the sheep and goats — Several truths about hell emerge.
Hell is punishment for disobedience to the master. Hell is graphically expressed as a location where people are cut into pieces and placed with the hypocrites and as a place of suffering ; Hell is then described as eternal. It is a place of "eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels" v. Mark —48 is similar to Matthew —9 and records Jesus' teaching that hell is a punishment for sin that is worse than death and earthly suffering.
Hell is exclusion from the kingdom of God, a result of God's active judgment on sin, and a place of eternal suffering. In Luke —5, Jesus speaks of hell as punishment for the unrepentant, and those in hell are portrayed as perishing. In Luke —31, Jesus calls for generosity to the poor by proclaiming that justice will prevail through the coming judgment on the wicked oppressors.
The punishment is marked by suffering, torment, fire, agony, exclusion from heaven, and finality. It would take too much space to survey all that Paul writes, so we will highlight Romans and 2 Thessalonians. In his letter to the Roman church, Paul stresses that Jews and Gentiles alike are under sin, under God's wrath, and under God's judgment. Only those who have faith in Christ will escape. In this context, Paul relates important truths about hell.
First, future punishment is connected to God's wrath. The wicked are presently under His wrath —32 , are objects of wrath , continually store up wrath for the day of wrath —8; , and can be saved from wrath only by faith in Christ — Second, future punishment is God's judgment.
The wicked are deservedly condemned under the judgment of God, which is impartial, true, righteous, and certain —12; —8. This condemnation is the result of sin and is just punishment for sin Third, future punishment will consist of trouble and distress.
This suffering shows no favoritism between Jews and Gentiles — Fourth, future punishment consists of "death" and "destruction. Fifth, both sin and future punishment are separation from Christ "accursed and cut off from Christ"; see As he encourages believers suffering persecution in 2 Thessalonians, Paul stresses that God's justice will prevail — In just a few verses, Paul emphasizes several important truths about hell: hell is the result of God's retributive justice on sinners; hell is punishment for those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel; hell is eternal destruction; and hell is exclusion from Jesus' presence and majesty.
That idea comes later. Gehenna was a valley in or near Jerusalem. One popular theory is that it was the site of a perpetually burning rubbish dump fire being the ultimate decontaminate in antiquity and thus served as a metaphor for a site of purification. But there is little historical evidence for this theory. Read more: Jesus wasn't white: he was a brown-skinned, Middle Eastern Jew. Here's why that matters. Hence, Gehenna became synonymous with wickedness, fire, and death.
The term Hades comes from Greek culture. Initially used as a name for the god who had dominion over the realm of the dead and then later for the place itself, it was a place where all dead people resided.
In the Iliad, it is a murky, damp place. In Greek poetry, Tartarus is simply another name for Hades. The writers of the New Testament, influenced by both Greek and Jewish cultures, incorporated Hades, Gehenna, Sheol, ideas of the Abyss, and other traditions into their conceptions of the realm of the dead.
They write in a time when literary tours of hell and stories about the fate of lives after death were common. The innovation of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity was belief in a resurrection and with it the idea that after death some go to a place of reward and rest, while others are assigned a place of punishment for their bad deeds.
The religious text 1 Enoch 22 describes a Hades-like, watery place where the dead rest until they can be evaluated and judged. Similar images emerge in Christianity.
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it Matthew Destruction means loss or ruin, it does not mean annihilation or non-existence. Paul said Jesus would return. These will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might 2 Thessalonians , 9. Outer Darkness Future punishment is described as a place of outer darkness.
But the heirs of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth Matthew And cast the unprofitable servant into outer darkness. Lake Of Burning Sulfur Suffering will occur in a lake of burning sulfur. And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed in its presence the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image.
These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. Revelation Eternal Suffering Finally, the suffering in this place will be eternal.
And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life Matthew Summary The Bible gives a number of descriptions of hell, or the place of final judgment. These are a sobering reminder of what awaits those who do not believe. Suffering in hell will be in intense anguish. People in hell will be isolated from everything else. They will realize they have been permanently cut off from God and everything good.
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