WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:14.380 Thank you for another minute. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:59.980 Thank you. 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:02.479 Let me pray to begin. 00:01:10.439 --> 00:01:15.840 Lord God, we praise you that you have not left us in darkness, but you have spoken to us. 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:23.519 You have revealed the things of the future to us and that we can know that our destiny is safe in Christ. 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:33.679 As we consider these weighty things today, help us to take them in soberly and help us to all the more trust in the Lord Jesus. 00:01:34.679 --> 00:01:36.539 And in his name we pray. Amen. 00:01:36.540 --> 00:01:36.620 Amen. 00:01:37.500 --> 00:01:37.540 Amen. 00:01:37.540 --> 00:01:37.540 00:01:37.540 --> 00:01:38.540 Amen. 00:01:38.540 --> 00:01:42.360 So if you weren't here last week, this series is called Afterlife. 00:01:42.960 --> 00:01:48.660 And so this term we're following the journey of a soul after the point of death. 00:01:49.340 --> 00:01:51.140 So here's a bit of our diagram. 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:58.399 So Harry, in our first week, he showed us that this is our life now, this life, and that's the point of death. 00:01:58.620 --> 00:02:07.000 We're then going to follow a soul through this timeline and see what happens after death. 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:10.219 I just found a ping pong ball in my pocket. 00:02:11.460 --> 00:02:12.539 Being a dad's all about. 00:02:12.539 --> 00:02:20.680 And we need to know that there is a life after this life. 00:02:21.340 --> 00:02:22.579 There is an afterlife. 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:24.759 That's why this series is called Afterlife. 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:28.859 And we're going to find out this term exactly what that afterlife is. 00:02:29.819 --> 00:02:33.560 So last week we followed a believer's soul into heaven, didn't we? 00:02:34.899 --> 00:02:38.019 And I said last week that this week we're going to do the resurrection. 00:02:38.180 --> 00:02:39.879 I actually want to do that next week. 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:41.799 So we've got a bit of a change of plan today. 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:48.260 Today I want to follow an unbeliever's soul after death into hell. 00:02:49.600 --> 00:02:53.900 And I want to cover these two states first. 00:02:54.140 --> 00:02:55.640 So the intermediate state. 00:02:56.860 --> 00:02:58.320 This state first. 00:02:58.320 --> 00:03:01.980 I want to cover all of this and then we'll move on to the final state. 00:03:03.700 --> 00:03:09.480 But this week we're going to be following an unbeliever's soul into hell. 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:15.759 And as we do this we're going to be looking both at the intermediate and the final state. 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:17.399 And you'll see why in a bit. 00:03:18.379 --> 00:03:21.339 And then next week we'll look at the final state of the believer. 00:03:21.979 --> 00:03:25.599 And then we'll go back and have a look at this little in-between point. 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:31.979 Like how do we transition from the intermediate state and this age into the next stage and the final state. 00:03:32.219 --> 00:03:35.359 So we'll kind of go left and then right and then into the middle. 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:40.420 But today we're going to be looking at hell. 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:44.180 And I need to say that this is not an easy topic. 00:03:45.200 --> 00:03:48.180 This isn't a nice topic to think about is it. 00:03:48.880 --> 00:03:50.660 But it is a necessary one. 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:54.100 The Bible does not shy away from hell. 00:03:55.260 --> 00:03:57.020 Jesus mentions hell a lot. 00:03:57.020 --> 00:04:02.880 In fact hell is one of the key doctrines that the early church taught on. 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:06.100 In Hebrews 6 the author of Hebrews. 00:04:06.540 --> 00:04:11.920 He mentions what he says are the foundational elementary doctrines of Christ. 00:04:12.820 --> 00:04:16.759 So he kind of lays out the basic Christianity explored for the first century. 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:18.639 In the book of Hebrews. 00:04:18.900 --> 00:04:19.879 And it's really interesting. 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:25.079 It's interesting what he mentions as those foundational topics. 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:26.759 I wonder what you would say. 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:28.300 He says these four things. 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:30.480 Repentance and faith. 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:31.920 Baptism. 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:33.399 The resurrection. 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:35.519 And eternal judgment. 00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:39.899 So if the apostles were to run a membership class. 00:04:40.339 --> 00:04:43.240 Hell would have been one of the first things to cover. 00:04:44.180 --> 00:04:46.560 And so this is key for us to know. 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:51.839 And it's key because Christ came to save us from something. 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:57.040 The son of God came down from heaven. 00:04:57.199 --> 00:04:59.379 Took on flesh for a big reason. 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:01.939 To save us from something. 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:04.579 And so we need to know what that something is. 00:05:05.220 --> 00:05:09.199 Grace can only be really appreciated when it's in contrast to judgment. 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:11.779 And so we need to know about hell. 00:05:12.340 --> 00:05:14.840 So we can know about how great a salvation we have. 00:05:14.839 --> 00:05:20.239 And so let's make sure that we take this foundational doctrine in. 00:05:21.060 --> 00:05:22.139 And just like heaven. 00:05:23.019 --> 00:05:25.179 There's something that we first need to know about hell. 00:05:25.359 --> 00:05:25.719 And it's this. 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:26.459 This is my first point. 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:27.679 You can follow along in your handout. 00:05:28.620 --> 00:05:31.639 Hell is a real place in creation. 00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:36.839 The Bible gives a lot of vivid language about hell. 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:37.839 And eternal. 00:05:38.099 --> 00:05:40.279 Uses the language of eternal punishment. 00:05:40.679 --> 00:05:42.000 And fire. 00:05:42.179 --> 00:05:42.899 Lake of sulfur. 00:05:43.819 --> 00:05:48.759 But there's one particular passage that gives us maybe the clearest glimpse into hell. 00:05:49.379 --> 00:05:50.519 And it's Luke 16. 00:05:50.779 --> 00:05:51.859 It's the rich man in Lazarus. 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:53.059 So I want you to turn there now. 00:05:53.219 --> 00:05:54.120 Luke 16. 00:05:56.059 --> 00:05:58.779 Verse 19 to 31. 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:02.879 So page 876 of the church Bibles if you have one. 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:06.300 Luke 16. 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:12.459 And I want us to look at this passage as kind of a key starting point. 00:06:13.060 --> 00:06:16.120 And then we'll kind of look at other passages as we go. 00:06:16.180 --> 00:06:19.439 We'll kind of build from here a fuller and fuller picture of hell. 00:06:21.259 --> 00:06:22.439 So Luke 16. 00:06:22.719 --> 00:06:23.659 Starting verse 19. 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:25.180 Now before I read this. 00:06:25.180 --> 00:06:29.000 We need to note that this is a parable in a sense. 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:35.060 Jesus is teaching about the danger of rejecting the gospel and the urgency of believing. 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:38.220 And so Lazarus and the rich man. 00:06:38.340 --> 00:06:41.720 They may not be real people that Jesus knew. 00:06:42.280 --> 00:06:43.240 Maybe they were. 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:47.699 So yes it is a parable. 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:53.660 But that doesn't mean that the reality of hell that he is teaching about isn't real. 00:06:53.660 --> 00:07:01.200 So Jesus gives parables all the time about seeds and fish and widows and weddings. 00:07:01.460 --> 00:07:03.920 But that doesn't mean that weddings aren't real. 00:07:04.500 --> 00:07:07.120 Or that's not a proper depiction of a wedding. 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:07.440 No. 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:11.600 He uses those realities in parables to tell. 00:07:12.180 --> 00:07:13.560 Because they are real. 00:07:13.900 --> 00:07:15.460 And he teaches truths from them. 00:07:16.660 --> 00:07:18.940 And so as we glimpse into hell here. 00:07:19.540 --> 00:07:21.820 Jesus is telling us real things about hell. 00:07:21.819 --> 00:07:23.819 And so let's read it. 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:25.319 Luke chapter 16. 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:28.040 Starting verse 19. 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:33.000 There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen. 00:07:33.540 --> 00:07:35.779 And who feasted sumptuously every day. 00:07:36.699 --> 00:07:39.120 And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus. 00:07:39.500 --> 00:07:40.539 Covered with sores. 00:07:40.659 --> 00:07:43.839 Who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:46.480 Moreover even the dogs came and licked his sores. 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:51.220 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. 00:07:51.620 --> 00:07:53.920 The rich man also died and was buried. 00:07:54.580 --> 00:07:56.759 And in Hades being in torment. 00:07:57.300 --> 00:07:58.840 He lifted up his eyes. 00:07:59.379 --> 00:08:02.319 And saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 00:08:03.140 --> 00:08:04.480 And he called out. 00:08:04.960 --> 00:08:06.939 Father Abraham have mercy on me. 00:08:07.020 --> 00:08:10.080 And send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water. 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:11.500 And call my tongue. 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:13.240 For I am in anguish. 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:13.879 And in. 00:08:14.039 --> 00:08:15.899 For I am in anguish in this flame. 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:18.240 But Abraham said. 00:08:18.379 --> 00:08:18.779 Child. 00:08:19.459 --> 00:08:22.740 Remember that you in your lifetime received your good things. 00:08:23.219 --> 00:08:25.159 And Lazarus in like manner bad things. 00:08:25.379 --> 00:08:27.039 But now he is comforted here. 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:28.539 And you are in anguish. 00:08:29.419 --> 00:08:30.439 And besides all this. 00:08:30.579 --> 00:08:31.539 Between us and you. 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:33.259 A great chasm has been fixed. 00:08:33.579 --> 00:08:36.259 In order that those who would pass from here to you. 00:08:36.500 --> 00:08:37.399 May not do so. 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:40.240 And none may cross from there to us. 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:41.740 And he said. 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:43.439 Then I beg you father. 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:45.379 To send him to my father's house. 00:08:45.740 --> 00:08:47.139 For I have five brothers. 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:48.819 So that he may warn them. 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:51.179 Lest they also come into this place of torment. 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:53.299 But Abraham said. 00:08:53.779 --> 00:08:55.740 They have Moses and the prophets. 00:08:56.500 --> 00:08:57.539 Let them hear them. 00:08:58.459 --> 00:08:59.059 And he said. 00:08:59.419 --> 00:09:00.319 No father Abraham. 00:09:00.399 --> 00:09:02.559 But if someone goes to them from the dead. 00:09:02.659 --> 00:09:03.460 They will repent. 00:09:04.439 --> 00:09:05.439 He said to him. 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:07.159 If they do not hear Moses. 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:08.139 And the prophets. 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:10.259 Neither will they be convinced. 00:09:10.339 --> 00:09:12.159 If someone should rise from the dead. 00:09:14.899 --> 00:09:16.100 There is a lot to see here. 00:09:16.259 --> 00:09:17.360 But the first is this. 00:09:18.079 --> 00:09:18.519 Hell. 00:09:18.839 --> 00:09:20.799 Is a real place in creation. 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:23.199 So look at verse 28. 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:24.980 It is called. 00:09:25.139 --> 00:09:26.419 A place of torment. 00:09:28.199 --> 00:09:29.339 Hell is a place. 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:31.579 An actual location. 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:33.179 Within creation. 00:09:33.179 --> 00:09:35.100 Where the rich man's soul. 00:09:35.299 --> 00:09:36.439 Goes to after death. 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:39.740 And look how Jesus speaks in Matthew 28. 00:09:39.900 --> 00:09:40.940 I've got it written there for you. 00:09:41.940 --> 00:09:45.340 Fear him who can destroy both soul and body. 00:09:45.540 --> 00:09:46.480 In hell. 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:52.420 Hell is a place where bodies and souls can go to. 00:09:52.419 --> 00:09:55.399 And if bodies can go there. 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:56.959 It must have dimensions. 00:09:57.819 --> 00:09:59.699 Height and width and depth. 00:10:00.620 --> 00:10:02.659 It's a place in creation. 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:05.120 And since God created all things. 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:08.360 And since everything that is not God. 00:10:08.439 --> 00:10:09.959 Is in creation. 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:12.659 Then all things. 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:14.679 This means all things. 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:16.039 This means hell. 00:10:16.539 --> 00:10:18.620 Is a place in creation. 00:10:18.620 --> 00:10:21.200 And God created it. 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:21.960 So. 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:24.179 Remember this. 00:10:28.560 --> 00:10:30.799 If God created all things. 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:32.480 Anything that is not God. 00:10:32.740 --> 00:10:34.299 Is here in creation. 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:37.639 Then hell must be in creation. 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:39.039 And God created it. 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:39.240 So. 00:10:39.599 --> 00:10:41.480 The devil didn't create it. 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:43.199 In fact. 00:10:43.419 --> 00:10:44.419 It is a place. 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:46.259 Prepared by God. 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:46.939 For the devil. 00:10:47.339 --> 00:10:48.139 In the final state. 00:10:48.219 --> 00:10:48.319 So. 00:10:48.459 --> 00:10:49.439 Look at Matthew 25. 00:10:50.079 --> 00:10:51.159 These are Jesus' words. 00:10:51.740 --> 00:10:52.379 He calls it. 00:10:52.459 --> 00:10:53.939 The eternal fire. 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:55.879 Prepared for the devil. 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:56.620 And his angels. 00:10:58.539 --> 00:10:58.839 But. 00:10:58.919 --> 00:11:00.719 But we don't know where it is in creation. 00:11:00.819 --> 00:11:01.839 There's no kind of impression. 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:03.740 That it's within this universe. 00:11:04.100 --> 00:11:06.000 So you can travel to there. 00:11:06.200 --> 00:11:06.620 On a. 00:11:07.780 --> 00:11:08.879 It's not on like a planet. 00:11:08.980 --> 00:11:09.360 Or a moon. 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:10.820 You can go there on a spaceship. 00:11:11.660 --> 00:11:12.399 There's no suggestion. 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:13.000 That it's even. 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:13.440 You know. 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:14.960 Down in the core of the earth. 00:11:15.019 --> 00:11:15.860 Where it's hot there. 00:11:15.980 --> 00:11:16.259 No. 00:11:17.139 --> 00:11:18.519 It's probably more like heaven. 00:11:18.660 --> 00:11:19.620 That we saw last week. 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:21.300 So it's kind of a. 00:11:22.340 --> 00:11:22.580 Remember. 00:11:22.680 --> 00:11:24.139 Don't go too sci-fi with this. 00:11:24.139 --> 00:11:24.600 But it's. 00:11:24.980 --> 00:11:26.320 It's a different dimension. 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:27.600 A different realm. 00:11:28.460 --> 00:11:28.860 Outside. 00:11:29.300 --> 00:11:30.700 And beyond this visible universe. 00:11:30.700 --> 00:11:33.580 And people can go there. 00:11:33.940 --> 00:11:34.840 After death. 00:11:35.560 --> 00:11:35.720 So. 00:11:35.860 --> 00:11:36.800 So just like heaven. 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:41.040 You think of. 00:11:41.259 --> 00:11:41.520 Hell. 00:11:41.800 --> 00:11:41.940 It's. 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:43.360 It's within creation. 00:11:44.580 --> 00:11:45.280 It's kind of like a. 00:11:45.560 --> 00:11:46.560 A different region. 00:11:46.680 --> 00:11:47.379 A different realm. 00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:48.720 Or dimension of creation. 00:11:50.920 --> 00:11:52.280 And so hell is real. 00:11:53.100 --> 00:11:54.900 It's not a state of mind. 00:11:55.100 --> 00:11:57.060 It's not something kind of metaphorical. 00:11:57.700 --> 00:11:59.620 It is a real location. 00:11:59.620 --> 00:12:00.600 In creation. 00:12:00.700 --> 00:12:01.200 Hell. 00:12:02.560 --> 00:12:04.020 And just a side note here. 00:12:04.300 --> 00:12:05.400 On the different names. 00:12:05.520 --> 00:12:06.860 We might come across in the Bible. 00:12:07.280 --> 00:12:08.220 Like Sheol. 00:12:08.620 --> 00:12:09.360 Or Hades. 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:10.820 And hell. 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:12.820 Which the real name for that in Greek. 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:13.520 Is Gehenna. 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:15.540 And I have to be quick here. 00:12:15.580 --> 00:12:16.300 But I kind of want to give you. 00:12:16.420 --> 00:12:17.220 Just a quick overview. 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:17.940 Of these names. 00:12:18.520 --> 00:12:18.640 So. 00:12:18.700 --> 00:12:20.120 So when you see Sheol. 00:12:20.259 --> 00:12:20.980 Or Hades. 00:12:21.940 --> 00:12:23.220 It can mean two things. 00:12:23.220 --> 00:12:24.240 So Sheol and Hades. 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:25.100 Kind of lump them together. 00:12:25.220 --> 00:12:25.779 Sheol and Hades. 00:12:26.860 --> 00:12:28.100 They're interchangeable. 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:28.379 Okay. 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:29.560 Sheol and Hades. 00:12:29.899 --> 00:12:31.240 It can either mean. 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:32.220 Just death. 00:12:33.220 --> 00:12:34.259 In a general sense. 00:12:34.420 --> 00:12:36.200 Just being in the state of dying. 00:12:36.920 --> 00:12:38.279 Whether it's believer or unbeliever. 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:39.360 Just being dead. 00:12:40.340 --> 00:12:40.860 Or. 00:12:41.220 --> 00:12:42.019 Sheol and Hades. 00:12:42.100 --> 00:12:43.639 When it's referring to a place. 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:44.800 For the ungodly. 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:46.620 It refers to hell. 00:12:47.779 --> 00:12:48.139 So. 00:12:48.379 --> 00:12:49.220 1 Samuel 26. 00:12:49.500 --> 00:12:49.720 Says. 00:12:49.860 --> 00:12:52.120 The Lord kills and brings to life. 00:12:52.659 --> 00:12:54.340 He brings down to Sheol. 00:12:54.539 --> 00:12:55.659 And raises up. 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:56.680 So. 00:12:56.940 --> 00:12:57.300 Killing. 00:12:57.960 --> 00:12:58.379 Dying. 00:12:58.379 --> 00:12:59.740 And going down to Sheol. 00:12:59.820 --> 00:13:00.800 Is just the same thing. 00:13:01.300 --> 00:13:03.300 It's just talking about anyone who dies. 00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:04.720 It's the same with Acts 2. 00:13:04.800 --> 00:13:05.240 27. 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:05.820 With Hades. 00:13:06.820 --> 00:13:07.260 And so. 00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:07.920 Sheol and Hades. 00:13:08.060 --> 00:13:09.240 Can just mean being dead. 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:10.420 For the believer or unbeliever. 00:13:11.300 --> 00:13:11.920 And that's why. 00:13:12.040 --> 00:13:14.020 The language of going down to Sheol. 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:15.160 Or going down to Hades. 00:13:15.280 --> 00:13:15.580 Is used. 00:13:15.700 --> 00:13:15.840 It's. 00:13:16.180 --> 00:13:17.680 It's not because the afterlife. 00:13:17.940 --> 00:13:18.500 Is downwards. 00:13:18.760 --> 00:13:20.260 In the core of the earth somewhere. 00:13:20.379 --> 00:13:20.580 No. 00:13:20.860 --> 00:13:21.300 It's because. 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:22.800 Graves are downwards. 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:25.300 It's just kind of poetic language. 00:13:25.300 --> 00:13:26.879 Talking about the state of death. 00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:29.379 But when Sheol or Hades. 00:13:29.540 --> 00:13:30.820 Refers to a location. 00:13:31.420 --> 00:13:33.040 Where the ungodly go. 00:13:33.920 --> 00:13:35.120 It's talking about hell. 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:35.360 So. 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:36.600 Deuteronomy 32. 00:13:37.419 --> 00:13:39.580 For a fire is kindled by my anger. 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:40.820 And it burns. 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:42.620 To the depths of Sheol. 00:13:44.060 --> 00:13:44.379 And so. 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:45.480 With Sheol and Hades. 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:46.860 In summary. 00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:48.179 You just need to be careful. 00:13:48.179 --> 00:13:49.620 With how it's being used. 00:13:49.740 --> 00:13:51.279 Just really look at the context. 00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:52.159 It can either mean death. 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:53.299 Or it can mean hell. 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:56.039 But the word hell. 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:57.399 When you see hell. 00:13:57.580 --> 00:13:58.659 That means hell. 00:13:59.580 --> 00:13:59.940 So. 00:14:00.019 --> 00:14:01.360 So the word hell in Greek. 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:02.700 The word is. 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:03.440 Gehenna. 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:04.040 Gehenna. 00:14:04.400 --> 00:14:05.220 And it's named. 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:06.140 After a place. 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:07.640 Just southeast of Jerusalem. 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:09.980 Called the Valley of Hinnom. 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:11.160 Which in Hebrew would be. 00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:12.380 Gei Hinnom. 00:14:12.540 --> 00:14:13.200 Valley of Hinnom. 00:14:13.280 --> 00:14:13.860 Gei Hinnom. 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:14.480 Gei Hinnom. 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:14.520 Gehenna. 00:14:15.040 --> 00:14:15.400 Gehenna. 00:14:15.760 --> 00:14:17.040 That's kind of where it comes from. 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:19.220 And this was a place. 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:21.680 And it was an awful place. 00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:22.320 It was a place. 00:14:22.420 --> 00:14:23.720 Where worship was given. 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:24.780 To a false god. 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:25.540 Called Moloch. 00:14:25.539 --> 00:14:26.139 Gehenna. 00:14:26.139 --> 00:14:28.579 And in that place. 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:29.319 In the Valley of Hinnom. 00:14:29.459 --> 00:14:30.639 Child sacrifices. 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:31.439 Took place. 00:14:32.599 --> 00:14:33.759 And then that place. 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:34.879 Under King Josiah. 00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:36.079 Who was initially. 00:14:36.079 --> 00:14:36.860 A very good king. 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:38.199 He destroyed that place. 00:14:38.299 --> 00:14:38.839 Wiped it out. 00:14:39.059 --> 00:14:39.899 And the priest there. 00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:41.000 Condemned it unclean. 00:14:42.059 --> 00:14:42.500 And so. 00:14:42.699 --> 00:14:43.559 The Valley of Hinnom. 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:44.399 It was just this. 00:14:45.079 --> 00:14:45.439 Epitome. 00:14:45.579 --> 00:14:46.360 Of evil. 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:47.519 And uncleanness. 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:48.419 And curse. 00:14:48.419 --> 00:14:50.099 And so. 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:50.639 The New Testament. 00:14:50.779 --> 00:14:51.740 Takes that language. 00:14:52.219 --> 00:14:53.099 And takes that place. 00:14:53.199 --> 00:14:54.259 And uses Gehenna. 00:14:54.779 --> 00:14:56.319 To mean the awful place. 00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:57.939 After death for the damned. 00:14:59.579 --> 00:14:59.879 And so. 00:14:59.919 --> 00:15:01.439 The big thing to see here is. 00:15:02.599 --> 00:15:03.079 Hell. 00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:05.000 Is a real place in creation. 00:15:06.459 --> 00:15:07.759 But we also need to see this. 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:08.419 In my second point. 00:15:08.579 --> 00:15:09.000 Hell. 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:10.620 Is intermediate. 00:15:10.899 --> 00:15:11.599 And final. 00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:12.839 So. 00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:13.159 Hell. 00:15:13.319 --> 00:15:13.759 Is intermediate. 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:14.240 And final. 00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:14.919 Let me flip this. 00:15:14.959 --> 00:15:15.779 I love this new Bible. 00:15:16.059 --> 00:15:16.579 It's great. 00:15:17.579 --> 00:15:18.139 It's great. 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:19.339 Hell. 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:20.279 Is intermediate. 00:15:20.539 --> 00:15:21.099 And final. 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:21.699 And remember. 00:15:21.899 --> 00:15:22.279 If you weren't here. 00:15:22.339 --> 00:15:22.740 Intermediate. 00:15:22.819 --> 00:15:23.019 Is safe. 00:15:23.099 --> 00:15:23.500 Which means. 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:24.679 Safe. 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:25.599 And when you die. 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:26.939 From when you die. 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:27.699 To the resurrection. 00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:29.019 What happens. 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:30.519 Between death. 00:15:30.539 --> 00:15:31.219 And the resurrection. 00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:32.839 Where do souls go. 00:15:36.439 --> 00:15:37.219 And we need to see. 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:37.479 Hell. 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:38.059 Is intermediate. 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:38.519 And final. 00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:39.500 So you may have already seen. 00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:40.319 I think Iona. 00:15:40.459 --> 00:15:41.199 Asked last week. 00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:42.159 You may have already seen. 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:42.899 That the place. 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:43.480 The intermediate. 00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:44.099 State. 00:15:44.199 --> 00:15:45.159 For the unbeliever. 00:15:45.699 --> 00:15:46.360 And the final. 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:47.059 State for the unbeliever. 00:15:47.259 --> 00:15:47.819 Can you see it? 00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:49.300 It's both hell. 00:15:49.540 --> 00:15:49.900 Isn't it? 00:15:50.780 --> 00:15:51.680 Hell is the same. 00:15:51.760 --> 00:15:52.100 For both. 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:52.320 But. 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:53.140 If you look at. 00:15:53.140 --> 00:15:53.180 If you look at. 00:15:53.420 --> 00:15:53.879 If you look at. 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.900 For the unbeliever. 00:15:55.140 --> 00:15:55.680 It's heaven. 00:15:56.460 --> 00:15:56.960 But then there's. 00:15:57.040 --> 00:15:57.640 A slight difference. 00:15:57.760 --> 00:15:58.920 Is that it's the new creation. 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:00.020 On earth. 00:16:00.100 --> 00:16:01.280 And we'll come to that next week. 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:04.459 But for hell. 00:16:04.459 --> 00:16:05.699 Hell is for both. 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:08.079 And the Bible isn't. 00:16:08.079 --> 00:16:09.220 Isn't kind of super obvious. 00:16:09.220 --> 00:16:10.019 About this distinction. 00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:11.579 But we do see it. 00:16:12.179 --> 00:16:13.259 That this applies. 00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:14.159 To both. 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:15.600 This location applies. 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:16.899 To both states. 00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:18.240 But we're going to say. 00:16:18.319 --> 00:16:19.819 One stage is temporary. 00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:21.579 And then the other is final. 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:22.059 Eternal. 00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:23.740 And so. 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:26.039 Think about the intermediate state. 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:27.819 Look at Luke 16. 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:28.559 That we were just in. 00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:31.559 Where does the rich man's soul go. 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:32.459 After death. 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:34.360 He goes to hell. 00:16:34.419 --> 00:16:34.759 Doesn't he? 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:36.740 That's the intermediate state. 00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:39.399 But it's also pre-judgment. 00:16:42.019 --> 00:16:42.740 And also. 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:43.980 Look in 2 Peter. 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:44.779 But Peter says. 00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:46.200 Fallen angels. 00:16:46.419 --> 00:16:47.560 And the unrighteous. 00:16:47.700 --> 00:16:48.700 Are in hell. 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:51.019 Before judgment day. 00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:52.519 Waiting for final judgment. 00:16:52.680 --> 00:16:53.460 So 2 Peter 2. 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:53.879 4. 00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:56.279 For if God did not spare angels. 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:56.980 When they sinned. 00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:58.860 But cast them into hell. 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:00.519 And committed them. 00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:02.000 To chains of gloomy darkness. 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:03.500 To be kept. 00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:05.099 Until the judgment. 00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:07.740 And then 2 Peter 2. 00:17:07.779 --> 00:17:08.079 9. 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:10.039 Then the Lord knows. 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:12.079 How to keep the unrighteous. 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:13.279 Under punishment. 00:17:13.579 --> 00:17:14.839 Until the day of judgment. 00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:17.980 And so. 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:20.599 Who are in hell right now. 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:22.460 It's angels. 00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:23.779 And the unrighteous. 00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.779 After they die. 00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:28.420 It's where the unsaved. 00:17:28.420 --> 00:17:30.319 Go to after death. 00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:31.299 As souls. 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:32.859 In the intermediate state. 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:35.299 But also. 00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:36.759 It is the place. 00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:37.500 Where the unsaved. 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:38.919 Go in the final state. 00:17:39.899 --> 00:17:40.240 And so. 00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:41.480 Just follow with me here. 00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:43.099 Look at John 5. 00:17:43.639 --> 00:17:44.799 28 to 29. 00:17:46.379 --> 00:17:47.960 An hour is coming. 00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:49.940 When all who are in tombs. 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:51.139 Will hear his voice. 00:17:51.339 --> 00:17:51.960 And come out. 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:53.899 And those who have done good. 00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:55.639 To the resurrection of life. 00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:57.819 And those who have done evil. 00:17:58.460 --> 00:18:00.200 To the resurrection of judgment. 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:03.880 There will be a point. 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:05.319 When Christ returns. 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:07.460 When every human. 00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:08.299 Every human. 00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:09.400 Will be physically. 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.180 Bodily. 00:18:10.620 --> 00:18:11.340 Resurrected. 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:13.319 And those. 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:14.460 Outside of Christ. 00:18:14.580 --> 00:18:15.420 Will be judged. 00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:16.120 In their bodies. 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:17.319 There will be a resurrection. 00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:18.740 Of judgment. 00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:21.880 In the final state. 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:23.860 And Jesus says. 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:24.880 That body. 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:26.000 That is raised. 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:27.500 Will be thrown into hell. 00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:28.279 Matthew 10. 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:29.019 28 again. 00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:30.160 Fear him. 00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.940 Who can destroy. 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:31.759 Both soul. 00:18:31.859 --> 00:18:32.660 And body. 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:33.740 In hell. 00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:36.039 And so. 00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:37.039 When the bodily. 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:37.680 Resurrection. 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:38.480 Happens. 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.700 At the end of this age. 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.960 We'll see this. 00:18:41.099 --> 00:18:41.680 Next week. 00:18:42.099 --> 00:18:42.900 When the bodily. 00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.339 Resurrection. 00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:43.680 Happens. 00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:44.359 At the end of this age. 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:44.880 Christ. 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:46.200 Will throw. 00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:47.319 The ungodly. 00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:48.240 Into hell. 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:50.279 Not only their souls. 00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:51.380 But body too. 00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:53.539 So you can kind of. 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:54.519 Think of hell like this. 00:18:54.660 --> 00:18:55.640 In the intermediate state. 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:57.339 It's soul only. 00:18:57.339 --> 00:18:58.359 Pre-judgment. 00:18:59.059 --> 00:19:00.240 Under a temporary. 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:00.839 Punishment. 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:03.139 But in the final state. 00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:05.119 It's body and soul. 00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:06.559 Post-judgment. 00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.959 For final punishment. 00:19:09.339 --> 00:19:10.179 You might be asking. 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:10.419 Well. 00:19:10.419 --> 00:19:11.599 What's the difference. 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.480 Between the two. 00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:13.899 Answer. 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:15.059 We don't really know. 00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:17.879 It's the same location. 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:19.379 The Bible talks about it. 00:19:19.439 --> 00:19:20.179 In the same way. 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:21.559 And refers to the same thing. 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:21.779 But. 00:19:22.199 --> 00:19:23.159 But probably. 00:19:23.939 --> 00:19:25.000 And almost surely. 00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:26.199 This is worse. 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:27.460 Okay. 00:19:28.340 --> 00:19:29.620 Because the final state. 00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:30.819 It's not just provisional. 00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.960 It's after judgment. 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:33.279 When Jesus has weighed. 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.779 Every sin. 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:35.840 In the balance. 00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:37.080 And then full punishment. 00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.500 Is given. 00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:40.839 But what does that mean. 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.940 What exactly. 00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:44.059 Is hell like. 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.200 Well. 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:45.920 There are four things. 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.680 I want us to see. 00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.680 What is hell like. 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.339 First is this. 00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:49.859 Hell. 00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.420 Is separation. 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:51.980 From God. 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.720 So look at. 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.680 Two Thessalonians 1. 00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.660 It's talking about. 00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.319 The ungodly. 00:19:58.440 --> 00:19:59.220 They will suffer. 00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:01.059 The punishment. 00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:02.799 Of eternal destruction. 00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:05.160 Away from the presence. 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:05.920 Of the Lord. 00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:07.420 And from the glory. 00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:08.180 Of his might. 00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.480 Matthew 25. 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:11.579 Depart from me. 00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:12.160 Says Jesus. 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:13.940 You cursed. 00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:15.460 Into the eternal fire. 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.799 Prepared for the devil. 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:18.079 And his angels. 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:21.599 One of the biggest impressions. 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.659 We get about hell. 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.599 Is that. 00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.779 It is separation. 00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.419 From God. 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.379 In particular. 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.240 It's separation. 00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:29.139 From his love. 00:20:29.179 --> 00:20:29.759 And mercy. 00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:31.879 Hell. 00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:33.619 Is where every mercy. 00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:34.879 And gift. 00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:35.639 And goodness. 00:20:35.639 --> 00:20:36.240 Of God. 00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:37.500 It's where it's taken away. 00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:39.759 That's why it's called. 00:20:39.919 --> 00:20:40.359 Darkness. 00:20:40.639 --> 00:20:41.419 So Matthew 8. 00:20:42.159 --> 00:20:43.919 Thrown into the outer darkness. 00:20:46.159 --> 00:20:47.240 It's not that hell. 00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:47.980 Has the light. 00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.680 God's turned off. 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:48.920 No. 00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:49.660 It's. 00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.599 It's that in hell. 00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.400 God's mercy. 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:52.220 Is turned off. 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.920 God is light. 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:56.339 But none of his light. 00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:57.940 Will shine in that dark place. 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.120 So. 00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:01.019 Just think about. 00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:02.079 This world right now. 00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:02.759 That we're living in. 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.880 Right now. 00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.380 That this world. 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:04.860 Is sinful. 00:21:04.860 --> 00:21:05.299 Isn't it? 00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:07.759 But it's not sinful. 00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:09.480 As it could be. 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.880 There is light. 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.339 In this world. 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:12.660 Isn't it? 00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.200 God is. 00:21:14.140 --> 00:21:14.579 Restraining. 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.779 So much evil. 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:16.500 And corruption. 00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:17.059 Right now. 00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:19.559 He's not letting this world. 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:21.059 Fall into complete ruin. 00:21:22.179 --> 00:21:22.700 This world. 00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:24.279 Even the unbeliever in this world. 00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.859 Experiences God's mercy. 00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.619 Right now. 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.440 Right now. 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:29.000 He sends the sun. 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:29.619 And the rain. 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.179 On believer. 00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:31.019 And unbeliever. 00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:33.759 But in hell. 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:36.099 All that mercy. 00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:36.740 Will disappear. 00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:39.200 And evil. 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:39.879 And sin. 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.599 And suffering. 00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:42.200 Is allowed to unleash. 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.960 And so. 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:46.859 If someone doesn't want God's goodness. 00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.740 In hell. 00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:48.420 God says. 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.059 Fine. 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.680 Here's what that's like. 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:56.000 But that doesn't mean God isn't present in hell. 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:59.580 Hell is separation from his love and mercy. 00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:01.900 But not God's presence entirely. 00:22:03.060 --> 00:22:03.279 No. 00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:03.759 In hell. 00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:05.460 God is present in his anger. 00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.880 That's my second sub point. 00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:10.160 Hell is experiencing God's anger. 00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:12.960 Look at Revelation 14. 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:15.519 In hell. 00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:18.400 They are tormented with fire and sulfur. 00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:21.000 In the presence of the holy angels. 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:22.960 And in the presence of the lamb. 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:27.259 God will be present in hell. 00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:29.700 He will be doing something. 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:31.400 He will be actively punishing. 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:33.299 People and angels. 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.039 And the devil. 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:38.319 It will be an unfiltered experience of God's wrath. 00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.319 You could say. 00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:42.000 His mercy will be far. 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:43.759 But his anger will be close. 00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:47.240 But what do we mean by that? 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:49.859 How will we experience his anger? 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:52.839 Well it will be through pain. 00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:55.140 That's my third sub point. 00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.960 Hell is painful. 00:22:57.740 --> 00:23:00.000 Hell is often associated with fire. 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.420 Isn't it? 00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:02.559 So look at these verses of God out for you. 00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:04.039 Luke 16. 00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:07.500 I am in anguish in this flame. 00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.740 Revelation 14. 00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:12.259 Being tormented with fire and sulfur. 00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.500 Mark 9. 00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:16.940 Where the worm does not die. 00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:18.980 And the fire is not quenched. 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:26.700 Now it can be easy for our minds to kind of drift off into how cartoons and paintings depict hell. 00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:28.299 I think we can easily do that can't we? 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:30.900 With kind of lots of actual fire. 00:23:32.080 --> 00:23:33.500 Maybe there will be actual fire. 00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:35.000 But we don't know. 00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:37.200 But the language of fire here. 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.940 It's symbolic language. 00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.620 Pointing to something. 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.960 It's pointing to pain. 00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:44.860 So you put your hand on a stove. 00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:46.059 What do you feel? 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.559 Pain. 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.159 Pain. 00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:51.119 You burn your hand on the oven. 00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.299 What do you feel? 00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.579 Pain. 00:23:55.000 --> 00:24:01.500 The language of fire shows us that hell will be conscious pain. 00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:05.480 And it will be painful in body and soul. 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:08.000 So remember Matthew 10.28. 00:24:08.159 --> 00:24:11.440 Fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:15.600 It will be a destructive experience for the body. 00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:19.620 And when Jesus says it's the place where the worm does not die. 00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:23.960 That's the image of a worm constantly eating at your flesh. 00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:25.799 It's pain in the body. 00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:28.240 But also the soul. 00:24:28.340 --> 00:24:29.259 Look at Matthew 8. 00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:33.700 In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.900 When do we weep? 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:41.299 We weep when there's grief and anguish. 00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:43.640 And pain in the soul don't we? 00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:46.100 And gnashing of teeth. 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:49.279 That's the it's a picture of kind of anger and frustration. 00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:52.440 It's like a crazed beast gnashing their teeth. 00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:56.539 There will be agonizing mental anguish. 00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:59.059 Emotional pain and distress in hell. 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:03.420 And this pain does not end. 00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.840 It's eternal. 00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:07.960 And this is the fourth sub point. 00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:08.920 Hell is eternal. 00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:12.920 Look at the eternal language here. 00:25:13.080 --> 00:25:13.680 Matthew 9. 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:18.740 Where the worm does not die and the fire is not quenched. 00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.940 Matthew 25. 00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:22.340 Eternal fire. 00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:24.820 Prepared for the devil and his angels. 00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.220 To Thessalonians 1. 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:29.720 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction. 00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:33.700 Now remember from last week. 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.539 Destruction doesn't mean deletion. 00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.100 Right? 00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:40.200 We know that souls don't get deleted in death or in hell. 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.680 This refers more to ruin. 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.400 So you know. 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:45.860 If you were to say. 00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:47.640 My life is destroyed. 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.300 It means. 00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:51.080 Your life has been ruined. 00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:52.380 It's degraded. 00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:54.519 It's humiliating. 00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:56.440 It's a worsening experience. 00:25:56.560 --> 00:25:57.500 Destruction isn't it? 00:25:58.259 --> 00:26:01.620 Destruction is tumbling down from where you were. 00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:03.899 But in hell. 00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:06.119 This is endless tumbling. 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:09.899 You only go from worse to worse. 00:26:11.699 --> 00:26:13.539 And the pain is never ending. 00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:15.019 No relief. 00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.819 No break. 00:26:15.959 --> 00:26:16.559 No pause. 00:26:16.699 --> 00:26:17.219 No hope. 00:26:17.399 --> 00:26:20.819 No chance of maybe you'll die and go to nothing at the end of this. 00:26:20.939 --> 00:26:21.159 No. 00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:23.939 It will just go on and on forever. 00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:25.699 And after a trillion years. 00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:27.299 That won't even be halfway. 00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:28.539 Because there is no halfway. 00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:33.180 And so hell is eternal punishment. 00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.460 But now let me ask you. 00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.240 Who goes to hell? 00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:42.579 The Bible firstly says that the devil and his angels go to hell. 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.180 Firstly. 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:47.099 The Bible is clear about this. 00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.879 The devil will go to hell. 00:26:49.899 --> 00:26:50.700 Matthew 25. 00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.839 Eternal fire. 00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:54.159 Prepared for the devil and his angels. 00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:56.619 So Satan. 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.519 Is not actually in hell right now. 00:26:58.519 --> 00:27:00.539 Often we kind of think. 00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:02.819 Hell is maybe kind of like his hiding den. 00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:04.720 And then he kind of pops out into the world. 00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:06.799 And kind of hell is his home. 00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:08.079 That's where he likes to be. 00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.559 But no. 00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:12.079 Satan is working here on earth. 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:15.859 And hell is prepared for him. 00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.859 At the end of this age. 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:19.059 In the final state. 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:21.799 When all evil will be locked up there. 00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:24.039 And never to come out again. 00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:27.379 But also. 00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.700 Who will go to hell. 00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:31.000 And we mustn't shy away from this. 00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:33.420 Unbelievers will go to hell. 00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:36.519 So look at 2 Thessalonians 1. 00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:39.920 This is talking about the return of Christ. 00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:41.319 Which we'll come to next week. 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:44.720 When the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven. 00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:46.799 With his mighty angels. 00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.879 In flaming fire. 00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:51.259 Inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God. 00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:55.079 And on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:59.059 For all who do not believe the gospel. 00:27:59.199 --> 00:28:01.179 Who do not put their trust in the Lord Jesus. 00:28:01.439 --> 00:28:01.859 This. 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.439 By nature. 00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.460 Without Christ. 00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:06.039 This is where we must go. 00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:08.539 It's not like. 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:11.419 Well only the really bad sinners go to hell. 00:28:12.659 --> 00:28:13.019 No. 00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.899 Anyone who is not in Christ. 00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.859 This is their fate. 00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:18.639 And sinners go there. 00:28:18.699 --> 00:28:20.539 Because they have something to pay. 00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:23.740 They need to pay for their sins. 00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:26.980 Remember the wages of sin. 00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:29.240 The payment you need to pay for sin. 00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.460 The wages of sin. 00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.559 Is death. 00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:34.140 And so the second death of hell. 00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:36.299 Is what every sinner must pay. 00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.480 Now. 00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.539 At this point. 00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:44.420 Let me address the objection of. 00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:46.339 This isn't fair. 00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:49.880 How can people who have sinned. 00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:51.559 Just over a few years. 00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:52.859 How is it. 00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.859 Just. 00:28:54.659 --> 00:28:56.719 That they will have eternal punishment. 00:28:58.199 --> 00:28:58.599 Now. 00:28:58.779 --> 00:29:00.119 I can only give a quick answer to this. 00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.439 But this is the heart of it. 00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:04.719 Punishment is infinitely long. 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:07.859 Because God is infinitely holy. 00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:11.240 Punishment is infinitely long. 00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:13.219 Because God is infinitely holy. 00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.279 So. 00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.299 So just imagine this. 00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:17.059 You go outside. 00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.399 You spit on the ground. 00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.960 Who cares. 00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.440 No one. 00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.720 Do they. 00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.059 Right. 00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.700 Okay. 00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.359 You're a child. 00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.599 You spit on your brother. 00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.799 What happens. 00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:29.279 Your dad tells you off. 00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.700 You go to school. 00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.980 You spit on your teacher. 00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.759 You get expelled. 00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:37.299 You go to the street. 00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:38.839 You spit on a police officer. 00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.859 You get arrested. 00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:43.200 You spit on King Charles. 00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:45.019 You're going to prison. 00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:47.160 Well. 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.039 In our sin. 00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:51.039 We have spat in the face. 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.900 Of the holy. 00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:52.720 And righteous. 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.960 And almighty God. 00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:57.359 So we need to realize. 00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.579 Hell is fair. 00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:02.460 God created hell. 00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:04.319 from his perfect. 00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.799 And wise justice. 00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:08.799 Now. 00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:10.140 I'll stop for questions at the end. 00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.980 But I just want to end. 00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:12.100 With a major point. 00:30:12.100 --> 00:30:13.660 About the intermediate state. 00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.480 And all of this. 00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.100 And it's this. 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.000 Death. 00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:18.480 Is your fate locked in. 00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:19.960 Death. 00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.860 Is when your fate. 00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.579 Is locked in. 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.340 So. 00:30:23.340 --> 00:30:24.240 So when we die. 00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:26.220 So look at the point of death. 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.440 When we die. 00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.140 We enter. 00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.279 Either heaven. 00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:29.900 Or hell. 00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:32.319 And after that point. 00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.100 Point of death. 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.579 There's no swapping. 00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:35.920 Okay. 00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.920 So look at. 00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.700 Luke 16. 00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.340 25. 00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.779 Between us. 00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.740 And you. 00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.860 A great chasm. 00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:44.819 Has been fixed. 00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.420 In order that. 00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.420 Those who would pass. 00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.200 From here. 00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.100 To you. 00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.880 May not do so. 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.720 From heaven to hell. 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.380 May not do so. 00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:52.740 And none may cross. 00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.180 From there. 00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.799 To us. 00:30:55.600 --> 00:30:56.360 Look at Hebrews. 00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.640 9. 00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.220 27. 00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:59.360 It is appointed. 00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.960 For man. 00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:01.100 To die once. 00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:02.440 And after that. 00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.799 Comes judgment. 00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:06.600 And we are judged. 00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:07.579 For the deeds. 00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.440 Done in the body. 00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.660 Not in the soul. 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.539 In the intermediate state. 00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.200 It's what's done. 00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.740 In the body. 00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.460 This life. 00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:15.279 And so once we die. 00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.920 That is our fate. 00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.380 Locked in. 00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.900 Once a soul. 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.600 Enters this. 00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.680 Intermediate state. 00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.940 If you're in hell. 00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:28.059 You will stay in hell. 00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:29.799 In the final state. 00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.799 And if you're in heaven. 00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:32.139 You will. 00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:33.379 For certain. 00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:36.200 You will be in the new creation. 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.379 And death. 00:31:38.919 --> 00:31:39.879 Locks that fate in. 00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.720 And there are just. 00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:44.200 Just a few things. 00:31:44.419 --> 00:31:45.379 Implications of this. 00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.339 That is why. 00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.980 We don't. 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.960 And we shouldn't. 00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:50.059 Pray for the dead. 00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:52.500 So have you noticed that. 00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.779 The Bible. 00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:55.220 Never gives an example. 00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:56.119 For praying for the dead. 00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:58.119 It actually forbids. 00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.159 Necromancy. 00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:00.079 Kind of communicating. 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.700 With the dead. 00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:03.359 And in the confession. 00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.359 I haven't got it written out for you. 00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.240 But in the confession. 00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:06.359 It actually says. 00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:07.119 In worship. 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:08.059 Pray should not be given. 00:32:08.179 --> 00:32:08.599 For the dead. 00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:10.619 And that's because. 00:32:11.179 --> 00:32:11.539 Either. 00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:13.159 There's no hope for them. 00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.539 Anymore. 00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:16.259 Or. 00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:18.619 There's no need to pray for them. 00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:20.019 Because they're safe with Christ. 00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.740 But either way. 00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:24.599 There's no examples in scripture. 00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:26.339 For praying for the dead. 00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.759 And so. 00:32:26.939 --> 00:32:28.879 God just never teaches us to do that. 00:32:28.959 --> 00:32:29.119 So. 00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.379 Let me say. 00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.519 Don't pray for the dead. 00:32:31.639 --> 00:32:33.179 Pray for those who are left behind. 00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:36.380 But another implication. 00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:38.279 This is why there's no purgatory. 00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.920 So strictly speaking. 00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:42.140 This is a big topic. 00:32:42.320 --> 00:32:43.340 But I need to be quick about this. 00:32:43.580 --> 00:32:44.100 Strictly speaking. 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.580 The purgatory is for those. 00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.799 Who are going to heaven. 00:32:48.080 --> 00:32:49.320 But it's kind of either. 00:32:49.820 --> 00:32:50.340 People might say. 00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.259 Purification. 00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:52.340 Before you go into heaven. 00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:53.860 Or it's kind of punishment. 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.580 Before you go into heaven. 00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:56.460 It depends on what. 00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.360 Rome happens to be. 00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.840 But it's kind of like. 00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.519 You might imagine. 00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.420 Like a saint here. 00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.060 It's kind of. 00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.120 Free heaven. 00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.680 It's kind of like. 00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.779 A third. 00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.920 Intermediate states. 00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.580 But quite simply. 00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.880 There's no mention. 00:33:10.060 --> 00:33:10.580 Whatsoever. 00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.759 In scripture of purgatory. 00:33:13.060 --> 00:33:14.160 What is taught is. 00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:14.980 After death. 00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:16.039 It's either heaven. 00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.620 Or hell. 00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:19.000 And any punishment. 00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.500 Only happens in hell. 00:33:21.560 --> 00:33:22.920 But there's no other place. 00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.680 Where that would happen. 00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.460 And also. 00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.220 Believing souls. 00:33:26.320 --> 00:33:27.580 Are made perfect at death. 00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.759 And then go to heaven. 00:33:29.060 --> 00:33:30.200 We saw that last week. 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:33.920 But there's another implication. 00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:36.400 This is why life matters. 00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:39.100 If death. 00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:40.660 Is fate locked in. 00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:43.200 We need to do something. 00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.840 In this life. 00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:45.339 We need. 00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:46.199 We need. 00:33:46.199 --> 00:33:47.339 To believe the gospel. 00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:50.339 We need. 00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.720 To cling to Christ. 00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:52.980 And we need to never. 00:33:53.179 --> 00:33:53.419 Ever. 00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:53.759 Ever. 00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.259 Let go. 00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.879 Because that is the only way. 00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.439 Out of hell. 00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.439 Which also means. 00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.619 That there is an urgency. 00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:02.679 In our evangelism. 00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.339 And our prayers. 00:34:03.439 --> 00:34:03.740 Isn't there? 00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:06.859 That this life matters. 00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.920 For those who have not heard the gospel. 00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.719 And at this point. 00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.880 Let me just. 00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:15.199 I'll finish in a moment. 00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.239 But let me just address. 00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.559 A really difficult topic. 00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.619 How do we cope. 00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.460 With knowing. 00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.920 Some of our loved ones. 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.599 Have died. 00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:26.280 Without believing the gospel. 00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:30.139 Well this isn't easy. 00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:32.260 And it's not a nice thought. 00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:33.780 But the answer is. 00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:37.120 We just really need to believe. 00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:39.360 And trust in God's wisdom in this. 00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:42.440 Trust that God is just. 00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:45.760 And the decisions he makes. 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.520 Are good. 00:34:46.640 --> 00:34:47.280 They're right. 00:34:48.040 --> 00:34:49.420 And he knows what he's doing. 00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:52.420 And we also need to know. 00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.600 When we are in heaven. 00:34:53.600 --> 00:34:55.140 Or the final new creation. 00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:57.160 When we're there. 00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:59.400 There will not be any sadness. 00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.460 Or distress. 00:35:01.140 --> 00:35:02.240 Or kind of wandering around. 00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:03.300 Thoughts in our hearts. 00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:05.320 Nothing will take that experience. 00:35:07.160 --> 00:35:07.680 Instead. 00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:09.020 We will just feel. 00:35:09.140 --> 00:35:09.940 A sense of. 00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.620 Peace. 00:35:10.680 --> 00:35:11.820 And a deep sense of. 00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:12.540 Yeah. 00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:14.160 Justice has been done. 00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:16.400 I have no complaints here. 00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:19.900 But let me end on this. 00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:22.300 If you are in Christ. 00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:23.300 Your fate. 00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:25.220 Your fate is not hell. 00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:28.260 Because on the cross. 00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:30.460 Jesus went through hell. 00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:34.260 He drank the cup of God's wrath. 00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:37.200 That's the cup that unbelievers will drink in hell. 00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:39.320 But on the cross. 00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:41.380 Jesus drank it for us. 00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:46.780 He experienced the pain and anguish of hell on the cross. 00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:49.360 That's why Gethsemane was so hard for him. 00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:52.460 God stopped his mercy. 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:54.600 And unleashed his anger. 00:35:55.600 --> 00:35:59.220 And Jesus went through a hellish, hellish experience. 00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.840 In his body and soul. 00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:03.960 And why did he do it? 00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:05.220 He did it for you. 00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:07.660 For his church. 00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:10.300 So that you and everyone who believes in him. 00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:11.800 Will never perish. 00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:13.840 Will never experience this. 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.840 But instead. 00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.920 Without doubt. 00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.820 Without doubt. 00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:21.880 You will have eternal life. 00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:25.660 And what does that eternal life look like? 00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:25.860 Well. 00:36:26.160 --> 00:36:27.380 We will see that next week. 00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:32.000 We've got a few minutes for questions. 00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:33.380 I might need to finish a little bit early. 00:36:34.140 --> 00:36:35.140 But a few minutes for questions. 00:36:35.140 --> 00:36:35.140