Bible Questions:
Do sinners who die in their sin; the lost, go into hell? I have heard a teaching that the lake of fire is hell, according to Mark 9:42-48, the lake of fire is eternal.
Donny K./ Perkins, Oklahoma
Mark 9:42-48 KJV
[42] And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in Me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
[43] And 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 quenched:
[44] Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
[45] And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
[46] Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
[47] And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
[48] Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Bible Answer:
The simple reasoning of these people is....according to this verse it appears that, hell is but another name for the “Lake of Fire.”
Hells fire is a fire that is never quenched, so the lake of fire must then be hell.
Well where do the lost who die go to today?
These people do not say, ...(Jesus stated in Luke 16:23 that the Rich Man, has descended into (Hell: hades-the place of departed souls-grave-hell.)
The fact is that one day not only the lost, but Hell itself will one day be cast into the Lake of Fire, so the fires of Hell, today, are in a very real sense-Eternal!
(If the lake of fire is hell, how then can hell be cast into hell?)
Revelation 20:14,15 KJV
[14] And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
[15] And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
The lost today, who die in their sins, are sent to Hell, a place prepared for the devil and his angels. (Matthew 25:41)
II Peter 2:4 KJV "...God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment (The Lake of Fire, the Second Death);”
Proverbs 15:24 KJV “... depart from hell beneath.” (Mattah: Down, underneath, downward, below.)
Isaiah 14:9 KJV “ Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming:.." (Tachath: the bottom, underneath.)
Hell and the Lake of Fire are two distinct and different places, and there is no escape from either one!
Hebrews 9:27 KJV “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”
