1.Hades 2.The Resurrection 3.The Judgment 4.Hell 5.Heaven 6.Questions and Answers

Birth Christian Sinner Infant, Child Saved Heb. 9:27

Rest Torment Infant Sinners Christian Lk. 16

Rest Torment Righteous Evil Jn. 5:28-29

Righteous Evil Jn. 12:48

Come Depart Heaven Hell Matt. 25

Will We Know Each Other in Heaven?  Saul recognized Dead Samuel – 1 Sam. 28  Rich Man and Lazarus were identified by the spirit world – Lk. 16  Moses and Elijah recognized at Mt. of transfiguration – Matt. 17

Will There Be Enough Room in Heaven?  Rev. 21:16 – If literal, heaven would be 2,250,000 square miles  Figurative description of heaven  All powerful God who has created an infinite universe would never have a space problem.

Why Punish People in Hell? Why Not Reform Them? “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” 2 Pet. 3:9 “Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? says the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?” Eze. 18:23

Isn’t Eternal Damnation for Temporal Sins Overkill?  We are eternal beings, on an eternal playing field, dealing with an eternal God  Sin cannot be tolerated as long as God exists  An eternal heaven demands an eternal hell  Is heaven too much of a reward ?

Why Did God Create People He Knew Would Go To Eternal Hell? “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” Jn. 3:16 “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” 2 Pet. 3:9

Are Hades and Hell One and the Same Thing? No  Lk. 16 – Hades is the unseen realm  Hell – eternal place of punishment – 2 Thess. 1:8-9 Torment Lk. 16

Will We Be Conscious in Heaven and Hell? Yes  Rich man and Lazarus – Lk. 16  Aware  Possessed memory of life on Earth  How could there be reward or punishment if we were not conscious?

Will There Be Degrees of Punishment and Reward? Yes Matt. 11 – More tolerable on Day of Judgment for Sodom than for Capernaum “Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts, who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation." Mark 12:38-40

Will I Still Have My Spouse in Heaven or Hell? No “For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband.”Rom. 7:2 “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.” Matt. 22:29-30

Will There Be Temptation in Heaven? Satan is the Tempter “Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”Matt. 4:3 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels” Matt. 25:41

What is the New Heaven and New Earth? “Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.”2 Pet. 3:13 What Peter Did Not Say  The earth would be refurbished to be an earthly paradise  The Lord would reign upon the earth  Anyone would inhabit earth after the 2 nd Coming  No biblical writer affirms any of these ideas

What is the New Heaven and New Earth? Heaven and earth will pass away” Matt. 24:35 “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.” 2 Pet. 3:10 “an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you” 1 Pet. 1:4

Hear John 12:48 Believe John 8:24 Repent Luke 13:3 Confess Matt. 10:32 Baptized Mark 16:16 Faithful Matt. 24:13

Hear John 12:48 Believe John 8:24 Repent Luke 13:3 Confess Matt. 10:32 Baptized Mark 16:16 Faithful Matt. 24:13