2. The Gospel of the Kingdom of God In this series we shall study – Plans, Prophecies, and Expectations – The Kingdom Is At Hand! – The Kingdom’s Nature – The Kingdom Comes – The Kingdom’s Citizens – The Kingdom’s Laws – The Kingdom’s Rewards – The Kingdom’s Defenders – The Kingdom’s Future – The Kingdom’s Alternative: Hell WARNING: Today’s sermon includes frightening imagery.

3. Outline – Hell is a placed prepared for certain beings – What happens after death? – Judgment – Symbolic Word Pictures of Hell The Gospel of the Kingdom The Kingdom’s Alternative

4. A place prepared… Jesus said that a place has been prepared in the next life for the saved (John 14:3) He also described another prepared place – For the beast & the false prophet (Rev. 19:20) Represent systems of false religion and blasphemy – For the devil, Satan (Rev. 20:10) – For the devil’s angels (Matt. 25:41) – For Hades and Death (Rev. 20:14) – For anyone not in the Book of Life (Rev. 20:15) Sinners (Rev. 21:8) The accursed ones (Matt. 25:41) – Sound like your kind of company? Hell is a real place occupied by real beings!

5. What happens after death? 1.Physical body dies 2.Spirit goes to Hades (Luke 16:19-31) 3.Resurrection 4.Judgment 5.Saved to heaven, lost to hell

6. Judgment Rev. 20:12-13 – all judged from the book “Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels” (Matt. 25:41)

7. Symbolic Word Pictures of Hell Lake of fire (Rev. 20:10) Furnace of fire (Matt. 13:42) Eternal fire (Matt. 25:41) Darkness (Matt. 25:30) Away from God (2 Thess. 1:9) Undying worm (Mark. 9:48)

8. Summary – Hell is a placed prepared for certain beings – but it is not God’s desire for any of us to perish. – When you die, you go to Hades to wait – Resurrection, then Judgment – Hell: eternal suffering in a conscious state of awareness The Gospel of the Kingdom The Kingdom’s Alternative

9. You don’t have to go to hell! Obey the Gospel: believe, repent, confess, be baptized, and the blood of Jesus will wash away your sins, so that you can stand justified before God and gain eternal life in heaven. If you have become overcome by sin, repent and return today! The Gospel of the Kingdom

10. Hear, believe, and obey the Gospel today!