| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ( D ) PARADISE VS. HELL / HELL � NO HOPE FOR SALVATION In addition to this, the scripture clearly states; 7. When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth. - Prov. 11:7 17. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. 18. For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. - Isaiah 38:17-18 4. Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. 5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? - Psalms 6:4-5 27. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: - Hebrews 9:27 28. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. - Matthew 10:28 Once a person dies without Christ then there are no more opportunities and chances to be redeemed and saved from sins. The opportunity for repentance and salvation is today. The hope of Gods� truth which is eternal life is a hope made available while we live this earthly life. It is now while we live and breathe in this earthly life that we have the opportunity to have imparted to us the work of redemption, not after we are dead. Particularly for the wicked souls who die and end up in hell. Proverbs instructs the reader by stating that the very hope of the unjust and wicked man perishes when they die. What hope is the writer speaking of? The hope in God for salvation and eternal life. Isaiah clearly writes that they who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. Whose truth is Isaiah speaking of? Gods� truth which is salvation and our hope of eternal life ( Romans 1:16-17 / John 1:12-13 / Proverbs 16:6 / Psalms 119:9-11 / 1 Timothy 4:16 / 2 Timothy 3:14-15 / James 1:18 & 21 / 1 Thess. 2:13 / Eph. 1:12-13 / 1 Peter 1:22-23 ). The scriptures reveal that people who die in sins and enter into hell have no hope simply because hell is a spiritual prison. Hell contains and holds in reserve those wicked spiritual beings who died in sin and corruption. Thus, they no longer can have any hope for redemption or eternal life because they are awaiting their fate of final judgement which is to be condemned to the everlasting lake of fire. Therefore, in no manner could paradise ( much less Abraham�s bosom ) have been in any place of hell, the spiritual imprisonment which offers no hope for salvation and eternal life in Christ Jesus. Hopelessness was the very reason that the rich man begs for Abraham to send Lazarus back to warn his brothers of the torments of hellfire. There is no more hope for the rich man in hell to obtain salvation and eternal life. Hell cannot offer such hope for the spiritual prisoners it holds in reserve until their final judgement and condemnation. In no manner has hell ever contained some compartment called paradise for the purpose of housing the saints of the Living God after they died. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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