Hades

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

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Life on Earth
Death
Heb. 927
Church
Saved
Christian
Birth
Infant, Child
Unfaithful
B C R B
Sin
Sinner
Lost
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Hades
Lk. 16
Paradise
Christian
Rest
Infant
Gulf
Torment
Sinners
Tartarus
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Hades
Resurrection
Jn. 528-29
Paradise
Righteous
Rest
Gulf
Torment
Evil
Tartarus
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Jn. 1248
Righteous
Judgment
Evil
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Heaven
Matt. 25
Come
Eternal Destiny
Judgment
Depart
Hell
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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

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Will There Be Enough Room in Heaven?

• Rev. 2116 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.

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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.
39 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. 1823
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Isnt 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 ?

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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. 316 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. 39
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Are Hades and Hell One and the Same Thing?
Hades
Lk. 16

• No
• Lk. 16 Hades is the unseen realm
• Hell eternal place of punishment 2 Thess.
  18-9

Paradise
Gulf
Torment
Tartarus
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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?

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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 1238-40
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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. 72 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. 2229-30
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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.
43 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. 2541
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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. 313
• 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 2nd Coming
• No biblical writer affirms any of these ideas

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What is the New Heaven and New Earth?
Heaven and earth will pass away Matt.
2435 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. 310 an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away,
reserved in heaven for you 1 Pet. 14
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Hear John 1248 Believe John 824 Repent
Luke 133 Confess Matt. 1032 Baptized
Mark 1616 Faithful Matt. 2413
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Hear John 1248 Believe John 824 Repent
Luke 133 Confess Matt. 1032 Baptized
Mark 1616 Faithful Matt. 2413