LAKE OF FIRE

In the beginning, Lucifer or Satan was anointed as a guardian cherub angel.  On account of his splendor and beauty, however, sinful pride entered his heart and he desired to exalt himself above God; this sinful pride manifested itself in rebellion.  Not only did sin enter into the heart of Satan, but sin also entered into the heart of a third of the angels; they too followed him in rebellion.  Because of their sin, they lost their place in heaven and were cast to earth.  Presently, as they await their final place of judgment in the lake of fire (a place created for them in the outer darkness), they

do everything they can to hurt mankind.  As enemies of God, they delight in hurting us, trying to get us to turn our backs on God as they did.¹

In the beginning, when God created our first parents Adam and Eve, they too chose self above God; they too fell into sin.  Due to this, death, through sin, came to all of mankind.²  Why? Because each and everyone of us (with the exception of Christ Jesus) is born in sin, we inherit a sinful nature from our first parents Adam and Eve; it's passed down through procreation from generation to generation.  And due to our inherited sin, we are born spiritually dead.³  If this problem is not corrected in this life, it will be carried over into the next.⁴  If it is, if it is carried over, we will experience what God refers to as the second death (separation from Him for all eternity in the lake of fire with the fallen angels.) ⁵

Although sin and death came to all of mankind through the sin of Adam in the Garden of Eden, God has provided a way whereby each and every one of us might be reborn spiritually alive.¹  If we are, we will spend eternity with God.²  If not, we will spend eternity in the lake of fire separated from Him.³

Located just outside of Jerusalem is a ravine that was known as the "valley of Hinnom."  It was a terrible place where pagan deities were worshiped; a place where children were sacrificed to the pagan god Molech.⁴  Eventually this ravine became a place where the refuse of Jerusalem was dumped; a garbage dump that burned continuously.  It became a graphic picture of the final abode of both fallen angels and the unredeemed of mankind; a place of unquenchable fire.⁵

Not only is the lake of fire described as a place of unquenchable fire, but it is also described as a place of extreme torment.  It's a place located away from the earth (in the outer darkness) where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.⁶  It's the place where fallen angels and the unredeemed of mankind (the unsaved) will spend all eternity separated from God and others.⁷ 

THERE'S HOPE:

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