The most prominent warning of the Bible is its teaching concerning the upcoming Judgment Day. It reveals that man’s life on earth is a time of testing to see whether or not each individual will observe God’s Will (Deut. 8:1-2). Then, after death, comes the Judgment (Heb. 9:27). Every person who has ever lived will be there (Mat. 25:32). Each will be judged whether or not the deeds which he did on earth (Eccl. 12:13-14) was in harmony with the Bible (John 12:48). Those who lived according to the Will of God will be rewarded with life everlasting, but those who lived and died with sin will go into eternal punishment (Mat. 25:46).
Hell (eternal punishment) is so horrible, one ought to do everything he can to avoid going there. It is a place of immense torment (Mat. 25:30), unquenchable fire (Rev. 20:14-15) and gnashing of teeth (Mat. 8:12). Those there will be surrounded by Satan, demons, (Mat. 25:41) and total darkness (Mat. 25:30). And, it will be forever (Mat. 25:46).
Heaven (life everlasting) is so wonderful, one ought to do everything he can to avoid missing it. In a word, it is paradise (2 Cor. 12:4). There are no more woes of pain, sorrow, tears nor death (Rev. 21:1-4). It is immortality (1 Cor. 15:53). It is unbroken joy (Rev. 21:4). It is more than anyone can imagine (Rev. 21). And, it is forever (Mat. 25:46).
No one can avoid Judgment Day. But anyone can choose one’s eternal destiny before Judgment by the way one lives while on earth.
Gary Henson