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Hell is a real place, because the punishment is just as real as the judgment that precedes it. God has fixed a day in the future on which he will "judge the world with justice" by Christ, Paul informed the Athenians in Acts 17:31.

God did not hesitate in sending rebellious angels into the dense gloom below earth's surface, to be kept in their darkened state.

Where they wait for the pronouncement of their eternal fate, we are informed in 2 Peter 2:4. These perpetrators of the angelic rebellion, that left their place of origin, are being held by "eternal bonds", we read in Jude 1:6.

Christians are instructed to rescue men by snatching them away from the "fire", we see in Jude 1:23. Hell is the underworld of deep darkness and flames, where the "fire never goes out," as described in Mark 9:43. Those eternally condemned will be void of all hope of ever glimpsing the light again. Being completely "cut off"(Psalm 37:38) from the brightness of the glory of God forever, hell remains even darker still. A place of "weeping and gnashing of teeth," as described by Jesus in Matthew 8:12.

There are accounts in Scripture that reveal the reality of the wrath of God against sin and rebellion. While Israel roamed the wilderness, a most notable insurrection was referred to as "Korah's rebellion" in Jude 1:11. Korah led a host of community leaders to usurp Aaron's position as high priest, which was firmly established by the Lord. In response to their audacity, "fire came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense." The bronze incense burners held by the rebels were then lifted up out of the smoldering remains, and shaped with hammers into a covering for the alter.(Numbers 16) Since bronze represents judgment, this account should remind all men to fear the "One who can destroy both soul and body in hell," Jesus commanded in Matthew 10:28.

The "wrath of God is coming" because of homosexuality, shameless immorality, depraved passions, lustful cravings, and greed - which in itself is "idolatry," Paul wrote to the church in Colossians 3:5-6. A man must be "born again"(John 3:3) in order to avoid the judgment that will suddenly reach "those who are disobedient," as written in Ephesians 5:6. Jesus rescue men from the "coming wrath,"(1 Thessalonians 1:10) because He wants the light of God to shine on men, and keep all souls from eternal punishment in a dark dark hell.

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