Revelation to John
Revelation Chapter 21
- And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
- And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- And I heard a great voice out of
heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell
with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them,
and be their God.
- And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying,
neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
- And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
- And He said unto me,
It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be My son.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their
part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second
death.
Whether you choose to believe in a physical Hell is up to you dear reader. Here is what Billy Graham has said:
The only thing I could say for sure is
that Hell means separation from God. We are separated from his
light, from His fellowship. That is going to be Hell. When it
comes to a literal fire, I don't preach it because I'm not sure
about it. When the Scripture uses fire concerning Hell, that
is possibly an illustration of how terrible it's going to be-not
fire but something worse, a thirst for God that cannot be quenched.
(Time magazine, 1 1-1 5-93)
Here is what Pope John Paul said in 1999
