Vengence is Mines says the Lord I will repay
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. – Romans 12:19
1. There is only two places of which you can go when you die either heaven or hell. (Matthew 25:31-34; 13:39-42)
a. All the nations will be gathered before him (2 Corinthians 5:10)
b. This world be judge including you for your deeds
2. God will judge the world based on works and deeds (Romans 2:5-6; 14:10-12)
a. Treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath
b. No one will get away with their evil
c. God is not a respector of persons (Romans 14:12)
d. Each of us shall give account of himself to God (Romans 14:12)
3. The dead go to hell or paradise but both are parts of the lower parts of the earth.(Ephesians 4:8-10)
a. Both are a holding place until the great white throne judgment (2 Corinthians 5:10)
4. Hell is a place of torment (Luke 16:23) where wicked souls have always gone and always will go until the great white throne judgment.
a. Every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
b. Everyone will be judged by Christ and some will be casted into the lake of fire.
c. The wicked will be brought out of Hell to be cast into the lake of fire for eternity. (Rev 20:7-15)
5. Torment comes from the word torture
a. Basanizo –means to be in pain (Matthew 8:6)
6. 10 Truths about Torment of being in Hell (Luke 16:23-31)
i. Remorseful after seeing the righteous clothed in glory
ii. Hatred of the evil that they have done to get themselves into hell
iii. Eternal desire for the good that would have freed them from torment
iv. Memory of lost opportunities
v. Regret over deeds committed
vi. Absolute hopelessness of escape from eternal misery
vii. Regret over their bad example in life
viii. Remorse for not spending their time, money and life towards God
ix. Fire and brimstone
x. Eternal separation from loved ones and God
7. Lake of fire is an everlasting fire(Matthew 25:41; 46; 13:39-42)
a. Hell is NOT the lake of fire. Hell is casted into the lake of fire. (Rev 20:12)
b. The lake of fire is eternal fire for fallen angels, demons, and wicked men. (Rev 20:14; Rev 21:8)
c. This is the Second Death (Daniel 12:2; Rev 2:11)
d. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
e. And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the burning fiery furnace. (Daniel 3:6)
8. Hell is like a prison or a holding place for wicked prisoners such as the devil, the beast and false prophet (Revelations 20:10)
9. There are 4 Paradise in scripture
a. Lucifer’s Eden
b. Adam’s Eden
c. Paradise under the earth
d. Paradise in third heaven
10. Paradise is NOT heaven it is one of the holding places until the great white throne judgment (Luke 23:43)
a. When Jesus died he went to Paradise (Matthew 23:43; 12:40; Ephesians 4:8-11)
11. If you endure now in this life God will repay you with Heaven (Rev. 21:1-6)
a. New Heaven and New Earth
b. All Things are new
c. Every tear wiped away from your eye
d. No longer be sorrow and anguish, or crying, or pain
e. Streets paved with gold
f. No need for sun for God is our light
g. Living in the very presence of God
12. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.