In the Scripture, it states very clearly that "The Kingdom of God is within you" (Lk. 17.21). It also says that eternal life is knowing God. The Kingdom of God isn't some outward, easy to say thing. It isn't a legal satisfaction of God, but how you love Him and become like Him.
The direct correllary of this is that Hell must also be within you. The first indication of this is precisely what Heaven is. It's not some carnal torment, but something spiritual, so wouldn't eternal death be similar in nature to eternal life? The next indication is that Jesus says that there will be people who cry to him "Lord, Lord," a clear sign of belief, but will go straight to Hell (Mt. 7.21-23), they cannot cry "Lord" except by the Spirit (I Cor. 12.3). They believed and are damned.
The last evidence is that in Rev. 20.15, anyone not in the Book of Life is cast into the Lake of Fire. In Rev. 19.20 this is called the "Lake of fire and burning brimstone." Brimstone in Greek also means "divinity."
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2007-05-13
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