Before you start telling us how we're going to hell unless we believe in the divinity of Jesus, are you ...

Question

...prepared to tell us our deceased loved ones, who also didn't believe, are already in Hell?

After all, if your claim applies to the living, it applies to the dead as well.

And before you tell me that it is not for you to judge, explain Revelations 21:8 and why you do not share in the judgment your god made manifest in that scripture.

Answer 1

Yes, sadly, our loved ones who did not accept Jesus during their lifetimes are in Hell.

Believers are judged for their sins at the time they are Born Again (Saved); after that, they never again face this judgement. Therefore, Revelation 21:8 only applies to unbelievers; the reward for believers is explained at Rev. 21:6b-7 and reads: "I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son."

Peace.

Answer 2

Yes it applies to the living and the dead. Those who died before Jesus came will be called first and caught up in the clouds before the rapture and the righteous shall be raptured. This will be the first judgement.The sea shall give up it's dead and the earth shall give up it's dead and all shall be judged by the good of their works. The ones before Jesus came will be given leniency through Jesus but will have to have lived largely by GOD's laws as according to the OT. The NT saints or dead will be judged next according to their faith. The one's who are left behind and are killed or die during the tribulation shall be judged after Satan has been chastised before all and cast into the pit.If the left behind ones repented and believed in Jesus and refused the mark of the beast will enter heaven. Those who did not will be cast into the pit with satan. Therefore since I am not GOD I have no idea where you or your relatives will be because I cannot judge your heart or your works worthy or not. And I never knew your ancestors so the same applies.

Answer 3

If you are afraid of going to hell, do something about it and accept Jesus as your Savior and his father as your God.

I don't know, maybe God gives deceased nonbelievers another chance to accept him...

You can't tell me that all these people that have lived before us ( our founding fathers from which our country was built on Christian belief) ( our currency has In God We Trust on EVERY SINGLE PIECE) and are living now are all wrong; there has to be something else. Science only goes so far, then comes God. How did the universe come to exist? It just wasn't there for all time...it had to be created, just like everything else. Who else BUT God could have possibly created something so vast and endless? I am sure you might try to come up with some things to go against this to ease your mind, but let it go and believe. Anything you can come up with is reaching too far. Don't be afraid. And don't try telling me you arent afraid of what is going to become of you when you are dead. To me, it sounds much more fun to have a heavenly place to go than to just be in nonexistance buried in the ground. Much more comforting, also, I would think. What do you have against believing in something higher than yourself? I would really love to know.

Answer 4

Personally I believe that you will still go to heaven unless you are an evil minded sob and have sinned against not only God but your fellow man kind. All evil deserves to end up in one place at their very end and that place is hell.
Jesus knows that not every living soul believes the same as his neighbor so Jesus won't judge each of us the same either. This is why Jesus is known as all forgiving and I do mean all forgiving.
You don't really have to believe in Him per-say but to be a fair, loving, and non evil soul here then that will clear the way for your soul in heaven.
This is how I believe it to be and what I truly think for those who are non-believers in Jesus.

Answer 5

I am prepared to tell you whatever you would like to know about My personal relationship with God. I have read your questions and answers before and I think you are getting closer to what you are looking for.
That said.
The way I read the Bible we will all pass before Jesus after we die. This is good news. If you passed in front of some of my Brothers and Sisters in Christ you and me and all those before you may not make it :).

We will Judge after we can see all the facts. As long as we are here I think we see things dimly at best.

God bless ya.
Keep asking the hard questions. This is life and death dude.

Answer 6

Unfortunately, I will tell you about my relatives that according to the Bible are in Hell. This includes my father.
I do not judge, the Bible does through God. Therefore, the scripture to which you referred, condemns people now living and people having lived!

Answer 7

and why are threats of hell used more often than love or kindness? regardless of what point is being made, i tend to shut out a person who is trying to scare me into thinking what they think. the only situation that tactic works is with children: if you don't listen to me, then i'm calling the policeman.

it's insulting to be spoken to that way. even Jesus was supposed to have spoken reasonably to people when he converted or explained something.

Answer 8

rev.21;8 it is GOD's jugement on unbelievers, we don't do the judging GOD does.and has far as the ones who are already died their fate is sealed. read matthew12;36 read colossians 1;15 the whole thing. there is a story in the bible about a poor man and a rich man named lazrus. they both die the poor man is in heaven and the rich man is in hell. he ask GOD to please get word to his brothers who were unbelievers that heaven and hell is real and he didn't want his brothers to go to hell. then he ask for a drop of water and was deined it. one thing i find amazing in that story is that the man never argued about where he was cause he knew he had a chance to choose and he made his choice. once you die you can not change your fate. there is no forgiveness in hell. ...if a fellow brother or sister in the LORD is going to answer this ,please tell this person where in the bible this story is in . thanks

Answer 9

Whats done is done. No matter how hard we try we can not change the past.
What is important is here and now.
Why concentrate on the negative (only bitters the soul) concentrate on the positive...With Jesus as your savior and Lord you will have eternal paradise.

Answer 10

GOD is telling the murder,s and whoremonger,s and sorcerers and idolaters and liars will die and go to hell if they do not change there evil ways. and we are not to judge, GOD has already told us what is to come. GOD is wonting these evil people to change their ways.