Just two questions about heaven and hell...?

Question

Wouldnt it be more threatening to evil people if you told them that they were going to heaven for their sins instead of hell? Good people are afraid of hell, so shouldnt evil people be afraid of heaven?

Answer 1

evil is afraid of Heaven.....

Answer 2

Yes, "evil" people should be afraid of going to heaven...very good point and also the reason why I have a problem with the term "evil people"....but that's for a differant subject.

Answer 3

Funny reasonings sometimes sound as reasonable: yes they say that hell is more pleasant, because they will meet almost all of their irreligious friends and relatives. And heaven is really an unpopulated place with no work for the rare angels to do.
There is no such place called heaven and hell.
Heaven is your spiritual nearness to God right in this life; and hell is spiritual separation from Him, with no knowledge about His love and His justice.
Study religion for yourself. Your criticism based on the sayings of man will be of no profit to your own life.

Answer 4

That is a very good point. Can you imagine standing before Almighty God when you realize in your heart that you have absolutely no reason to be there and your are totally unworthy and you don't have the blood of Christ to cover all the sins you have committed. I really do think heaven would be horrendous for a lost person. Nice point.

Answer 5

Hell is not a place of eternal torment like Christendom teaches. The Bible hell is where all people go when they die. It is the common grave.
How do we know that hell is the grave? Well, we can read many verses in God's Word that assures us of that fact. Here are but a few:

Psalm 139:8--"If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there." (If hell is a fiery,hot place of torture, would the psalmist think God (Psalms 83:18) would be there ?)
Proverbs 15:24--"The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath." ( Wise & unwise people die and go to the grave (hell)
Amos 9:2--"Though they dig into hell, From there My hand shall take them; Though they climb up to heaven, From there I will bring them down." ( Can you dig into fire? No, but you can dig into the earth and God can find you no matter where you try to hide.)
Jonah 2:2--"And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice." ( The belly of the fish would have been Jonah's grave, if God had not rescued him.)
Ecclesiates 3:19,20--"For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again."
( Humans and animals go to the same place when they die)
Revelation 1:18--"I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death." (Why would Jesus need keys to hell? Because the dead do not have to stay in hell forever; they can be resurrected back to life.)
Revelation 20:13-14--"And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death." (Hell delivers up the dead, meaning a resurrection from the grave), and what happens to death & hell? They are thrown into the lake of fire, meaning total destruction.
God is love and tortures no one.
The price we pay for being born imperfect sinners is that we all die, but as seen above, our enemy death will soon be no more. --"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."__Revelation 21:4
Only a small number of people are awarded life in heaven. That is why Jesus called them a "little flock."
Those who are not anointed as heavenly ones, are called a "great crowd" and these are awarded perfection and eternal life here on earth---Psalms 37:9-11

Answer 6

Good thought provoking question! But I think evil people are devoid of rational thinking. They don''t look into the future or consequences of their actions. They just want to do what they want to do (sin), no threat seems to work. Evil is dark, good is light. The dark souls wander to the darkness full knowing they aren't privileged for a harmonious place like heaven. Like square pegs trying to fit in round holes, they just don't work.

Answer 7

Why not just say the truth, you actually don't go to heaven look at what God told adam Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are and to dust you will return.” (It says until you RETURN TO THE GROUN NOT UNTIL YOU RETURN TO HEAVEN OR HELL) and when Jehovah God told him that he also did not said you will be transfer to a world of spirits neither he just said you will return to the ground for out of it you wore taken as of the heavens look at what God said about the heavens as well psalms 115:16 As regards the heavens, to Jehovah the heavens belong,
But the earth he has given to the sons of men
Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten.

I hope that help and answer your question as well
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it did help me understand a lot of things

Answer 8

Even one sin will keep you out of heaven. God is a Holy God. God provided a way in His Son for the remission of our sins. So only those redeemed by the blood of the unblemished Lamb go to heaven.

Also to tell them what you think is smart is only telling them a lie. So why be a liar?

Answer 9

No, because we are trying to get them into Heaven not scare them away from it. I'm not afraid of Hell because I'll never experience it.

Answer 10

The devil deceives a lot of people. Satanists and worshipers of the devil are deceived in thinking that when they go to hell they will be rewarded. But i am afraid not. The devil will torture you for eternity.

The serpent deceived eve into eating the wrong apple--sin was first brought into the world. If he can deceive then he will keep on deceiving.

As for heaven believe that Jesus died on the cross to forgive our sins and repent of your sins then you will gloriously enter the kingdom of heaven.

for those who ask how do you know.....HAVE FAITH.

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Answer 11

lol good one but no the truth is the truth,,no one of course wants to hear they will go to a place like that but thier are many Christains that will not go to heaven either,,just because you are said to be Christian doesn't mean that you earn the right,,it is by grace that gets you there but we also have to do the Lord will...