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July 27, 2023March 1, 2024

Hell Pt. 1: The Second Death

Hell is one of two eternal destinations that the Bible tells us about. Hell is called by multiple names, such as The Lake of Fire, Eternal Destruction, and The Second Death. This now begs the question, “Why is Hell called the Second Death?” Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answer in her video, Hell Pt. 1: The Second Death.

Revelation 20:14
Revelation 20:11-15
Revelation 20:6
1 Corinthians 15:35-55
Matthew 25:41
Genesis 3:4-5
Ephesians 2:1-3
Romans 6:23
Revelation 12:7-9

Hell

The Second Death

¹¹Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. ¹²And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. ¹³And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. ¹⁴Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:11-15

⁷The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. ⁸But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.

Revelation 21:7-8

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The Lamb’s Book of Life

The Lamb’s Book of Life is the final book read out of at the Last Judgment. The Book of Life has the names of all who will enter into Eternal Life written in it. This now begs several questions, but two of the most important questions are: How do you get your name written in the Lamb’s Book of Life? What happens if your name isn’t written in the Book of Life? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answer to these questions and more in her video, The Lamb’s Book of Life.

Revelation 13:8
2 Peter 3:9
Ezekiel 33:11
Exodus 12:48-49
Numbers 15:15-17
Acts 10:34-35
Ezekiel 33:11
Exodus 32:30-34
Revelation 3:5
Matthew 7:13-14
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Hebrews 12:1-2
Matthew 12:22-32
Luke 23:34
1 Corinthians 15:50-53
Luke 10:17-20
Revelation 20:15

The Lamb’s Book of Life

When Are The Names Written In It?

All the names have to be written from before the foundation of the world.

⁸ and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.

Revelation 13:8

Is This Predestination?

God says He has given us a choice. He says He even called Heaven and Earth as witnesses to this.

¹⁹I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,

Deuteronomy 30:19

Therefore, this cannot be predestination. This means that all the names of everyone who will ever be conceived must be written in the Lamb’s Book of Life from before the foundation of the world. This doesn’t mean that everyone will make it into Heaven because the majority of names will be blotted out by the Last (Final) Judgment.

⁵The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before His angels.

Revelation 3:5

¹³Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. ¹⁴For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

Matthew 7:13-14

Names Not Written in the Lamb’s Book of Life

At The Last (Final) Judgment, Jesus will open the Book of Life and check to see who’s names are written in it. All whose names are not written in the Lamb’s Book of Life will spend Eternity in Hell.

¹¹Then I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated on it. From His presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. ¹²And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. ¹³And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. ¹⁴Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:11-15

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I Never Knew You

The End Times and The Final Judgment were important topics during Jesus’ Ministry and after, during the Apostles’ ministries. Jesus, in fact, continuously warned the people of His time and ours about the dangers of sin and how it would separate us from God for all Eternity.

Jesus even went as far as to say that He would not only deny us before His Father if we deny Him before men but that He wouldn’t even know us if we chose to live in sin. But what does that mean that He never knew us? What about those who walked away from the Faith? Does that mean they were never truly saved? Join ArieRashelle as she searches The Scriptures to answer these questions in our latest video, I Never Knew You.

Matthew 7:21-23
2 Corinthians 5:16-17
2 Peter 2:20-22
Jeremiah 1:5

More “I Never Knew You” Verses

³² So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, ³³ but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 10:32-33

¹⁰Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. ¹¹The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with Him; ¹²if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He also will deny us;
2 Timothy 2:10-12

²⁴Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. ²⁵When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then He will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’ ²⁶Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ ²⁷But He will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’
Luke 13:24-27

¹⁰And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with Him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. ¹¹Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ ¹²But He answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ ¹³Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
Matthew 25:10-13

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Why Would a Loving God Send People To Hell?

I’m a good person, and I love God, so why would I go to Hell? Besides, if God is really a good and loving God, why would He even create a place called Hell? Maybe Hell is just a part of purgatory for really bad people like murderers or rapists until they’ve paid off their debt for their sin. Join ArieRashelle as she answers all of these questions and more in our video, Why Would a Loving God Send People To Hell?

1 John 4:8
Romans 5:8
Matthew 5:21-22
Mark 9:47-48
Matthew 18:34-35
Matthew 7:13-14
2 Thessalonians 1:9
Matthew 8:11-12
Matthew 25:41
Deuteronomy 30:19-20
John 15:1-6
John 14:15
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Revelation 21:8
Romans 10:9
Acts 3:19
1 Corinthians 6:11
Colossians 2:13-14

Why Would a Loving God Send People To Hell?

Why Would God Create Hell?

⁴¹Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.’
Matthew 25:41

Why Would I Go To Hell If I’m a Good Person?

We can claim to be good, but none of us are actually good. We are all flawed. We all sin because it’s in our flesh nature that we can’t overcome on our own.

¹⁸And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.”
Mark 10:18

¹⁰as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; ¹¹ no one understands; no one seeks for God. ¹²All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
Romans 3:10-12

⁹As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. ¹⁰If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
John 15:9-10

The Love of God

¹¹For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. ¹²Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. ¹³You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:11-13

³the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
Jeremiah 31:3

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.
John 3:16