Different Degrees of Hell??

[Falla39]

I remember an old song Dad and others USED to sing. The title was "God

Leads His Dear Children Along". Chorus goes something like this.

Some through the waters, some thro' the flood,
Some through the fire, but all thro' the blood;
Some through great sorrow, but God gives a song;
In the night season and all the day long.

Blessings,

Falla39

[Esther]

Originally Posted by mfblume

A "Revelation of Hell"???

Sister please forgive me, and know I am not reflecting on you whatsoever, but only the author of that book.

I read that book, and it was the biggest pack of nonsense I ever read in my entire life. It says that hell is in the shape of a human body and that hells' compartments are along the shape of a man's legs, arms, head and torso. It said that physical portals had to be opened in order for demons to come and go from this human-body-shaped hell.

I doubt very much that devils need portals opened for them to leave a hell, any more than they require us to open windows to let them get out of our houses.

And I doubt very much that hell is shaped like a human body.

You know I don't know if what she said is truth or not. I see no benefit in her lying about it???

I know that the Messiah came and was missed because He didn't come the way they expected. Perhaps our preconceived ideas of heaven and hell or both wrong.

Personally I don't want to go find out about hell.

[OneAccord]

Originally Posted by Esther

You know I don't know if what she said is truth or not. I see no benefit in her lying about it???

I know that the Messiah came and was missed because He didn't come the way they expected. Perhaps our preconceived ideas of heaven and hell or both wrong.

Personally I don't want to go find out about hell.

I don't think the woman was lying, per se. I haven't read the book, and have no plans to, but, and if I may ask, From whence does her information come? How does she know what hell is like? By the same token, those who write books about heaven. Where do they get their information (other than the Bible)?

Most claim their information comes by vision or dream, or even what is popularly called "an out of body experience". If it is true they get their "glimpses" of the afterlife from a vison or dream, I won't question it. But, I won't take it as Gospel either.

For one reason, any revelation (vision, dream, etc) that runs counter to God's Word is false. We know that from Gal. 1. If an angel or dream tells us anything that contradicts Gods Word its false. Plain and simple.

Reason #2. Visions and dreams, as demonstrated in the Book of Revelations, are allegories that tell a story or a message. They cannot be taken literally. In Rev. 13, John had a vision of a 7 headed beast rising up out of the sea with a woman on its back. The beast represented one thing while the sea and beast represented something else. The beast was figurative of a future event. Everything in Revelations, as in dreams and visions, are symbolic messages of something God wants us to know. Jesus spoke in parables. He speaks today to us through visions and dreams, but we cannot take what are seen in visions and dreams as literal events or objects. (Joel 2) If we have a vision, or a dream from the Lord, EVERY part of the vision or dream has meaning. Those meanings are not readily apparent, but they have meaning. Don't take what she wrote as Gospel "This is the way it is". Dreams and visions are allegorical in nature and this author may have did her readers a dis-service by failing to make that clear.

Reason 3. Basing a doctrine or a belief on a "supernatural" event like a vision or dream, or even on a Voice we take to be God, is risky at best. Dangerous. Many souls have been decieved by those who build a doctrine on a vision. I could insert a name here to serve as an example, but, out of respect for the departed brother, I won't. But the warning is there: Don't accept something as Gospel Truth that is based on a vision you, or someone else claims to have had.

Reason 4. Question: Around the time this book was published, were there other similar books being published? "Glimpse of Hell", "My Vision of Heaven", "I died and woke up in heaven". Notice how someone writes a sucessful book and, all of a sudden, more people claim similar expereinces? Why is that? The answer is simple: $$$$$$. Like the latest "Lose 50 lbs of Fat in 5 Minutes doing Nothing", one book comes out, starts making money, other writers want a piece of the pie. In short: Caveat Emptor.

Hmmmmmmm....

I've heard of a message that puts a new twist on the topic at hand. What's worse than Hell? Better than Heaven?

Taking your children with you.

Originally Posted by Sheltiedad

I would like mine to be about 68 degrees... this way it is just cool enough to be brisk and put a spring in my step.

That is funny!