Rational Proof of the Existence of Hell

1. Does total justice exist in the world today?

                        No. People are robbed, cheated, starved, tortured and killed. Many of their tormentors get away with murder all their lives. That's not justice.

                        Good people sometimes suffer terrible deaths. Some die an inch at a time from cancer, while some very wicked people die painlessly in their sleep. Where's the justice in that?

                        Adolph Hitler was responsible for the deaths of 50 million people. Could he possibly have been punished sufficiently on this earth? Hitler was so afraid of suffering that he shot himself to guarantee a quick and painless death, and then bit down on a cyanide capsule just in case. Mao Zedong murdered 25 million Chinese when he came to power in 1949 and millions more afterward. Josef Stalin murdered 30 million Ukrainians by starvation, besides millions more who were shot, worked to death, or frozen to death. Both Mao and Stalin died peaceful deaths. If they had been arrested and punished as much as we could punish them, how could justice possibly be done to these men? That is impossible in this life, but not in the next life. Total justice does not exist in this life.

            2. God is just.

            “He will judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.”[i]

            “Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.” [ii]

            “The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.” [iii]

            “But the LORD Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy by his righteousness.”[iv]

            “And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly.  . . “However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?" [v]

            3. When will justice be done?

            Justice is not done in this life, so it must be after this life. How many lifetimes would it take to punish Hitler for 50 million deaths? Stalin for another 50 million? Mao Zedong for another 50 million?

            Logically, if justice will be done, it will be after this life. That fits with the Biblical doctrine of hell, and of proportionate punishment for the wicked and proportionate reward for the righteous.

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[i] Ps.s 72:2.

[ii] Ps.s 89:14.

[iii] Ps.s 103:6.

[iv] Isa. 5:16.

[v] Luke 18:7.

Can We Qualify to Enter a Perfect Place?

How Can We Qualify

To Enter a Perfect Place?

            Imagine a far-away place that's perfect. There is no disease, no crime, and no injustice. We want to go there. But would we be allowed in?  We'd surely be screened out because we carry all kinds of bacteria, virus, and fungus that might contaminate the perfect place.

            There would be another problem. To be sure we didn't pollute the moral climate of the perfect place, the perfect place's immigration department would probably demand that we had never committed any crime or injustice.

            On the whole, we judge ourselves to be good people, with much more good than evil in us. But if the perfect place is to stay perfect, it can't take any chances.

            Our applications would be rejected. Sorry, no chance. The only way we could qualify as non-polluting would be for us to be born again, with the same personalities and the same memories and attachments of love that we now have.

            Just like the perfect place would require a miracle, so would the special, new birth.

            You guessed it. God can do it for you. He planned it all long before you were born.

            God has a perfect place for us. He calls it Heaven. But we're not fit to go there, physically or morally. We can't take anything there that deteriorates or rots. That eliminates the possibility of taking all this bacteria, virus, and fungus. It also eliminates taking this imperfect moral record as well. Our dilemma was one that only God could solve. And He did! 

            First He made a rule that if a perfect substitute took the punishment for all our wrong-doing, then our record could be clean. But where would we find a perfect substitute?  Only one being had all the qualifications of morality and strength, and that was God.

            Jesus Himself said, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16 NIV)

            So Christ makes us fit for entry into the perfect place, Heaven.

            God didn't really blame us for the bacteria, virus and fungus, but it had to be taken care of. He had a plan for that also. When it comes time for Christ's people to go to the perfect place, their bodies will all be changed, in a moment, as quick as a twinkle in your eye. Their bodies will no longer be subject to rot, will be non-contaminating, and eligible for entry into the perfect place. We don't know how God does it, but that's His department. He will do it.

            If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, trusting Him as your Lord and Savior, and committed to Him, you are a Christian, and you will want to associate with other Christians. That's what churches are for. Your local church is not a perfect place but can give you the directions.