ITS A HEAT WAVE, NOT A HELL WAVE

                                                         
                                                                              By James Baker
 
 As I write this article, the world is experiencing more heat than usual. In Europe there are triple digits and the US has many 98 -100 degrees days.  Heat warnings have been given all week telling people to watch out for pets, neighbors and above all, leave no child or animal in a parked car.
 
Yes, it is indeed hot and I’m amazed to learn that Europe for the most part, has no air conditioning in homes and businesses. Regardless, everyone agrees that the ending of the heat wave will be a welcome relief.
 
Every year the world experiences hot weather and everybody complains.   But after a few days or weeks, it disappears the weather becomes favorable again.   And if the world keeps standing, that will happen this time as well. Gen 8.22.
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But let me tell you something that most people never think about.   If you think it's hot now.
I would like you to turn your attention from the hot weather we're having on earth and think about Hell fire.     I heard a man make a joke the other day.    He made a comment about a warm house he entered.     Once inside he told the occupants. “Wow!”  What do you have the thermostat set on?
Hell?      
 
The reply was, no; there is no such thermostat that can set a temperature call “Hell.”

Just a joke, but a powerful thought to think about.  The bible teaches dangerous information about Hell.  We need to heed its warning.    It is a place of terrible darkness where there will be weeping wailing and gnashing the teeth. It is a place that the worm or activity does not cease and the fire does not go out.  It is a place where the devil and his demons will be tortured in the fires of hell for eternity.  It is a place where the ungodly who have chosen to follow the devil will spend eternity in the flames of Hell. 
 
It will not be like our heat waves that come for a week and disappear.  This will be eternal with intense heat where the souls of those who are lost will experience that torment forever and ever. I’m listing some of the scriptures which you can read as they teach the horro of Hell. Matt 3.12.  Matt 5.22:29-30.  Matt 10.28.  Matt 13.38-42.  Matt 25.41-46. Mk 9.43-48.   Rev 20.10-15.
 
 
Hell must be avoided at all costs. Men cannot afford to go there; but many will find themselves there. Matt 7.13-14.  Spending eternity and being punished with evil people, pain, darkness, cries of despair and no hope will be for all who in up in Hell.
 
Yes’, we are experiencing weather related heat waves and they are very tough.   We get burnt by the sun and the humidity, we sweat, but all of this is temporal.  Hell is worse for it is eternity