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Angelic
Beings
The angels are glorious beings who live in Heaven. They are God's
messengers, but are not God. You cannot pray to an angel. Jesus sends
guardian angels to watch out for people. Many people have had the special
blessing of seeing angels. Their purpose is to live and glorify God by
doing whatever He desires them to do.
Because God is a God
of love He has created all beings with free will. He does not want robots
for servants. God created Lucifer as the most beautiful and highest ranking
angel in Heaven. Lucifer means "light bearer". Lucifer coveted
the praises of God and decided that he wanted to be God.
"How you have
fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast
down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your
heart, 'I will ascent to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars
of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights
of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I
will make myself like the Most High."
Isaiah 14:12-14
By trying to elevate
himself above God, Lucifer made himself a devil. His pride was a terrible
sin against God. One third of the angels in Heaven joined with Lucifer;
by turning from God their very characters became hellish.
Hell
Hell is the eternal tragedy. It was created for Satan, and his
demons, but not for people. After sin entered the world people who are
not the children of God join these evil ones in Hell when they die on
earth.
"The rich
man also died and was buried. In Hell, where he was in torment, he looked
up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side." - Luke
16:23
Hell is described
as a place of never ending torment. It is for the hellish, people who
do not love God. It is a place of burning fire. God loved the world so
much that he gave His only Son, Jesus Christ to die for the sins of the
world. If people are so prideful that they think that they do not need
God and think that they can live by their own power, then they deceive
themselves and suffer from the same sin of Pride that was the downfall
of Lucifer. Jesus does not force anyone to believe in Him; we all have
free choice.
Hell is isolation.
People who say that they want to party in Hell with their friends do not
know what they are talking about. Hell will be the loneliest place ever.
In Revelation it is described as the second death, a terrible death. Hell
is referred to as the place of outer darkness where the light of God does
not shine. Does this sound like a fun place to party? Each person in Hell
will be someone who rejected the love of God and chose darkness.
Descriptive words
of Hell include torture or torment (Revelation 20:10), outer darkness
(Matthew 8:12; 22:13; 25:30), weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 8:12;
13:42; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30) and eternal fire (Matthew 18:8; 25:41; Jude
7).
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