1. "literal" hell and heaven?
Is hell a hot furnace? Is heaven a cloudy place with harps and golden streets? The Bible says little about the physical attributes of either place. The book of Revelation pictures heaven as a praise-filled city with streets of gold and pearly gates. Revelation uses these images to communicate the ideas of beauty and fellowship with God. Revelation also refers to the devil and evil people being destroyed in a lake of fire. Jesus Himself spoke of the fire of hell--the idea being that the person apart from God is in agony. Is it a "literal" fire? That question misses the point. The point is that the person who chooses to separate himself from
God is in the worst possible circumstance.
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