Hell Judgment and Salvation - are they eternal?

Is “hell” a real place? Some say yes, others say no. Does it matter what people say about it? In the end – not so much. If you’re walking with the LORD now you will make the transition to eternity with Him anyway so it’s a moot point really. People who are living according to their own lusts, be they carnal or religious, and pay no mind to whether they are in a personal relationship with Jesus will make the transition into eternity without Jesus and His sacrifice. It all comes down to identity and which family you’re in.

As for hell itself there are many misunderstandings about it. We recently received an email from a person who asked us to clarify what the Bible says about it so here it is. It may not be pretty but hopefully it will make sense to you when you’re finished reading this.

There are many things God (YHWH) cannot do. He cannot lie, for example. In fact He can’t be anything but perfect. Accordingly He demands perfection from all of us. God is a perfectionist. He is the only personality for which perfection is even remotely possible and He achieves it 100% of the time.

God gave humanity no less than three opportunities to become perfect. Following the “fall” from perfect standing with God in the garden Adam was essentially told “alright, you think you can do your own thing, go ahead and try it.” The result was that everyone turned to evil and God was forced to wipe the earth clean and start over with eight remaining souls.  

Out of the seed of those eight one was chosen to be an example; an example of what it takes to be perfect – faith that God will provide. Abraham walked by faith with God and trusted Him. He is the father of faith.

Following this God gave the law and, essentially, challenged them again. “Go ahead” He seemed to be saying. “Try this on for size”. He handed the law over to Moses; a law they would not be able to keep (Acts 15:10). It is because of this that it could never be said that God simply didn't give humanity enough time to become "good" people. The result from giving man the law (through the Jews though anyone could become a Jew) was that it simply exposed the cancer that had grown in the hearts of men when the disease was first introduced into our existential DNA by Adam. Like a spiritual x-ray machine it exposed the fallen nature of humanity.   

Hidden in plain view, however, was a theme of redemption which pointed ultimately to the redeemer Himself. Once a year the High Priest would lay the sins of the people on an animal and send it out into the desert to die – a symbol of their inability of last even one year without loading up with imperfection (Lev 16).

Then along comes Jesus – the perfect one. The sins of the entire world were laid on Him. Once and for all the sin problem was dealt with and God no longer sees the people’s sins. He only sees family membership.

Everyone is born on their way to hell, friends. This is because we are all born with Satan as our father and hell as our destiny. It is only through adoption out of Satan’s family that we are reckoned children of God and rescued from a destiny which ends in a lake of fire and embraced as sons and daughters of the Most High.

So then, is hell a forever place of torment? The short answer is no. It is not. Hell is a place of triage currently – a holding place for people awaiting judgment (Rev 20:13). Following this judgment hell will be tossed into a perpetual lake of fire (Rev 20:14).

So we can’t go back through the Bible and conclude that judgment and punishment is not eternal based on what it says about hell. We have to know the heart and character of God based on righteousness and what that means eternally. Since even hell itself will be thrown into this eternal lake let’s take a good look at what the Bible tells us about eternal existence with, or apart from, God and His protection.

Some people have dismissed the eternal nature of the afterlife saying that God loves everyone and all will be saved. Others have embraced the belief that punishment is not eternal saying that God will annihilate the wicked and they will simply disappear into a vapor, or something.

Yet when Jesus said “And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.” In Matthew 25:46 He seemed to be directly confirming the words of the angel who told Daniel “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.” Daniel 12:2

Daniel was being taught the resurrection of the dead at the time of the end; a time when everyone gets an immortal body which will be judged.

John 5:28  Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,29  And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

Currently God is not counting men’s sins against them. Jesus paid the price for all sin (1Jn2:2). In order to understand this you have to understand that sin was the problem and Jesus took care of that problem. He blasted the lock off the door to the adoption agency (Gal 4:5) and became perfection which satisfied the righteousness of God. Now it can be said that whosoever “will” may come (Rev 22:17). 

Sin is no longer the issue. Now we can all be adopted out of Satan’s family and into God’s family. This is why Peter was rebuked for his views on the unclean nature of the Gentiles (Acts 10). Sin became evident through the law but grace through the cross made sin powerless against the ability of God to save anyone who comes to him – Jew or Gentile – it makes no difference. We have a new covenant (Heb 12:24)... a new deal, friends.

So – is the lake of fire experience a forever thing? Jesus confirmed this in Matthew 18:8. But He also confirmed in Matthew 19:29 that salvation is a forever thing as well. Ultimately it comes down to identity. To whom do you belong? As long as you have breath and a heartbeat it is not too late to take part in the adoption process. The death rate on planet earth is one per person. You will spend eternity somewhere – and you’ll know it.

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

Revelation 22:17

Which Candidate Is A Christian? Obama A Christian? Carl Gallups and Franklin Graham Weigh In!

PPSIMMONS Slams Atheist Site Rationalwiki on Erroneous Posting

Rationalwiki, an atheist information website designed to be a storehouse providing users with material to refute religious arguments, has a page dedicated to PPSIMMONS. The information contained on this page is so stupendously wrong that it simply could not go unanswered. Here is our response. We are simply going to quote their points about PPSIMMONS and then correct them with the proper information. Following that we will detail why we felt this was important to do. Here goes.

This is the very first sentence: "PPSIMMONS, whose real name is Pastor Carl Gallups"

Our response: Wrong! PPSIMMONS is a moniker. There is not a single person who makes up the PPSIMMONS ministry. Carl Gallups is a major contributor who lends his voice to the videos and does much of the work on Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic studies but he is not PPSIMMONS. We have people working with this ministry from around the world.

Next erroneous point: "He believes in Satan and fears witchcraft."

Our response: Wrong! Neither Carl Gallups nor anyone else at the ministry fears witchcraft. We fear exactly nothing. In fact it could be more accurately stated that witchcraft fears us. When we walk into a room the witches tremble. We have no reason to fear witches because witchcraft must bow to the infinitely more powerful Holy spirit of God who lives in us.

Next: "often calls Obama the anti-Christ"

Our response: Wrong! We have never called Obama the Antichrist. Our video titled "Who is PPSIMMONS" explicitly states that the PPSIMMONS ministry has never said that Obama is the Antichrist. We present the evidence and leave it up to the viewer to decide.

Next: "and believes that global warming is a hoax"

Our response: Wrong! The globe warms and cools in predictable, regular cycles we like to call "seasons". We do, however, believe that anthropogenic global warming (man made) is unproven science and appears to be a profit-driven scam.

Next: "censors and blocks people for simply disagreeing with him"

Our response: Wrong! We block people for foul language, rudeness, and disrespect; not toward us only but toward others also. The atheist community has morphed into a disrespectful and foul society - especially on youtube which is why we will quite often be forced into simply shutting down comments all together. We have over 300 videos, many of which still have the comment sections wide open and with many respectful comments which just happen to disagree with us.

Next: "All negative comments, criticisms, and corrections are erased as if they never existed"

Response: Wrong! Again - we only remove comments or block people for rudeness, foul language, or disrespect - all common traits among youtube atheists.

Next: "giving Gallups the appearance of being smart"

Response: Carl Gallups is very smart but that fact is irrelevant. He is but a piece to a larger puzzle. There are many intelligent people involved in this ministry.

Next: "refuses to allow video responses"

Response: Wrong! An actual visit to the many videos we have will refute that entirely. We do however disallow responses which contain foul language so if one is not permitted that is the most likely reason. If all atheist video responses are disallowed it can only be the result of failing to meet the language requirements.

Next: " He thinks evolution made women weaker and targets for abuse"

Response: Wrong! Since we do not have any reason to believe in microbe-to-man evolution we could not possibly believe that it has any consequences affecting anyone. Having said that, however, it would be accurate to say that the theory of evolution demands that women be oppressed by men since men are physically stronger and in many cases emotionally stronger and from a purely natural perspective men can and would rule the women, use them for breeding and pleasure, and force their submission. The Bible does not support this and quite honestly neither do most women.

Next: "Christianity has suppressed women and their rights for centuries"

Response: Wrong! Jesus was the great liberator of women. Paul the Apostle said the following on behalf of women in Galatians 3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. There have been men throughout history who have wrongfully abused women in the name of God but Christianity does not support it in any way shape or form.

Well that about sums it up. But why go through all this trouble? Why bother? The reason we saw this as important is because it exemplifies the greater problem with evolution teaching and atheism as a whole with its many tenets. This rationalwiki article was so full of errors that it simply begs the question - if they are so wrong on such a simple matter (simple because the truth was so easily accessible) then how much less should they be trusted on issues that really matter? By that we mean issues of eternal consequence like eternal life, transcendental realities, and salvation. If they could not get the identity of PPSIMMONS right, how could they ever get the truth about God right? Answer: they cannot. They are living in a delusion: the most closed-minded philosophical delusion facing our time.

And PPSIMMONS exists to set the record straight: that God is knowable, He loves you, and a relationship with Him is entirely possible. Email the ministry to ppsimmons@live.com today if you want to know more about how to be saved. Do it now.