Counsel #4 — Nature Of Hell
Picture: Counsel #4 — Nature Of HellCFL 86.1
Hellfire is literal, not metaphorical.CFL 86.2
“’Behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, and all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘that will leave them neither root nor branch… You shall trample the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this,’ says the LORD of hosts.” Malachi 4:1, 3 NKJV “UponCFL 86.3
“Fire comes down from God out of heaven. The earth is broken up. The weapons concealed in its depths are drawn forth. Devouring flames burst from every yawning chasm. The very rocks are on fire. The day has come that shall burn as an oven. The elements melt with fervent heat, the earth also, and the works that are therein are burned up. Malachi 4:1; 2 Peter 3:10. The earth's surface seems one molten mass—a vast, seething lake of fire. It is the time of the judgment and perdition of ungodly men— “the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.” Isaiah 34:8.” Ellen White in The Great Controversy,p. 672CFL 86.4
Reflect: Is your motivation to be in heaven driven by escape from hell, or a desire to be with Jesus?CFL 86.5
