A Trip To Hell?
by Sandy Simpson, 11/8/12
I
am writing this article to expose yet another “trip to hell” story making the
rounds on the web. There is a PowerPoint
presentation about it and people who get it are being urged to forward it to
ten more people. Before I get into
commenting on this story, which is quoted in full from the PowerPoint, I need
to help you understand how to discern these types of stories. One of the most important ways is to compare
what is said with what the Bible teaches, both in the actual account of hell we
have there as well as comparing it to what the Bible teaches doctrinally and
about Jesus Christ. The full text of the
PowerPoint is in red while my comments are in black.
Jesus
is not in the business of taking groups of people on tours of heaven or
hell. He is currently at the right hand
of the Father until He returns to establish His physical Kingdom on earth.
Hebrews 10:11-13 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties;
again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice
for sins, he sat down at the right hand
of God, and since that time he waits for his
enemies to be made his footstool. (NIV)
Hebrews
7:24-26 but because Jesus lives forever,
he has a permanent priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God
through him, because he always lives to
intercede for them. Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who
is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.
(NIV)
One more point to consider
regarding these kinds of stories.
Deut. 18:10-11 There shall not be found among you any
one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass
through the fire, or that useth divination, or an
observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. Or a charmer, or a consulter with
familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a
necromancer. (KJV)
If necromancy, talking to or
summoning the dead, was forbidden by the Lord for Israel, why would he violate
His own law by causing Christians to talk to the dead, and particularly in hell
where there are no dead at this point?
That would mean that Jesus is not only violating His own precepts but
also lying about the current state of the lake of fire or hell.
A TRIP TO HELL
PowerPoint Presentation
“Divine Revelations – Face To Face Encounters With Jesus Christ”
Spiritlessons.com
Together as a group, Jesus
physically visited 7 Columbian youths and then took them to Heaven and Hell.
There
is no place in the Bible where God took a group on a tour of heaven or
hell. Hell has no one in it at this
time. The Antichrist and False Prophet
will be the first to be placed there after the Tribulation (Rev. 19:20) and the
devil, his demons and unbelievers will go there after the Millennium (Rev.
20:10). Since that is the case this trip
was either a mass delusion or a false vision given by the enemy. Remember that the enemy can appear as an
angel of light in order to deceive.
2
Corinthians 11:14 And no
wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
They were shown the doom waiting for disobedient Christians, and
those whose lives are full of sin. The Lord took all of them together to hell.
Read some frightening testimonies from them. We were praying and …suddenly
around 10 am, a very powerful white light shone through one of the
windows. When the light appeared, all of
us immediately started to speak in tongues and were baptized with the Holy
Ghost. In that moment, all of us were astonished and fascinated with what we
saw. That glorious light was
illuminating the entire room. The light was much stronger than the light from
the sun. In the middle of the light, we
saw a host of angels dressed in white.
These angels were so beautiful, tall, and very good looking. In the middle of all those angels we saw
something amazing -- the figure of a Man.
This image was a special being, a man who was dressed in a very white
mantle and robes. His hair was like gold
threads. We could not see His face
because it was too brilliant. However, we saw a golden belt around His
chest, with gold lettering that said: "King of Kings and Lord of Lords ."
He was wearing pure gold sandals on His feet, and His beauty was without
equal. When we saw the presence of that
Man, all of us fell to our knees.
There
is nowhere in the Bible where Jesus is said to be wearing a golden belt with
the name “King of Kings and Lord of Lords”.
Apparently they saw the wrong locations where this is actually written.
Revelation
19:16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS
Trip to Hell
He spoke to us in very simple but powerful words. We audibly heard Him say to us, "My
little children, don't be afraid, I am Jesus of
Nazareth, and I have visited you to show you a mystery so you can show and tell
to towns, nations, cities, churches, and all places. Where I tell you to go, you will go, and
where I tell you not to go, you will not go.“ We were
so afraid that we said to the Lord, "Lord we don't want to go to that
place! Don't take us to that place
Lord! Take us out of here Lord!" The Lord answered us with a very beautiful
and compassionate voice, "This
experience is necessary so you can see and tell others."
The
Bible never says that a physical trip to hell is necessary for us to be able to
tell others about Jesus Christ or for them to believe. The Gospel message as preached by the
Apostles is what we are to proclaim.
Mark
16:15 He said to them,
“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to
all creation.
Romans 1:16-19 I am
not ashamed of the gospel, because it is
the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes:
first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
In
any case a false story about a trip to hell will definitely NOT bring people to
salvation.
Trip to Hell - Entrance to Hell
In the distance we saw something falling down, like chunks of
material. When we got closer, we saw that it was
people that were falling into Hell at that moment.
Again,
no one is in hell at this moment. There
are unbelievers in Hades awaiting judgment (Rev. 20:13) while believers are
with the Lord (Eph. 4:7-9, 2 Cor. 5:8).
People that just died on the Earth without having accepted Jesus
Christ in their hearts, they were arriving in Hell. We saw a young man,
many demons ran towards him and began
to destroy his body.
There
are also no demons in hell at this time.
Immediately his body began to
fill with worms. He shouted,
"No! What is this? Stop! I don't want to be in this place! Stop it!
This must be a dream! Take me out
of this place!" He didn't even know
that he was dead, and that he died without Jesus in his heart. The demons were making fun of him and always
tormenting his body. Then the number 666 appeared on his
forehead, and a metal plate on his chest. Even if we couldn't see the reason he came to
Hell, we knew for sure that he would never get out again.
The
Antichrist is yet to be revealed so no one would have His number on their
forehead right now. What this metal
plate is has not been made plain, but you can’t find it in the Bible.
Entrance to Hell
- The Swimming Pool of Fire
We continued walking, seeing thousands and thousands of people. There were young people, adults and elderly
people suffering in torment. We arrived
in a place that looked like a big swimming pool of fire, with thousands of men
and women inside of it. Each of them had metal plate on their
chest that read: "I am here for not giving tithes and offerings". When I read that, I asked the Lord,
"Lord, how can this be possible, that people are here for this
reason??" The Lord responded, "Yes, because these people thought that
tithes and offerings were not important, when my Word shows it as a
command." In Malachi 3:8-9
it says "Will a man rob God? Yet
you are robbing Me.
But you say, 'How have we robbed Thee?'
In tithes and offerings. You are cursed with curse, for you are
robbing Me, the whole nation of you.“ The Lord told me
that when His people withhold their tithes, it hinders the work of the Lord,
and then the Gospel is not preached.
People in this place suffered a thousand times worse than others,
because they knew the Word of the Lord and disobeyed.
Tithes
are not a requirement in the New Testament.
It is not that they are bad but they are not required as we are no
longer bound by the Mosaic Law.
Salvation is by grace alone, not by works.
Romans
11:6 But if
it is by grace, it is no longer
on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.
2
Timothy 1:9 who has saved us and called us with a holy
calling, not according to our works, but according to His own
purpose and grace which was granted
us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,
The
New Testament precept is that believers are to be free to give from their heart
with gladness.
2
Corinthians 9:7 Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or
under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
True
biblical church leadership is not to force people, under compulsion, to give
any set percentage of money. This is
what cultic churches do.
Tithes & Offering - Rogelio ignored the gospel
We continued walking and the Lord showed me a man. I could see from
his waist to his head, and I started to have a vision of how he died. His name was Rogelio. He was in his car while a person got close to
preach the gospel to him, and gave him a Bible.
But Rogelio ignored that person's warning and continued on his way,
without knowing that a few minutes later his car would crash. It fell into a precipice, and he soon died.
Rogelio in hell - Double life Christians
We continued walking with the Lord.
Upon looking at a mass of people, we noticed one man was shouting louder
than the others who were burning there.
He was saying, "Father, Father, have mercy on me!" The
Lord was not going to stop to look at this man, but when He heard the words
"Father" He shook and turned around.
Jesus
“shook”? Was Jesus afraid or angry?
Jesus looked at him and told him, "Father? You call me Father? No, I am not your Father
and neither are you my son. If you were
my son, you would now be with me in the Kingdom of Heaven. You are sons of your father the
devil." Immediately a blanket of
fire came up and totally covered his body.
The Lord told us the story of this man's life. The man called Him Father because he had
known Him. He used to go to church and
listen to God through His Word, and he had received many promises of God. So we asked, "What happened
Lord? Why is he here then?" The Lord replied, "He was living a
double life; he lived one way at home, and another at church. He thought in his heart, 'Well, there is no
one that lives close to me, not the pastor or any other brother, so I can do
whatever I want'. But he forgot that the
eyes of the Lord are set on all our ways and that no one can lie or hide from
the Lord."
The Normal Person
We continued with Jesus, holding His hand even tighter. We came to a section that really made an
impression on me. We saw a young man, 23
years old, suspended waist-high in the middle of a fire. We couldn't see exactly what his torment was,
but the number 666 was engraved on
him. He also had a metal plate
on his chest that read, "I am
here for being normal."
Again,
no one has the number 666 on them as that is the mark of the Antichrist yet to
come.
When he saw Jesus, he extended his hand towards Jesus begging for
mercy. The Word of God says in Proverbs
14:12 "There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way
of death." When we read the plate that said "I am here for being
normal", we asked the Lord, "Lord, how come!? Is this possible that a person can come to
this place for this reason?" Then
Jesus asked him, "Andrew, why are you here in this place?" He answered, "Jesus, when I was on
Earth, I thought that just killing and stealing were sins, and that is why I
never tried to get close to you."
In Psalms 9:17
it says "The wicked shall be turned into Hell, all the
heathen that forget God."
Mark Wanted 1 Minute Back on Earth
Among those millions and millions of people, the Lord allowed us to
focus on one man whose body was half-way submerged in the lake of fire. The Lord let us understand and know his
thoughts. The name of that man was
Mark. We were amazed by the things this
man said to himself, in his thoughts. We
learned an eternal lesson when we heard the following thoughts, "I would
give anything to be in your place now! I
would give anything to go back to the earth just for one minute. I wouldn't care if I were the most miserable,
most sick, most hated, or the poorest man in the world,
I would give anything to go back! Just
for one minute on the earth." The
Lord Jesus was holding my hand. Jesus
replied to Mark's thoughts saying, "Mark, why would you like to come back
to the earth even for just one single minute?" With a crying and tormented voice, he told
Jesus, "Lord! I would give anything
to go back to the earth just for one single minute simply to repent and be
saved." When the Lord heard what
Mark had said, I saw blood come from
Jesus' wounds and tears filled His eyes as He said, "Mark, it is
too late for you! Worms are set for your
bed and worms will cover you." (Isaiah 14:11) When the Lord said this to
him, he sank in the lake forever.
This
sounds like stigmata. Jesus Christ’s
healed wounds, post resurrection, are still evident in his hands, feet and side
for all eternity, but they are no longer bleeding (Luke 24:39-40). That would mean He is being crucified over
and over again as the Catholics proclaim by their unholy Eucharist (Heb. 6:6).
Watch out against Profane & Blasphemy
The Lord allowed us to see a man who was inside of one of the
cauldrons. He was upside down and the
flesh on his face was falling in pieces.
He remained watching the Lord intently; and then started to shout and
call on the name of Jesus. He said,
"Lord have mercy!
Lord give me a chance! Lord take me out of
this place!" But the Lord Jesus
didn't want to look at him. Jesus simply
turned his back on him. When Jesus did
this, the man started to curse and blaspheme the Lord. This
man was John Lennon …member of the music group "The
Beatles." John Lennon was a man who
mocked and made fun of the Lord during his life. He said that Christianity was going to
disappear and Jesus Christ would be forgotten by everyone. However,
today this man is in hell and Jesus Christ is alive!! Christianity hasn't disappeared either.
I
don’t doubt that Lennon is destined for hell since he was not a believer, but
he is not there now.
Be 100% Sure of Your
Personal Relationship with Christ
Be 100% Sure of Your
Personal Fellowship with the Holy Spirit
Come out from Sin &
Be Ye Separate - says the Lord (Rev 18:4)
I
would counsel those deluded by this demonic vision to test themselves to see if
they are in the Faith (2 Cor. 13:5). We
who are true believers and do not subscribe to false trips to heaven or hell,
need to come out from them and be separate.
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then they represent a revival of the occult.