I like to send e-cards. It amazes me the number of different holidays that have been concocted over the years to “celebrate.” I was looking through 123greetings.com and found a card under the heading of “You Are Special.”
http://www.123greetings.com/love/you_are_special/heaven_will_not_be_a_heaven.html
The text of the card reads:
If I am in Hell and you are in Heaven,
I’ll always look up and be proud of you!
But if I were in Heaven and you were in Hell,
I’ll beg God to send me to Hell as Heaven won’t be a Heaven without you!
I Love U!
WHAT A HORRIBLE MESSAGE THIS CARD SAYS!!!
Number One: Hell is not place I would wish upon anybody! Everyone that does not know Jesus Christ as their Saviour will end up in Hell — not for a short time; not for an unknown amount of years until your sins have been burned off; but they will be there for an eternity!
Revelation 20:10-15 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever (11) And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. (12) And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. (13) And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. (14) And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. (15) And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Note that in verse 10 that the torment will be for ever and ever. There is no purgatory and there is no escape. Read Luke 16 and the true story of Lazarus and the Rich man — that rich man is still in Hell today.
Number Two: Those lost souls in Hell will not be looking up into Heaven and “be proud” of anyone! They will weep and wail and gnash their teeth in anguish and torment.
Matthew 13:49-50 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, (50) And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
These lost souls will be in eternal torment and will not be looking up to Heaven. During the Tribulation unrepentant men will have the judgments of God upon them and they will still refuse to repent!
Rev 16:9-11 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. (10) And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, (11) And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
If they were not willing to repent and come to Christ while they still had a chance, they certainly will not speak kindly while in Hell.
Number Four: Nobody who has come to Jesus Christ for salvation and repented of their sins will desire to go to Hell. Furthermore, Heaven is not Heaven because of my friends or relatives. Heaven is Heaven because of Jesus Christ. There is no other reason to desire to be in Heaven than to see Him and be with Him and worship Him. Yes, it will be nice to see friends and relatives — but it will be immensely better to see Jesus Christ.
This card shows the world’s view of Heaven and Hell and it is a very distorted vision of them both. If you do not know Jesus Christ as your Saviour, please humble yourself and come to Him today. Please read the “One Needful Thing” page on this website.
Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.