. . a n a d a 1 4 5 0 9 - 0 2 - 0 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . "Reading About That Awful . . . . . . . . . . Place Has Me Worried" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Jan Ezelle . . w w w . a n a d a . n e t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We are so young... So fancy free... So dirty-minded. And hearted, of course, desiring the things of wickedness and doing the things that the demons would have us to do. But let me tell you, just the other day, I picked up a book--about lost souls who supposedly have gone to hell. So, what's the depths of hell like? I wondered. It was actually the saddest thing I ever read in my life... in fact, continuous suffering and torturing that had been revealed on these lost souls from every page constantly entered my mind--not a very pleasant sight, nor a pleasant smell of an eighty-year-old small framed woman, who the author described, suffers in the pit of hell, her skin being removed from her bones by continual flames. Only her fragile bones remain with a dirty- mist soul inside as she cries while the worms that the fire don't burn crawl inside of her. The author explained that the souls in hell were in skeletal forms with "dirty-gray mist" inside each of them. She could only tell whether they were male or female through their wailing voices coming from the mist. Some of the souls were shown as they used to be on earth, but within a matter of minutes, they turned back into their skeletal forms with shreds of flesh hanging from them as the flames engulfed them. She also told that she heard continuous thuds, souls that were falling into hell as soon as they died. There were so many, for the thudding came one right after another... The author also commented about those who thought hell was here on earth--and it is, she said, only it's in the center of the earth, shaped like a human's body. Then I supposed, for that reason, it's because of the first sin committed by man here on this earth, hell remains in the form of a human's body just to remind us of it's sinful purpose forever--and the more the lost souls enter, hell expands itself. The author mentioned too that hell was terribly dark and had the neverending smell of decaying flesh; and that, as Jesus, Who was walking with this author upon showing her this hellish den, He'd told her if one had been blind on earth, he'll be blind in hell, or if one only had only one arm on earth, he'll have one arm in hell. I then realized that hell must be an "imperfect place". The author also told of an incident where twelve dark clothed demons marched around a coffin. As they chanted and laughed, each one of the demons thrust their sharp spears into the coffin through small openings--and a cry of a man's voice came from the coffin. As he pleaded continuously to Jesus to be taken out of the place, the demons pushed their spears into the soul of this man's heart--because he was once a man of God's Word, but had gone back into sin. Jesus's eyes were filled with tears for this man, told the author, who was also crying. "Child, there are many souls in torment here, and there are many different types of torment for these souls. There is greater punishment for those who once preached the Gospel and went back into sin, or for those who would not obey the call of God for their lives," Jesus told her. As I continued reading this book, I'd gathered that whatever a lost person's desire is here on earth, or whatever he does the most in his life, becomes his punishment in a horrifying way--an eternal reminder that he should've changed his ways for Jesus Christ while he was alive here on earth... torture took place for the lost such as that of another man's cry while the demons took his bones apart, taking them to different areas of hell and later playing treasure hunt with them. Such punishment existed of that of lost souls that had engaged in unnatural sex acts were crying out in regret while they were in chains, swimming around in the bottomless river of fire as their bones blackened. The demons had them chained together as they flowed down this fiery river, the author wrote. The Lord explained to her that chain after chain, they are linked together because they desired the flesh of their own kind, animals, close relatives, prostitutors, as well of those who have committed adultery or engaged in sex before marriage. According to the author, Jesus classified these acts as unnatural-- "young girls and boys were led into these acts, calling it love, but in the end it was sin and death, doing that which is unnatural and defiling the marriage bed." There was even great punishment among those who had attended church regularly, but failed to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, repent from their sins and obey God's command. His greatest commandment is to love one another, and there were souls that had hatred hearts in hell--including racists. Punishment had been declared on those who took their own lives or someone else's. "Thou shalt not kill," the Lord God says, and before I even think of committing suicide, I must realize that the Lord God is my Maker--my life belongs to Him which should be in His Hands, not mine. Oh, I could go on and kill myself. Many times I have thought of doing it... just to get my life over and done with... who cares, you know? But then I realized if I chose to do it, my body will become like a shell, but I will remain alive. My spiritual being and emotion will never die--and then my judgment by the Almighty would cast me into the existence of darkness with the others who are doomed forever. Jesus became my answer which gave me all the more reason to live... punishment had been declared on those who took pleasure in anything wicked or evil such as practicing witchcraft, conversing with demons, magic, or any other of the sort, or on those who took pleasure in other things that took place in their lives instead of Christ (idolatry). Smotherless flames continued spreading among those who couldn't forgive someone, or another nation... those who have rebelled against and attacked their parents and local authories, curse and swear, cheat and mistreat others, drunkards, liars, thieves; those who are greedy, slanderers, robbers, kidnappers... and these souls of unrighteousness have a feeling of intense loneliness, the author wrote. Memories of their lives here on earth stay with them forever while they're in torture. They remember their loved ones, and the day they refused Jesus' call. The author said that there were other things in hell too horrible to write... some of us don't realize how bad hell really is. And we don't have to know, because the Good News is that God loves us--He loves YOU. He doesn't want anyone to go there. People have said that God loves them and they don't believe He'll send them to hell... but people don't realize He's not sending them to hell. People have gone there by their own choices--by not accepting Jesus Christ into their hearts and lives. If we have any stains (sin) on us, we are doomed to that awful den! Because God hates those stains. He doesn't allow sin in His Kingdom, for He turns His face from it (from us). But because He sent His Beloved Son to die on the cross for us and if we believe and receive Him as our Lord and Savior, our eyes will never look upon that terrifying place of torment. He tells us in Isaiah 1:18 for us to come and talk this over with Him and that no matter how deep our stains are, He can take it out and make us clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if we are stained as red as crimson, He can make us white as wool! And if we--you accept Him, asking for forgiveness of your stains (sin), you'll be given eternal life with Him... The author, Mary Kathryn Baxter, has been visited by Jesus, the Lord, Who appeared to her in dreams, visions and revelations. She has been shown the depths, degrees, levels and torments of lost souls in hell. She wrote that Jesus said to her, "I want you to write a book and tell of the visions and of all the things I reveal to you. You and I will walk through hell together. Make a record of these things which were and are and are to come. My words are true, faithful and trustworthy. I Am That I Am, and there is none beside Me." In the book, "A Divine Revelation of Hell," reported that ministers, leaders, and saints of the Lord speak very highly of Mary Kathryn and her ministry. She has also received visions of heaven, the tribulation period and the end times and has written, "A Divine Revelation of Heaven," revealing wonderful news! Yeah, many of us might be skeptical about this author's visits and visions... but I've discovered that God said in the last days, He'd pour out His Holy Spirit upon mankind, to His servants, sons and daughters, revealing them dreams and visions... (Acts 2:17-18). So I must ask, "What can you lose by believing? Believing in Jesus--rather than spending eternity in that awful place? If you died today, where would you be? For the sake of your very soul, where would you be?" For God so loved the world (you) that He gave His Begotten Son and whosoever believeth on Him shall never perish, but have everlasting life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world (you), but to save the world (you) through Him. Whosoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whosoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the Name of God's One and Only Son. (John 3:16-18). . . w w w . a n a d a . n e t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . anada 145 by Jan Ezelle (c)2000 anada e'zine . . . w w w . a n a d a . n e t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .