Episode 194: Hell, God's Prison - Interview with Gary P. Miller

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Hell, God's Prison: Gary P. Miller Discusses the Scriptural Realities of Hell's Horrors, Episode 194

Hell is a real place, and the Bible describes it in great detail. In this episode, we take a Scriptural journey that a lost person takes when they die. Our tour guide is Gary P. Miller. Gary is pastor of Grace Harbor Church in Arlington Heights, IL. He’s authored The Way of Cain and Creation: In the Beginning, and Hell: God’s Prison. We welcome Pastor Gary back to Bible Mysteries!

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Questions for Bro. Gary:

1. What led you to write Hell: God’s Prison?
2. Your book paints the terrifying picture of the process an unrighteous soul goes through as the descend to hell. Let’s start with hell’s location; hell is beneath us, correct?
3. You present the Scriptures that describe hell as having bars and gates. This is indicative of a literal prison?
4. You describe hell as being in the center of the earth. Explain that for us, and how does this fit with the idea that some believe the earth is flat?
5. The gates of hell are called its mouth. Is this the actual entrance into the prison?
6. Explain for our listeners the different compartments in hell.
7. Is the great gulf fixed between Abraham and Lazarus the abyss or bottomless pit?
8. You explain in the book that hell also houses angels in chains. Are these not the same entities in the bottomless pit?
9. How do we know the bottomless pit housed the furnace that heats hell?
10. Let’s discuss the different occupants, past and present, of hell. There are more than just wicked men there, correct?
11. You discuss the soul having its eyes closed until death. Share what you learned about the makeup of the soul.
12. What is the east wind and why is it so terrifying?
13. Many believers find it difficult to understand that Jesus Christ literally descended into hell. Help us understand why this was necessary?
14. You write, as many believe, that when Christ ascended up to the Father, He led captivity captive and emptied Abraham’s Bosom. How do we reconcile this idea with Acts 2:34-35?

13. Your take on the worm is one I never considered before. Explain why this worm is the soul and not some hellish creature that feeds on a soul in hell?

14. Take us through the journey of the lost soul from the moment they die.

15. Explain how hell and the lake of fire differ.

16. Do you think the lake of fire exists now, or will it be created in the future?

Takeaway:

Hell is a horrible prison for the unsaved and wicked. It is a place no one should want to go and a fate that can be avoided by trusting Christ as Lord and Savior. As bad as hell is, it is not the end for the unrighteous. There will come a day when they are judged and cast into the lake of fire, which is worse than hell! People who end up in this judgment do so because of unbelief.

Links:

http://www.grace-harbor-church.org

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