Testimony of Bill Wiese – #17 

YouTube Channel: “23 Minutes in Hell (Original) – Bill Wiese, “The Man 

                                  Who Went To Hell”

Part 1

     “You know it’s interesting.

     If most of us go on a vacation.

     We check out the sights.

     The hotels.

     The restaurants.

     We do some investigation. 

     But, yet.

     Most people do no investigation.

     On where they’re going to go.

     After they die. 

     They put a great deal of effort into a short holiday.

     And, no effort into eternity. 

     Why is that?

     I believe, it’s because, most people tend to believe.

     Whatever they’re raised with.

     And, not question it.

     But, not questioning something.

     You can remain ignorant.

     Or, uninformed. 

     And, you could be on the wrong path.

     The wisest man that ever lived was King Solomon (except for Jesus).

     And, he said, in Proverbs 14:12.

     ‘There is a way that seems right unto a man.

     But, the end, thereof, are the ways of death.’

     So, if you’re here tonight.

     And, you’re not familiar with the Bible.

     And, you don’t call yourself a Christian.

     We’re here to share with you some information that will enable you to make an informed decision.

     So, we just ask that you, simply, remain open and listen.

     Mark Twain even said, ‘We’re all ignorant, it’s just about different things.’

     And, another wise man, in our world today is Chuck Missler, a Bible teacher.

     And, he said, ‘The only sure barrier to truth is to assume you already have it.’

     So, if you can remain open.

     And, this is not a message of condemnation. 

     This is simply a message of warning.

     You know, what loving parent wouldn’t warn their child, not to play, in a busy street.

     Eleven years ago, November 23, 1998, this experience happened. 

     And, when it first occurred, I didn’t really want to share it with anyone. 

     I’m a conservative person, by nature.

     And, to be identified with something, seemingly, as wild, as saying, you been to Hell was very uncomfortable for me.

     You know, you usually picture someone.

     You know.

     With wild hair.

     And, a wooden sign.

     Standing on a street corner.

     Screaming, ‘You’re gonna burn.’

     You know. 

     And, that’s what I envisioned.

     So, I didn’t want to be identified with that.

     I shared it with one close friend, two weeks later.

     And, my parents.

     Well, the close friend, asked us to come to their Bible Study and share it.

     Well, three months later, I went.

     Reluctantly.

     And, shared it.

     Well, we began getting invited to different Bible Studies.

     And, then, churches.

     And, then, some television and radio. 

     So, it started spreading. 

     For the next seven years, my wife and I, would take her two days off a week, and her vacation time, and we would travel around the country.

     Or, wherever we were invited.

     And, we did this for seven years.

     We paid our own way.

     Everywhere.

     And, we never took one dime from anybody.

     During that time.

     This was prior to the book coming out.

     And, then, about four and a half years ago.

     The publisher came to us.

     And, he asked us to write the book. 

     So, it was not something that we wanted to self promote. 

     But, I was happy to do the book.

     Because, I really wanted to put in there, the Word of God.

     So, we have over 150 verses in our first book.

     And, 250 verses in our second book.

     That tell you, everything I saw is already in the Bible.

     And, so, if you’re here tonight.

     And, say, Bill, I don’t know if I believe you.

     You know.

     Well, I’m not here to convince you to believe me.

     Or, to espouse to my experience.

     What I’m here to do.

     Is to convince you to believe the Word of God.

     That’s all that matters.

     It’s not important to believe me. 

     But, that’s why we put in all those verses of the Bible. 

     And, I’ll quote some of them along the way. 

     Can’t give them all.

     Because, of time constraints, and so forth.

     But, that’s what’s important for all of us to believe.

     You might ask, Bill, how do you know this wasn’t just a bad dream? 

     Well, three reasons.

     But, just to give you one quickly.

     On the way back from this experience, I had viewed my body lying on the floor. 

     This was not a near death experience.

     This was an out of body experience.

     That comes under the classification of a vision, in the Bible.

     You remember in 2 Corinthians 12:1, 2, when Paul was caught up into Heaven, in a vision. 

     He said, 'Whether in the body or, out of the body he didn’t know.' 

     Well, the Lord just happened to show me that I left my body.

     So, that’s how I know it wasn’t just a bad dream.

     Then, there were two other reasons  but, that was the first reason.

     And, on the way back, I was traveling back with the Lord, which I will tell you about.

     But, I John 4:18 says, 'Perfect love casts out fear.'

     So, I had no fear, whatsoever, being with the Lord. 

     But, when He left and I came back into my body.

     The memories and thoughts of Hell flooded back into my mind. 

     And, I immediately started screaming. 

     And, my body.

     I felt, was dying.

     You cannot even live in this body with the memories of Hell. 

     It is that severe. 

     You will, literally, die of fright. 

     And, I started screaming.

     And, went into a traumatized state. 

     And, my screams woke up my wife. 

     So, I wanted her to share with you how she found me.

     Certainly. 

     This happened November 1998.

     And, Bill and I had been Christians for quite a while. 

     We never studied the topic of Hell.

     We never entertained dark movies.

     We actually only thought about Hell as this is a place that’s hot and we’re glad we weren’t going there, as Christians.

     We went to bed. 

     It was a Sunday night. 

     We had a prayer meeting.

     And, we went to sleep. 

     It was about eleven, eleven-thirty. 

     And, I woke to screams coming from our living room. 

     And, the first thing I did.

     Is, I looked at our digital clock which read, 3:23.

     Now, Bill had gotten up in the middle of the night. 

     It was 3 a.m. 

     And, that’s where the 23 minutes in Hell, comes from.

     And, I proceeded down the hallway.

     And, I found my husband in a state that I have never, ever seen him in.

     Anyone, who knows Bill.

     Knows he is calm.

     Conservative. 

     He has a very peaceful nature. 

     So, to see him in this state was extremely shocking.

     And, he began to scream and cry out.

     ‘Pray for me. 

     Pray for me. 

     The Lord is taking me to Hell!’

     And, I know it sounds strange.

     But, when he said that, I actually felt a peace inside.

     Because, I knew, he wasn’t having a heart attack.

     Or, physically dying. 

     And, I began to pray for him.

     And, the Lord very, very graciously.

     Took away the horror.

     And, the fear.

     From his mind.

     But, left the memory of what had happened.

     So, he could share his story.

     Giv’em Hell, Honey.

     My wife is even more beautiful, on the inside.

     So, I’m a blessed man. 

     I married way over my head.

     But, praise God. 

     God is so into the miracle business.

     Amen.

     I just want to explain a couple of things before I get in to what happened.

     A few questions you might have.

     Some people said, Bill, what about in Luke 16.

     The rich man said to Abraham.

     Could you send back Lazarus to warn my brothers of this place. 

     And, Abraham said, even, if, one came back from the dead.

     They would not be persuaded. 

     So, Bill, why would God send you? 

     I’ve been asked that question.

     Well two reasons.

     I don’t fit that scenario. 

     Number one, I wasn’t dead. 

     So, I’m not coming back from the dead.

     This was a vision. 

     And, number two.

     I’m not telling anyone to look at me.

     And, be persuaded. 

     I’m just a signpost.

     To point people to the Scriptures.

     Okay. 

     And, number three.

     How can a Christian see Hell? 

     Only, in a vision.

     Can a Christian see Hell?

     And, if you remember in Ezekiel, Chapter 8 and Chapter 3.

     Ezekiel had a vision, where he was picked up by his hair.

     And, he was carried through Jerusalem. 

     He was told to eat.

     It became bitter in his stomach. 

     He wept.

     He conversed.

     He was told to dig through a wall. 

     My point, in bringing those things out, is.

     In a vision, you can experience the same things.

     That you could in your physical body. 

     So, in a vision, you can enter into a spirit body.  

     I Corinthians 15:44, talks about a natural body and a spirit body. 

     And, just like he ate.

     And, it became bitter in his stomach. 

     The same with John in Revelation 5:5 and 10:10.

     He was caught up into Heaven. 

     So, you can travel in a vision also. 

     Genesis 15:5.

     Abraham was brought forth abroad. 

     And, many other examples, I could give you.

     So, you could travel.

     And, it’s just as real as it would be in your physical body. 

     And, in Job 7:14, says, ‘You scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions.’ 

     So, you can have a terrifying vision.

     Isaiah 21:2.

     He was given a grievous vision. 

     And, in Job 4:14.

     Eliphaz was given a vision that caused his bones to shake. 

     So, you can have a grievous.

     Terrifying.

     Bone-shaking vision.

     Okay.

     So, this was at least one of those. 

     So, you might ask, Bill.

     But, I’m a Christian. 

     I’m not going to Hell. 

     Why do I need to hear about it?

     Now, I just want to give you, quickly, three reasons. 

     Number one.

     When you understand how severe Hell is.

     You’ll be much more appreciative of your own salvation.

     From what you were saved from. 

     Many Christians, in churches today, have down played the topic of Hell.

     And, said, well, it’s not really a place of torment. 

     It’s not really a geographical location. 

     It’s maybe just a state of the mind. 

     It’s maybe just a separation from God.

     As, if, that wasn’t a big deal.

     Which we’ll find out.

     It is. 

     And, a lot of Christians even believe in Annihilationism.

     A teaching that says that if you deny Jesus.

     When you die.

     You, simply, cease to exist. 

     Well, that is not true.

     We have many Christians that write us.

     And, tell us that. 

     And, it’s just wrong teaching.

     But, Jesus said.

     Remember, in Matthew 25:46.

     ‘These shall go into everlasting life.

     And, these, shall go into everlasting punishment.’ 

     He used the same word.

     Ionios, for 'everlasting.'

     So, just as Heaven is eternal.

     So, is Hell.

     And, He said the same thing in John 5:29.

     Mark 16:16.

     Daniel 12:2 explains that. 

     But, just to give you two more Scriptures.

     There’s about thirty I could give you.

     But, two that prove there is not Annihilationism.

     Revelation 20:13-15

     Revelation 14:10,11. 

     And, no time to really read all those.

     But, you can check those out.

     And, that, absolutely, refutes Annihilationism.

     So, you will be much more appreciative.

     Though, of what you were saved out of. 

     So, thankful.

     That we don’t have to go to this place.

     Number two.

     It will cause you to walk more in the fear of the Lord.

     You know.

     There’s a lack of the fear of the Lord in the church today. 

     You know.

     Many Christians live compromised lifestyles.

     They live in sin.

     And, they feel comfortable living in sin.

     Because, there’s a lack of the fear of the Lord.

     And, Psalms 89:7 says.

     ‘God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints.'

     And, the word fear.

     There is the word, eros.

     That means, to shake in terror. 

     So, how many of us.

     Really shake in terror.

     Over the Lord?

     And, Moses.

     He shook.

     And, quaked.

     Exceedingly.

     And, he was called, a friend of God. 

     So, how much more us?

     You say but, Bill, what about crying out, Abba Father, Daddy Father? 

     Yes, we are to be able to call that out.

     And, call Daddy, Father.

     But, first we have to have a healthy, reverential fear of Almighty God.

     Because, God hates sin.

     And, there is a punishment coming on sin.

     And, to live in sin.

     And, compromise.

     You should not feel comfortable doing that.

     Mark 9:47.

     Jesus said, ‘If your eye offends thee.'

     The word, offend, means.

     To cause you to sin.

     He said, 'Pluck it out. 

     It’s better for you to enter into life, maimed.

     Than into Hell fire.’

     Jeremiah 32:40 says.

     ‘I will put My fear in their hearts that they will not depart from me.’

     So, the fear of the Lord, will keep you walking that straight walk. 

     And, you will not want to walk the edge. 

     You know.

     Some people want to live right on the edge.

     On the fence.

     Of sin. 

     You’ll want to be so far away from that fence.

     And, walking in holiness.

     And, straight before God.

     When you understand.

     How fearful.

     And, horrific Hell is.

     And, so that’s the second reason.

     The third reason is.

     It’ll give you much greater passion to witness.

     Bill Bright said only 2% of Christians even bother to witness.

     Now, Charles Spurgeon said that 90% of our witness is through our life example. 

     Do we keep our word? 

     Do we show up on time? 

     Do we work with excellence? 

     Do we show forgiveness? 

     Do we show love? 

     All those things.

     People observe. 

     That’s 90% of our witness. 

     But, also.

     We are to open up our mouths.

     And, share the Gospel. 

     But, most people don’t open their mouths and share the Gospel.

     In 2 Corinthians 5:10,11 Paul said.

     ‘Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men.’ 

     So, in that Scripture, even though it’s talking about the Judgment Seat, the reward seat for Christians.

     Most all the commentaries agree.

     That it’s also talking about judgment and Hell in general. 

     So, when you understand how severe Hell is.

     You’ll be more persuasive with men.

     You’ll want to persuade men.

     And, Ezekiel 33:8 says.

     ‘If we fail to speak, to warn the sinner from his way.

     His blood will I require at your hand.’

     That’s a strong scripture. 

     God holds us accountable if we don’t open our mouths. 

     And, it says the same thing in Acts 20:26.

     And, Acts 18:6. 

     Colossians 1:28 says.

     ‘Christ in you, the hope of glory, whom we preach, warning every man.’ 

     We’re to warn every man. 

     That’s why Paul said, 'Woe is me, if I preach not the Gospel.'

     So, those are three quick reasons why it’s important for us as Christians to understand Hell.

     And, how severe it is.

     So, we can warn people.

     And, one more thing that was unique about this vision. 

     God hid it from my mind that I was a Christian. 

     You know.

     I’ve been a Christian for 39 years. 

     This happened eleven years ago. 

     He blocked it from my mind, that I was saved.

     You say, Bill, where’s that in the Bible?

     Luke 24:16.

     Where Jesus appeared to the disciples.

     On the road to Emmaus. 

     It says, 'Their eyes were holden.

     That they should not know Him.'

     John MacArthur’s commentary, says, 'They were kept by God, from recognizing Him.'

     God hid it from their mind.

     Same thing in John 20:14.

     Luke 18:34.

     Daniel 4:34.

     2 Kings 4:27. 

     These are all examples where God hid something from someone’s mind for a purpose.

     And, he did for mine.

     For a reason, which I will get to, okay.

     And, alright, we went to a prayer meeting.

     Came home.

     Like my wife said.

     Sunday night.

     Went to bed.

     Nothing unusual about the night. 

     I’ve never had a vision before. 

     Like my wife said, we’ve never entertained dark movies, none of that.

     And, I went to bed.

     At three o’clock in the morning. 

     I mean, I got up at three o’clock in the morning. 

     And, suddenly, I was pulled out of my body.

     And, I found myself falling through the air.

     And, I landed in a prison cell.

     In Hell.

     I had no explanation of how I got there.

     Why I was there. 

     I was fully awake.

     And, cognizant.

     Just like I’m standing here now. 

     It was just as real.

     And, this prison cell was filthy.

     Stinky.

     Dirty.

     Smoke-filled.

     Ruffian stone walls and bars.

     Isaiah 24:22 says, ‘They shall be gathered together.

     As prisoners gather in the Pit.

     And, shall be shut up in the prison.’

     Proverbs 7:27 mentions.

     Going down to Hell.

     To the chambers of death. 

     And, what chambers means.

     Inner rooms.

     Job 17:16 says, ‘They shall go down to the bars of the pit.’

     Jonah 2:6 says, ‘The earth with her bars is about me forever.’ 

     And, he’s talking about literal gates and bars.

     According to Tyndale. 

     The New International Commentary.

     And, many other respective commentaries. 

     It’s actually talking about bars and gates. 

     So, that’s where I found myself.

     In this stinking prison cell.

     And, the first thing I noticed was the tremendous heat. 

     I wondered.

     How can I be alive? 

     I should be incinerated already. 

     It was so unbearably hot.

     But, yet, here I was.

     Alive.

     I was lying face down on this stone floor. 

     And, I noticed.

     I couldn’t hardly move. 

     I tried to move.

     And, it took so much effort to even move. 

     I thought.

     What’s wrong with my body? 

     Why can’t I move?

     But, see, Isaiah 14:9,10 says, ‘Hell from beneath is moved to meet thee at thy coming. They will become weak as we.’ 

     The word ‘weak’ there is ‘ill’ or ‘faint.’ 

     The same word used in Judges 16:7.

     Where Samson became weak.

     When they cut off his hair.

     Psalms 88:4 says, ‘I am counted with them that go down into the pit. 

     I am as a man that has no strength.’

     So, one of the things you have to endure for all eternity.

     Is you are completely void of any kind of strength.

     Now, that might not sound like a big deal.

     But, really, have you ever thought about.

     Do you remember, a time, when you had the flu.

     And, you just felt weak from the flu? 

     Well, it’s a thousand times worse than that. 

     Any movement takes so much effort.

     But, see.

     Acts 17:28 says, ‘In Him we live and move and have our being.’ 

     Even movement comes from God.

     It’s not automatic.

     I looked up.

     And, I saw these two enormous beasts in the cell. 

     I didn’t realize what they were yet.

     They were demons. 

     But, they were reptilish in appearance.

     Bumps and scales all over the one’s body.

     Huge jaws.

     Sunken-in eyes.

     Claws about a foot long. 

     And, these particular two were about twelve or thirteen feet tall.

     And, that sounds like an exaggeration.

     But, I can give you Scripture for that too.

     But, I have to keep moving.

     And, these two were pacing in the cell like a caged animal. 

     The most ferocious.

     Vicious demeanor.

     Of anything, you’ve ever seen. 

     And, they were blaspheming.

     And, cursing God.

     In extreme hatred for God. 

     And, we know, hatred comes from the demonic realm.

     Revelation 13:6.

     James 2:7. 

     And, as they were cursing and blaspheming God.

     The one picked me up.

     And, threw me into the wall.

     Like, I weighed the weight of a water glass.

     Tremendous strength. 

     I hit the wall.

     Bones broke.

     I collapsed on the floor.

     I felt pain.

     But, I understood that I only felt a small amount of the pain.

     The Lord explained on the way back.

     That He blocked almost all the pain.

     But, He did allow me to feel some of it.

     So, that, I could relate to people.

     That it’s not metaphorical.

     Or, allegorical pain.

     It’s real, literal pain.

     That you’re going to feel in Hell. 

     And, the amount I felt was enough. 

     And, the other one picked me up.

     Dug it’s claws into my chest.

     And, just tore the flesh open. 

     It hung like ribbons. 

     I couldn’t believe.

     How could I be alive. 

     I should be dead from these wounds. 

     But, yet.

     Here I was.

     Alive.

     You have a body.

     Matthew 10:28 says.

     ‘Fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.’

     Remember, Luke 16.

     The rich man. 

     He had a tongue.

     He had eyes.

     He thirsted.

     But, I noticed.

     There was no blood.

     Or, water.

     Coming from the wounds. 

     And, it’s just something I happened to notice.

     But, we know.

     Leviticus 17:11 says.

     'The life of the flesh is in the blood.'

     But, there’s no life in Hell.

     So, there’s no blood.

     In Zechariah 9:11.

     Says, ‘Thy prisoner is out of the pit where there is no water.’

     There’s not one drop of water in Hell.

     They had absolutely no mercy. 

     None. 

     They had an extreme hatred.

     And, we know.

     Psalms 103:17 says.

     ‘The mercy of the Lord is upon those that fear Him.’

     Well, they don’t fear Him.

     In Hell.

     So, you don’t derive that benefit of mercy.

     Two more walked in.

     And, one of them crushed my head.

     Like, flat. 

     And, I couldn’t believe.

     How could I be alive through this.

     But, you can’t die.

     And, I didn’t see the two as they walked in.

     Because, right about that moment.

     It went dark. 

     Now, I believed that it resumed its normal state.

     But, it was God’s presence was there.

     In the form of light.

     For me to see.

     To describe to you.

     What it looked like. 

     But, then, it resumed its normal state of absolute, pitch black darkness.

     I mean it was so dark.

     Lamentations 3:6 says.

     ‘He has set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.’

     And, Jude 13 talks about blackness of darkness forever.

     But, it’s not just dark, like here, in the dark.

     You can feel the darkness. 

     And, that’s not an exaggeration.  

     Exodus 10:21 talks of a darkness that may be felt. 

     It would just penetrate.

     Right through every cell in your body.

     Because, there’s such evil in this place.

     Total evil.

     No love.

     Of any kind.

     And, all four of them, then, grabbed an arm and a leg. 

     They were going to pull my arms and legs off. 

     I thought, 

     I can’t.

     I can’t endure this. 

     And, something.

     Right at that moment.

     Grabbed me.

     And, pulled me out of the cell. 

     Now, it was God.

     But, I didn’t realize that then.

     And, placed me over next to this pit of fire.

     This raging pit of fire.

     That was about a mile across.

     Enormous pit.

     With flames raging high up.

     Into this open cavern.

     And, there was brimstone falling.

     And, like lava, falling from above. 

     And, this is where I could first see people.

     I was listening to the screams all this time.

     It is so loud and deafening in Hell.

     I mean the screams. 

     Have you ever heard someone scream an agonizing scream? 

     Well, it’s terrible to hear that.

     Well, there’s millions of people screaming.

     And, it just penetrates you again.

     Isaiah 57:21 says.

     ‘There’s no peace save my God for the wicked.’ 

     You have no peace of mind.

     Whatsoever.

     And, I looked through the flames.

     And, this is where I could first see people. 

     There were people literally inside this pit.

     In the flames.

     Burning. 

     And, it was not metaphorical or allegorical fire. 

     It was real.

     Literal fire.

     Psalms 11:6 says.

     ‘Upon the wicked You will reign snares.

     Fire and brimstone in a horrible tempest.'

     Psalms 140:10 says.

     ‘Let burning coals fall upon them. 

     Let them be cast into the fire.

     In the deep pits.'

     Matthew 13:49 says.

     ‘The angels to sever the wicked from the just.

     To cast the wicked into a furnace of fire.’

     John 15:6.

     Many other Scriptures I could give you.

     But, it’s real literal fire.

     And, just to give you one verse to prove to you it’s fire.

     In Revelation 9:2.

     During the Tribulation Time, on the earth here.

     When the Bottomless Pit is opened.

     It says, ‘There arose a smoke.

     And, the air and the sky were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.’

     Well, it couldn’t have been metaphorical fire to produce real smoke.

     It takes a real fire to produce real smoke.

     To darken our sky. 

     You see.

     And, in Luke 16, he wanted a drop of water to cool his tongue.

     So, if it were just flames of mental anguish.

     Why would water suffice? 

     Do you remember the Twin Towers.

     When people jumped? 

     You know how awful that would have been.

     To jump.

     Out of those towers. 

     And, they said that the temperature of the burning fuel was 2,000 degrees.

     Which is, I think, about 1100 degrees Celsius. 

     And, that they would be incinerated in 15 seconds, facing that heat. 

     So, those people chose to jump, rather than face 15 seconds of fire.

     And, scientists say that the center of the earth is 12,000 degrees. 

     That’s why Jesus warned.

     You know. 

     There’s 46 verses in the Bible where Jesus talked about Hell.

     And, 18 of those verses are about the fire of Hell. 

     You see.

     So, that’s why He warned us.

     This place is real.

     It’s severe.

     And, I knew.

     I understood that I was down deep in the earth. 

     I just understood that. 

     But, there’s 49 verses that talk about where Hell is currently located.

     I’ll just give you two.

     Ezekiel 26:20.

     Numbers 16:32,33. 

     But, there’s 49 verses. 

     And, I just understood.

     That I was down deep in the earth.

     Now, after Judgment Day, death and Hell are delivered up.

     And, cast into the Lake of Fire.

     Revelation 20:13.

     And, into Outer Darkness.

     Matthew 25:30.

     But, down deep in the earth, I understood.

     That there were different levels of torment.

     I don’t know what level I was in.

     But, I understood there were different degrees of punishment.

     And, levels of torment.

     Now, you remember, Jesus said.

     You shall receive the greater damnation.

     Matthew 23:14.

     Inferring there’s a lesser. 

     Or, He said, ‘It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah.

     In the Day of Judgment, than for that city.

     Inferring there’s a less tolerable.

     Or, Hebrews 10:28 says.

     ‘Of how much worse of a punishment, supposedly for you. 

     You, who have trodden under foot the Son of God.’

     Luke 12:47 talks about the people with many stripes being with you.

     Anyway, the point is, there is no comfortable, nice level in Hell. 

     They’re all horrendous.

     Beyond anything you can ever imagine.

     I was so thirsty.

     Just a drop of water would’ve been so precious.

     Like, the rich man. 

     I felt, like, if you were to imagine running.

     Through the Sahara Desert, for a month.

     With cotton in your mouth. 

     I desperately wanted a drop of water.

     But, you never get that drop.

     The smells in Hell are so foul.

     And, putrid and disgusting.

     Worse than anything you can ever imagine.

     Like the worse open sore.

     Bad eggs.

     Rotten milk.

     Everything, again, times a thousand. 

     But, also, add to it sulfur. 

     And, sulfur is actually toxic to breathe.

     Go to Hawaii.

     To the volcano. 

     They have signs posted.

     Where you can’t go past a certain point.

     Because, the toxicity coming up from the volcano.

     The sulfur.

     Will kill you.

     Well, that’s what you’re breathing.

     In Hell.

     And, you know, I learned this from John Bevere.

     But, he said that man can adjust to any kind of odor.

     Any kind of foul odor man can adjust to.

     But, he cannot adjust to sulfur.

     You cannot adjust to that smell.

     It is so foul and pungent.,

     Putrid and disgusting. 

     That’s what you’re breathing.

     In Hell.

     Remember, Jesus rebuked the foul spirits.

     Mark 9:25.

     It is so foul and putrid.

     But, it’s worse than that.

     Because, you don’t really want to breathe air anyway. 

     I mean, it’s so foul.

     But, you can’t.

     Because, there’s not enough oxygen to breathe. 

     Like, here, you take a nice deep breath. 

     Where you don’t have enough air to breathe.

     In Hell. 

     You have to fight and gasp for even the tiniest bit of air. 

     And, maybe, only an asthma patient can relate to this.

     But, I’ll demonstrate to you. 

     This is how you breathe in Hell. 

     It was, like, “Eh, eh, eh.”

     And, that’s as much air, as you could get.

     So, any moment, you felt, like, I’m gonna die.

     I don’t have enough oxygen.

     But, you keep go’in.

     But, see, Isaiah 42:5 says.

     ‘The Lord gives breath, to the people upon the earth.’

     You’re not upon the earth.

     You’re down.

     Beneath the earth.

     God’s real specific with His Word.

     So, you don’t derive that benefit again.

     You need to sleep in Hell. 

     Like, here, we need sleep.

     Right?

     Well, you know, I was only there 23 minutes.

     But, I felt, like, I was there 23 weeks. 

     And, I understood.

     That you need to go to sleep.

     I wanted to go to sleep.

     I was so exhausted.

     But, you can’t ever go to sleep again.

     Can you imagine staying up? 

     You’ve been up, one or two nights.

     And, you know how you feel.

     But, for all of eternity.

     You never get to go to sleep.

     Revelation 14:11 says.

     ‘And the smoke of their torment ascends up.

     Forever and ever. 

     And, they have no rest.

     Day nor night.’

     Now, that primarily means no rest from the torments.

     But, no rest of any kind.

     Because Isaiah 57:20 said.

     ‘The wicked are like the troubled sea that cannot rest.’

     But, see, again, that’s a blessing and a benefit from God.

     Because Psalms 127:2 says.

     ‘The Lord gives His beloved sleep.’

     You’re not His beloved there.

     You’re hungry. 

     You never get to eat.

     You never get to drink.

     You’re in total darkness.

     The fear level.

     Everything you have to experience in Hell is.

     So far beyond, anything you can imagine.

     I was standing by this big pit of fire. 

     And, I was observing all these people.

     Burning. 

     And, you know.

     You feel so helpless. 

     You can’t help yourself. 

     It’s a useless wasting away.

     You have no purpose.

     No destiny.

     Ecclesiastes 9:10 says.

     ‘There’s no work.

     Nor device.

     Nor knowledge.

     Nor wisdom.

     In Sheol.’

     It’s just a complete, useless, wasting away.

     And, it doesn’t matter who you are. 

     If you’re someone famous here.

     No one would know who you are there.

     You’re completely lost and alone.

     Ecclesiastes 6:4 says.

     ‘Your name is covered in darkness.’ 

     So, no one would know who you are.

     And, you’re forgotten in Hell.

     Psalms 88:12.

     Isaiah 26:14.

     No one will remember you.

     In Hell.

     And, it’s confusion and turmoil.

     In Hell.

     It’s, just, everything is confusion.

     You know.

     We like things in order here.

     Neat and orderly. 

     Well, Hell’s the opposite.

     Jeremiah 20:11.

     Isaiah 45:16.

     Talk about everlasting confusion. 

     And, Job 10:22, talks about a land without any order. 

     These are all the things that Hell’s like.

     And, as I was looking at this pit.

     There were individual pits of fire all around this big pit.

     With people inside their individual pits. 

     Some were in the big pit.

     Some were in the individual pits. 

     I can’t explain that.

     Psalms 94:13 talks about pits. 

     And, flames would come up and just burn the flesh off.

     And, there were just skeleton forms of people with flesh just hanging off.

     Psalms 49:14, explains that also.

     But, as I was looking at these people.

     And, all around me was this tunnel. 

     I was standing beneath this tunnel.

     And, there were demonic creatures of all sizes and shapes.

     In this tunnel.

     Some were two and three feet tall. 

     Some looked like spiders.

     And, they were three and four feet across.

     I mean, I don't like spiders.

     But, three and four feet across,

     And, there were snakes.

     Of all sizes and shapes.

     Some of the demons were 12 and 13 feet tall.

     There were maggots everywhere.

     Millions of maggots crawling. 

     I could only see a little bit from the light from the flames.

     But, it illuminated enough for me to see.

     The ground that was covered solid.

     With maggots.

     And, you know, I learned this from John MacArthur’s teaching on Hell. 

     But, you know.

     First of all.

     Isaiah 14:11 says.

     ‘Where the maggot will be spread under thee.

     And, will cover thee.’

     It uses the word maggot in the original.

     John MacArthur said that, you know, if an animal, a dead animal.

     I know this is disgusting.

     But, just bear with me. 

     If a dead animal is being eaten by maggots.

     Well, when the flesh is consumed.

     The maggots will die.

     Well, I never knew that.

     But, when the flesh is fully consumed.

     The maggots will die. 

     Well, that’s why, Jesus said, ‘Where their worm dies not.

     And, the fire is not quenched.’ 

     It’s also the word maggot.

     You see.

     So, in other words.

     The flesh is never fully consumed.

     So, the maggot feeds sweetly on thee.

     Job 24:20.

     Is that disgusting enough?

     The fear level that you have to experience in Hell.

     Is so far beyond anything you can imagine.

     You know.

     And, I’ll relate, to you, an experience that I had.

     I used to surf, when I was 16.

     And, I’m alive.

     And, I was surfing off the coast of Coco Beach, Florida. 

     A bunch of guys were out.

     And, a shark came by.

     And, grabbed the guy next to me.

     And, ripped his leg off.

     And, the shark came back.

     There was about 30 sharks, probably.

     And, a hundred guys out. 

     We were scrambling.

     Trying to get to the beach. 

     And, a shark passed by me.

     And, I got up on my knees.

     And, I was on a nine-foot board.

     And, the shark was longer than my board. 

     And, the paper said they were Tiger Sharks. 

     You know anything about sharks.

     They’re really vicious. 

     And, the shark passed by.

     Turned his head.

     And, I saw his teeth, were about this long.

     And, his mouth was about that wide (3 feet). 

     And, he passed by.

     And, he came back.

     And, he bit my board in half.

     Now, I was in the water.

     And, I was with a friend of mine, Rene. 

     And, Rene was also in the water.

     And, you know, Rene just said to me, ‘I guess we’re dead.’

     It’s a bad confession for sure.

     But, I mean, that’s how we felt.

     Anyway, the shark came back.

     And, grabbed my leg.

     And, pulled me down.

     Under the water.

     Now, you can imagine the fear that I felt, right?

     Well, that fear paled in comparison.

     To what you feel.

     In Hell. 

     That wouldn’t even register.

     You know.

     Psalms 73:18,19 says.

     ‘You cast them down into destruction.

     Where they are utterly consumed with terrors.’

     Anyway, the shark let me go.

     Praise God. 

     That’s a miracle of God.

     Right? 

     To let me go. 

     And, it opened its mouth.

     And, I didn’t even have a mark on my leg. 

     Can you imagine? 

     That’s a miracle of God. 

     Not one mark.

     And, that’s impossible, with any shark.

     But, especially, a Tiger Shark.

     God was watching over me. 

     You know.

     And, I was not even a Christian then.

     But, I got saved.

     Immediately.

     After that. 

     Praise God.

     Praise God.

     Thank you, Lord.

     You would too.

     Right?”

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