Guys’ group’s notes on Heaven and Hell

On Wednesday the blokes made a list of Bible passages that might tell us something about heaven and hell.

• In Isaiah 38, king Hezekiah tells God he doesn’t want to die and says: “The dead cannot praise You.”
• In Matthew 25 Jesus talks about hell being intended for Satan and his angels, and also being a destination for the “goats” in his parable/metaphor of judgement
• 1 Corinthians 15 talks about the resurrection of Jesus and the expectation that Christ-followers will be resurrected with new bodies
• 1 Peter 4 talks about our inheritance waiting for us in heaven
• Revelation 4 describes heaven (actually, the description is introduced as events that “will happen after this”)
• Revelation 20 describes hell as a place of punishment of Satan
• Revelation 21 describes “The New Jerusalem” – the ultimate city of the future
• Genesis 3 describes the introduction of death – dust to dust; the chapter also mentions people will be held accountable for blood that they spill, which could refer to end-times/after-death judgement
• 1 Timothy 6 emphasizes eternal life as something to access in this lifetime
• Daniel prophesies about the resurrection of “those who sleep in the dust”
• Throughout the Old Testament, “Sheol” is a word used for death or hell, a personification or place where the dead go (to die is to “go down to Sheol”)
• In Luke 24, as Jesus is dying on the cross, a criminal crucified next to him believes in Him, and Jesus tells him, “today you will be with me in Paradise”

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