Beauty of the Lord

"Capturing the beauty of the Lord through photography"

An Invitation To Accept Christ  A Letter From Heaven  A Letter From Hell

What Do The Scriptures Say About Hell  Take the Challenge: Lead Your Family To Christ

  Teen To Teen  Real Life, Real Issues  Nature Photographs  Web of Pornography 

What Happens The Moment After You Die  Jesus, The Friend of Sinners

Will We Know Each Other In Heaven?  What Will Heaven Look Like?

Your First Days In Hell

As you pass through the doorway of death,

darkness overtakes you

walking away from the light.

The atmosphere lacks joy; there is no sound of  laughter.

Gray, sullen images silouheutte against the darkness.

You begin to realize there are no exits here in Hell.

You feel like a traveler in a foreign land,

nothing looks familiar.

The smell is putrid,

like that of burning sulfur and decaying bodies.

You cover your ears to deafen the sound

of weeping and wailling and gnashing of teeth,

of souls crying out in the darkness!

You become aware of time, almost obsessed with it!

What seems like eternity has only been one day,

and you begin to realize you're in this place forever!

***

The cries of souls dying in their sins is deafening!

Yet, you cannot help them. You can't even save yourself.

You struggle to open your eyes, to focus, but it seems useless.

Everything looks smeared, like charcoal clinging to its barren walls.

There is no color. There are no signs of life.

Heaviness overtakes you...

as hot, searing, intense heat consumes your body

yet you remain alive, in agony in this flame!

***

You look around, blinking your eyes to strain, to focus.

You reach for the walls, for rocks, for something... anything to hold onto!

But there is nothing. Nothing but total darkness.

You kick your feet, flailing your arms, until you are too exhausted to move.

Too weary to think.

Pains of agony shoot through your body.

Just when you thought you couldn't endure it any longer,

you are faced with another dilema, as you sob alone in the darkness.

***

You stumble among the sea of faces of souls as helpless as you.

They open their mouths as to speak, but nothing comes out.

Your throat feels dry, parched, like you've been stranded on a desert.

What seems like eternity has only been a few days,

as your thoughts turn home to your loved ones.

Days of your life are replayed in your memory.

What you would do to warn them of this place!

***

You are keenly aware that this is your future.

This is the life that you have chosen.

What you would give to turn back the hands of time,

to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior!

  You remember all the times that the Lord graciously reached out to you,

but you had no time for Him.

You have time now... you'll have all eternity to remember.

***

It only been only six days

but what is that in the endless line of Eternity?

In the darkness you see a new arrival,

its familiar terror in his eyes that asks questions,

that no one seems to answer.

You open your mouth to speak

but nothing comes out.

Eternity stretches out before you.

The flickering flame is forever extinguished

of seeing your loved ones again.

You begin to beg... to plead with God,

but your voice slips into the darkness and is lost!

You look around to assess your situation.

Your mind laboring to fathom just how long eternity is.

Forever is forever, and ever and ever!

There's no stop. No end to this nightmare!

Your body aches. Your soul screams,

as you realize how long in this place you must suffer.

Your pleas for help fall on deaf ears.

In ten thousand years you will have not accomplished a thing!

Not one less second to suffer than you had ten thousand years ago,

in millions of  years, you will have millions upon millions more!

You look around, everything is barren.

Not even a blade of grass to bring a smile.

You feel that you can't endure it any longer,

yet Jesus implies that most people will end up here.

Tonight, do you know the Lord Jesus?

Have you been to the cross for the repentance of your sins?

But wait!

The fact you're reading this says you still time

to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior.

The Scripture says,

Today is the day of salvation, harden not your hearts..."

"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,

and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead,

thou shalt be saved."

                          ~ Romans 10:9

Tonight you can make peace with God.

You can fall asleep with assurance

knowing that you are safe and loved in the arms of Jesus,

assured of a place in Heaven

by trusting the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior.

You can begin a personal relationship with Him

by praying a prayer such as the following:

"O God, I am a sinner.

I am sorry for my sins.

I want to turn from my sin.

I receive Jesus Christ as my Savior;

I confess Him as my Lord.

From now on, I want to follow Him.

In Jesus' name, Amen."

If you have received the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior

after reading this invitation, please let us know.

We would love to hear from you. Your first name is sufficient.

We'll leave the light on for you...