Chapter 2

Revelations describes hell with these words, “The lake of fire is the second death” (Rev. 20:14). Rev. 21:8 says, “But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars - their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” God showed these to John the apostle.

In the spiritual world, the spirits who worked against the words of God will go into the “second death.” The “first death” is described as the death of our flesh body, and the second death will be the punishment of spirits.

Nowadays, because we met God’s work to fulfill his will, hidden secrets in God’s plan are revealed, and we are working for it. It is hard to believe in spiritual world, because it is invisible. Today, I would like to tell you about hell.

The Bible does not describe hell in great detail; it is called ‘the lake of fire’ in Revelations. Our first question is what hell will be.

Dear people, why do we need prison? Life in prison is not designed to be comfortable. A prison is a place where people, who did harm to others, are isolated from others, so

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that our society is secured and people can live in peace. In this world, most societies build jails to house criminals. Prisons are for punishing and reforming these criminals.

What is hell? Is hell a place where guilty people regret and repent their sins, thereby allowing them to turn into good people, as happens in prison in this world? The answer is “No.” Hell is the place just to receive the penalty for the sin. There is no forgiveness, even if you regret and repent. There is no fixed time for the punishment; the punishment is never ending. “They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever” (Rev 20:10).

In the Bible, hell is described as the “second death”, or the “lake of fire” where people will be tormented forever according to their sin. Therefore, before people are sent to hell, they should be fairly and accurately judged. One might receive forgiveness before entering hell, but all hope should be abandoned after entering the lake of fire. Now I would like to tell you where hell would be in God’s world and how it would be made.

I announce the right concept about hell for the first time in the history of Christianity. When I visited Rome in Italy, a

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