Why Is Hell Eternal?

Welcome to The Rapid Bull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications.

This is a ministry of striving for eternity. Why is hell eternal? Now this is something that many people have a hard time understanding because we look at our own justice system and there's a punishment that's usually associated with a crime.

So if you steal something, usually you don't have the same sentence as someone who murders somebody and when we look at God's law, it seems that even one lie carries the punishment of eternal death.

People think somehow that seems unfair. Now when we say, why is hell eternal, let me start by saying it's not actually hell that's eternal, it's the lake of fire, is the final resting place.

We see that hell, which is sometimes referred to as Hades in Revelation 20, verse 14, that death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire at that great white throne judgment.

So Hades, which is often referred to as hell, is a temporary place. Those that are there will eventually be thrown into the lake of fire, which is the permanent resting place.

Now why is it that hell or really the lake of fire is eternal? Why does sin against God carry an eternal punishment?

That's the real question. The answer is this. God is infinitely holy, infinitely just, and because of His infinite nature, when we sin against Him, it carries an infinite consequence.

So because we sin against Him, it takes forever to pay it. In other words, we never can pay it.

God is that holy. This podcast is part of the Striving for Eternity ministry. For more content, or to request a speaker or seminar to your church, go to strivingforeternity .org.