Are you a devil? Of course not. Therefore, hell is not your destiny. Hell was created by God for a specific purpose. The “everlasting fire” was “prepared for the Devil and his angels,” not you.
“Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels…”
But Jesus, some argue, condemned people to hell... “Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire,” (Matthew 25.41). Perhaps so, but He alone has the power to send them there and He alone knows who belongs there. Damning people was never a part of God’s original plan, nor is it your prerogative. You cannot help God decide who belongs there. You have no firsthand knowledge of this awful and eternal destination. Unlike Jesus Christ, you have ever been there. Jesus paid a visit to the place of damnation on the day He died. He smashed the gates of hell and released the hostages from that cruel place. Some of them were actually seen around Jerusalem after Christ’s resurrection.
