On my own I have no way of knowing where I will go. But when I look to the Word of God, that is, the Word of God that hell hasn't been taken out of, I see that God has condemned all men because of sin. The Almighty has declared spiritual death, eternal separation from Him in the lake of fire, as the penalty for sin.
Because He is the creator of all men and perfect in all His ways, He created us in His own image to be perfect in His presence. Man failed of his own free will by sinning.
As I read on in His Word I find the explainable Grace of God. The scripture tells me that God in His mercy and love for man has made a way for me to escape that judgement and live in His presence forever, fully vindicated of all my sins and perfect in His sight.
Jesus said around 2000 years ago, I am come that you may have life and have it more abundantly. You see, Christ had to come in the flesh in order to die on the Cross to pay mans sin debt. This was Gods plan for man before He created man. It's called "Grace."
How can I be vindicated from my sin and take part in this amazing Grace, escaping the fire of hell?
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Romans 10:9-10
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.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
By these promises in which I took part, I can say by the promise of Almighty God, I will go to be with Him for eternity.
I see that you are still using the term "Spiritual Death" which I have shown to be an oxymoron. Is there really anything good in my discussing with you?
"Fire of Hell"? Now that sets me to thinking...we have:
Sheol, the original, in Hebrew - referred to the grave, the pit, covered and unknown. No fire.
Hades, the best Greek equivalent of Sheol - but it was not quite equivalent, carrying unavoidable pagan baggage. No fire.
Gehenna, the Hebrew place of burning. Fire, but it's in the real world.
Tartarus, a word from Greek mythology, used once. No fire.
Infernum, a Latin word. I looked it up: "the depths of the earth," that is to say, the grave, the pit...and surprise - no fire. The "inferno" of fire came along much later.
Hell or Hel, an Old English word. I have seen it in the 1611 KJV and in
Beowulf. Several languages of old north Europe had equivalent words. It meant the grave, the pit, hidden and covered. As with "Infernum," the fire was ascribed to it later.
All this, and more, was conflated into a Dogma of burning Hell with no escape. The Scriptures were tweaked to support this Dogma aimed at keeping the laity in line, plus the pews and offering plates full. Meanwhile, the RCC was burning Protestants, heretics, witches and others ALIVE. I and others are only doing what Martin Luther should have done 500 years ago.
