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What the hell or what is the hell?

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English: Jesus Christ saving the souls of the damned. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The Bible warns us that those who do not accept the gospel of Jesus Christ “will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction,  away from the presence of the Lord  and from the glory of his might” ( 2 Thessalonians  1:8-9). Away from the Presence of the Lord If the most essential thing we can say about  heaven  is that it is where God is, the most essential thing we can say about hell is that it is where God is  not . If the presence of God in heaven is the assurance of abundant and eternal joy, the God-lessness of hell necessarily removes all hope of joy or blessing. But hell is far worse than merely the absence of God’s blessing. As Paul stated in the verse above, hell is also “the punishment  of  eternal destruction .” Punishment Punishment  implies that those who are in hell have not simply been abandoned by God. Rather, they have been actively condemned, incarcerated, and consigne