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No Exit
When we visit a public building of any kind, we are thankful for well-marked exit signs. Often, these are lit up with large red letters, and with back-up batteries, stay lit even when the power goes off. I have been in situations where everything went dark, but we were able to exit due to the well-marked sign over the door.
However, there are no exit signs in hell. Listen to the plight of the rich man the Lord told about:
“And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off…And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me…But Abraham said…between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence” (Luke 16:23-26).
There was no exit and no one able to come to him and bring relief. This is indeed a serious warning to any who have had opportunity to receive God’s offer of salvation through the work of His Son at Calvary’s cross. The invitation today is, “Look unto Me, and be ye saved” (Isaiah 45:22). There are no such invitations in hell.
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