As Bill Wiese points out in his latest book, most people spend more time researching their annual vacation destination than they do their eternal destination.
It’s understandable in a way. No one likes to think about hell or being sent there. Most people when asked consider themselves ‘good’ and assume they’re going to heaven. The Bible begs to differ and assures us there’s only one way to heaven and that’s through accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.
Mr. Wiese’s first book, 23 MINUTES IN HELL, was a bestseller. He claims he was taken in a vision to hell and it was such a searing, horrible experience, he woke up screaming and traumatized. He also found himself re-inspired to warn people about it.
Whether you believe that he actually had this experience or not is moot, in my opinion. All I know is that his vision was so horrifying on so many levels, I don’t ever want to go there or anyplace remotely like it. The even scarier part is that he has the Bible verses to back up everything he said. It makes you stop and think.
In his new book, HELL, he answers all the questions people like to hurl at Christians about God and hell, usually with a sneer or a superior ‘gotcha’ attitude. Why would a loving God send people to hell? Why can’t God just overlook our faults? Just how bad can it really be? (This is for the people who say stuff like, ‘I don’t mind going to hell, all my friends are gonna be there’.)
Not only does he answer these questions, he explains the five ways in which God warns us about our impending judgement if we don’t repent. God has given us 1) creation, 2) our conscience, 3) the Bible (funny how it’s available everywhere and more popular than ever after thousands of years. No other book on the face of the earth can make that claim), 4) other people (there are preachers all over the world who are happy to explain God and His plan of salvation, not to mention TV, cds, dvds, radio, books, magazines, and the Internet), and 5) dreams and visions, the category into which the author falls.
The book includes true stories and testimonies galore as well as the answers to more obscure questions concerning things like fallen angels (Nephilim). It explains false doctrines such as Annihilationism (people in hell cease to exist) and Universalism (people are eventually saved out of hell). He could have easily titled it Everything You Wanted to Know About Hell, But Were Afraid To Ask.
As Christians we know that all roads do not lead to God and heaven. Every road but the one through Jesus, leads to that other place. This is not something you can remain neutral about unless you truly don’t care where you’re going to spend the rest of your time after you leave this earth. Besides, there’s no such thing as neutrality. A lack of decision is a decision against, just like in a court case -- if you don’t show up, you lose by default.
What a dumb way to land yourself in hell.
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