so doing you’ll find that the truth will set you
free from the various myths about this fearful
teaching.
Interestingly, the Bible gives us explicit
information on when hell would begin and
where it would be located. As you might have
guessed, misconceptions abound on these two
points. In Matthew 13:49 Jesus speaks plainly
saying, “So shall it be at the end of this world: the
angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked
from among the just, and shall cast them into
the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and
gnashing of teeth.”* According to this text and
many others like it,1 the flames of hell will not
exist until the end of the world. That’s right!
Your loved ones are not being burned alive as
you read this tract.
Next, we see that the apostle Peter gives us
clear information on where hell will be located.
Speaking of the end of the world he says, “But
the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the
night, in which the heavens will pass away with
a great noise, and the elements will melt with
fervent heat; both the earth and the works
that are in it will be burned up.”2 The prophet
Zephaniah also speaks of, “the whole land,”
being “devoured by the fire of His jealousy.”3