If you would, turn with me to Isaiah chapter 66. Isaiah chapter 66. I don't know what's wrong with these hearing aids. It feels like I'm in a can. Isaiah chapter 66. We are studying the eternal hell. This is part seven in our study, and it's been a while since we've looked at this, one thing and another going on, and we haven't had opportunity to get and to study on this study. But tonight, we're going to close it out with part seven, Isaiah 66. Gonna begin reading with verse 22, and the Bible says, For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass that from one new moon to another and from one Sabbath to another shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord. And they shall go forth and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me. For their worms shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, God, we thank Thee tonight again, O God, for the joy of being in Your house, Thank You, God, for this good crowd that You've given us. God, we thank You, Lord, for the privilege of studying Your Word and gathering together around God Thy table for You, God, to feed us from Thy Word. We ask You, Father, Lord, to bless tonight. I ask You, Lord, to give me clarity of mind and speech. Pray God that I might speak the things that are pleasing to thee and nothing else. God, may you lead and guide and direct. God, may we learn and may we grow. And God, may we leave this house loving you more, serving you more than God we did when we come. And God, we'll give you the praise and give you the glory for everything that's accomplished. In Jesus Christ's name we do pray, amen. Tonight, we enter into the last session of our study on the eternal hell. And we're gonna look at something tonight that is very, very hard to understand. In fact, when I show this to you, I'm sure the first thing you're gonna think is, how can that be? I mean, that can't be. But beloved, we know that it's true, we know it because God tells us that that is the way it's going to be. And God cannot lie, amen? God says it, even if we can't understand it, brethren, it's true, amen? It's true. Now, before we do that, however, let me take a moment and remind you how Isaiah 66, 24 happens to be dealing with the eternal hell. Chapter 66 of Isaiah deals, beloved, with the restoration of Israel in the end times. Not of Israel as being restored as a nation to the land, but of her being restored to God. You see, the day is coming when Israel is going to recognize Christ as her Messiah, Jesus as her Messiah. And, beloved, she's gonna be restored to God. So this chapter is dealing with that time at the end of the tribulation when Jesus returns and defeats his enemy and sets up his throne. Israel, beloved, will recognize her Messiah at that time and she shall be saved. So, it's dealing with the end of the tribulation, the millennial reign of Christ, and maybe, maybe into eternity. That's what this chapter is dealing with. Now, the question is, verse 24, is this talking about during the millennium, or is it talking about eternity? And we have talked about that. This verse says, beloved, they shall go forth and look upon the caucuses of the men that have transgressed. For the worm dieth not, neither shall their fire be quenched. Folks, these are the same words that Jesus spoke years later about the eternal hell. about the eternal hell. Jesus said, you remember, he said, if thy hand offend thee, cut it off. If thy foot offend thee, cut it off. If thy eye offend thee, pluck it out. For it's better to lose a hand or lose a foot or lose an eye than to be cast into hell, here it is, where the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched. So, whether, beloved, this is type or this is in actuality, Isaiah 66, 24 is addressing the eternal hell, amen? It's addressing whether it's in type or whether this is actually in eternity and it's the actual hell. Beloved, it's addressing the eternal hell. Now, with that said, I want you to notice the last phrase in verse 24. And they, listen, they, and that is those in hell, shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. Wow, did you get that? God says that those in hell will be an abhorring to all flesh. You know, I've had people ask me, preacher, how will we be able to enjoy heaven knowing that our loved ones are in hell? Good question, isn't it? Good question. Beloved, my answer has always been, and I believe this, and this is me, okay? This is not Bible. But I believe, beloved, that God will erase from our memory, beloved, those of our loved ones who die and go to hell. I believe that, I believe that. When the Bible says that God shall wipe away all the tears from their eyes, I believe, beloved, at that moment that he'll be wiping away the memory of loved ones in hell. How else could we enjoy heaven? How else could we, beloved, enjoy it? Now, listen, I can't be dogmatic about this. Bible doesn't say that. But beloved, I just can't see no other way that we could enjoy heaven with our loved ones burning in hell. But I could be totally wrong in this. I want y'all to understand. But I believe God's gonna wipe their memory from our minds, beloved, if they die and spend eternity in hell. But listen, listen to me now. This verse tells us that it goes far beyond not remembering them. This verse tells us, beloved, that we will abhor those in hell. Let that sink in. that we who are saved will abhor those in hell. The word abhor, beloved, is the Hebrew word derion, derion, derion. And it means to repulse. It means, beloved, to loathe. It means, beloved, to hold in contempt. The word is used twice in scripture. This word, dorion, is used twice. Once right here, and the other time in Daniel 12.2. Turn over there real quick. Daniel 12.2. Daniel, last chapter of Daniel, Daniel 12 and verse two, listen to this. and many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting derion, contempt, contempt. Beloved, in both cases, it's talking about those who are lost. We'll abhor them, we'll have contempt for them. So beloved, this is talking about those who are lost. So both times, it's talking about the eternally lost. Now, the reference here in verse 24 of Isaiah, beloved, it says, unto all flesh. unto all flesh. By this time, folks, all flesh refers to all the same. What's gonna happen when we get raptured? We're gonna receive a what? A glorified body. A body like his is flesh. It's flesh. And so when it says all flesh, it's talking about all the saved, beloved, all the saved. So all the saved, it says, beloved, will abhor, will abhor, will be repulsed by, will have contempt for those in hell. Wow. Our first response to that is how can that be? How in the world can we have contempt, loathing for those in hell? How can we feel that way toward those who are burning in everlasting hell? It's hard to understand, isn't it? It's hard to understand, but yet, beloved, God tells us that's how it's gonna be. Let me tell you, let me tell you tonight how it could be. And then maybe we'll understand. How could we have such feelings for those in hell? How could we abhor them? How could we have loathing for them? How could we be repulsed by them, beloved? First, because we will see God as he really is. Because we gonna see God. as he really is. You know, we all have a concept of God in our minds, don't we? I mean, we have this idea of how God is. We see him good. We see him righteous. We see him fair. We see him holy. We see him just. But you know something, folks? Those are just words. Those are just words, inadequate words to describe how God really is, how God really is. But listen, when we get to heaven, we will see him, beloved. We will see him, and when we do, beloved, we'll say, oh, I never knew. He was so holy. I never knew he was so just. I never knew he was so wonderful. I never knew he was so great. I never knew that he was so merciful. We'll be like the Queen of Sheba. You remember the Queen of Sheba? She had heard about Solomon, about his wisdom and about all the things he were doing. So she decided she was gonna go see it. So she went, beloved, all the way from her land over to Judah. And beloved, she saw Solomon. And she sit down and she talked to him. And oh, she asked him questions and she saw his wisdom. And she saw his greatness. And she saw the wonder of this man. And she said this, she said, I'd heard these things. She says, but now I know the half wasn't told to me. That's the way we're gonna be when we see Jesus. We're gonna look at Him and love Him in awe and we're gonna say, oh, I didn't understand a half of it. I didn't understand He was so great and so wonderful and so good and so loving. We're gonna see Him as He is, as He is. That's how it'll be when we see Jesus. We're gonna say the half wasn't told to us. Listen to Paul. Listen to Paul in 1 Corinthians 13, 12. Turn over there. 1 Corinthians 13 and verse 12. Now this is an amazing verse of scripture. And brethren, Scott, we could preach a month on this scripture, you and me both, okay? A month of peace. But look at chapter 13, verse 12. Listen to what Paul said. He said, for now, now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then shall I know even as also I am known. Beloved, what this scripture is telling us is, it says when we look at Christ, at God now, we see a dim image as if we're looking through a colored glass or a foggy glass, beloved. We see a dim engine, excuse me, image as looking through a dark glass. But listen, when we get to heaven, we're gonna see him as he is. As he is. We're gonna see His holiness clearly, not dimly. We're gonna see His goodness clearly, not dimly. We're gonna see, beloved, His mercy clearly, not dimly. We're gonna see, beloved, His love clearly and His peace clearly, not dimly. Not dimly. And we'll know will know even as we are known, we will know how wonderful, how great, how marvelous He really, really is. And folks, when we see God, when we see Jesus as He really is, it will cause us, listen to me, to have contempt on those who rejected Him. It'll cause us to have contempt for those beloved who mistreated him. You know, the better a person is, the more contempt you have for those who mistreat them. Think about that for a minute. How many of you ever watched a movie and you get, you're in that movie, you're introduced to this person and they're so loving And they're so good, and they're so kind, and they're so sweet. And your heart just goes out to that person, you know. And what do you say as that movie starts? You say, oh, I hope nothing bad don't happen to that one. How many of y'all ever say, I hope nothing bad? Martha says it almost every, I hope nothing bad don't. I say, Martha, if nothing bad don't happen, they don't have a story. But every movie comes, oh, I hope nothing bad don't happen to them. Why do we say that, beloved? We say it because, beloved, they're so good and they're so fine and they're so wonderful. And when something bad does happen, it makes us mad, don't it? It makes us mad against the one who hurts that person. Because they're so good. Boy, y'all see Martha get mad. I mean, she balls up her fist. She said, if I was a man, I'd start doing all this kind of stuff. But you want to hurt that person because they hurt this one that's so good. You have contempt for them because they hurt this good, loving, kind person. Apply that to Christ. When we see him face to face, when we really know him, know his goodness, and know his grace, and know his love, and know his righteousness, and know his holiness, and we see what those in hell did to him, beloved, how they abused him, and how they hurt him. They will have nothing but contempt for them. Nothing but contempt. We will abhor them. How could we abhor them in hell? Because we'll see God as He really, really is. Secondly, how can we abhor those in hell? Because of the record. Because of the record. Somebody says, preacher, what record? Beloved, did you know that we're gonna have God's word in heaven. We're gonna be walking around with old KJV. Amen? But not see no NIVs there. They'll throw you out. Not really and truly. We're gonna have God's word in heaven. Preacher, how do you know that? Because the Bible says, beloved, in Psalm 119 verse 89, listen to this, forever, oh Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. Amen? Get that word forever. Forever his word is settled in heaven. Beloved God's word reveals, listen, what God has done for man. It reveals how he loved them and how he dealt in grace with them and how he's been merciful to them and how he's blessed, beloved, as man has cursed God. How, beloved, he's forgiven as man has rebelled against God. How God has given as man has taken. How, beloved, God has offered as man has rejected. Listen, the record shows How God has reached out to mankind time and time and time again only to be hated and to be spurned by the creatures that he loves with all of his heart. The record shows how God beloved gave the ultimate sacrifice. Gave his only begotten son to die to die, beloved, that they might be saved. Listen to me. The record shows God pleaded with man, offering them grace. It shows all of God's warnings to man. All of God's warnings of judgment and of hell. And yet, beloved, so, so many turned away and would have nothing to do with Christ. Listen, we in heaven will see and we'll understand that record, beloved, the word of God. We will know even as we are known. And the only conclusion that the record gives, beloved, is that God has done everything he could to save them. And that those in hell spit upon Every loving gesture of God toward them, spit upon it. Oh, the record shows how vile and how wicked and how evil and how malicious and selfish the Christ rejecters are. And beloved, we will have contempt for them. Contempt for them. Not only will the record of the Word be before us, but beloved, the record of the Son will be before us too. Now follow me close. As we look at Jesus, we're going to notice, beloved, the love in His eyes. You know, I believe Jesus has got the most loving eyes. I've never seen them. I'm looking forward to it. But I believe those are eyes of love that He has. We're gonna notice, beloved, the grace and kindness of his touch. We're gonna notice, beloved, the sweetness of his character. We're gonna notice the glory of his countenance. But you know, we're gonna notice something else. We're gonna notice, beloved, on each hand. What? A nail print. the nail prints in his hands. And we're gonna say, oh Lord, from which came these wounds? And he'll say, I was wounded in the house of my friends. But don't you feel bad? Don't you feel bad? He said, because I bore them for you. I took these wounds for you. I bore them for the sins of the world. But Lord, Lord, all the world is not here. All the world is not saved. Many, Lord, languish in hell and Jesus will say, yes, that's true. For many, many wanted no part of me. Though I died for them, though I gave my all for them, they wanted no part of me and they pushed me away. and beloved righteous, if there's any righteousness in us and there will be, righteous indignation will fill our hearts toward those who would wound Jesus and then refuse him. And then refuse him. Loathing, repulsiveness, contempt for those who would say no to such a savior that would empty himself that they might be saved. The record of his nail scarred hands says it all. Says it all. How could we abhor those in hell? Beloved, listen. Our own righteousness and holiness will cause us to. Will cause us to. Beloved, when we get to heaven, and we get those glorified bodies, we're gonna be like him. Amen? That's what the Bible says. We're gonna be like him. Listen, that old sin nature in us, beloved, will be gone. It'll be gone. This corruptible must put on incorruption. Listen, we will be pure as he is pure. Woo! Beloved, listen, we will be righteous as he is righteous. We will be holy as he is holy. See, holy won't be just a word anymore. It'll be reality. It'll be reality. I know this is hard for us to understand now. Because we're living, beloved, in this sinful world. We're living in sinful bodies with a sinful nature. But that's how it will be, beloved, when we are like him. We will be holy. Holy. Now, if we're holy, not only in body, but in nature, in mind, in heart, beloved, we will have the same abhorrence for sin that God has. We're gonna do the same. See, we're gonna see sin the way God sees it, folks. We're gonna have, beloved, a much, much more accurate concept of sin than we do now. Oh, but then we'll see it in all its filthiness. We'll see it in all its slime. We'll see it in all its gore. Man, we look at sin and boy, we think, hey, that'd be fun. Hey, that'd be good, that'd be nice. But beloved, we're gonna see it as it really is. When we are holy as he is holy, we're gonna see it, beloved, in all of its corruption like God sees it. Let me see if I can help you understand. Let me pick on somebody. I'll pick on Pick on Jacob. Ain't he got a pretty haircut? Y'all look at that. Suppose Jacob is all dressed up to go on a date. Sorry, Kim. Okay? He goes in, he showers. Man, he gets as clean as clean can be. He puts on his best clothes, you know. I mean, shiny shoes, the works. Beloved, he's standing there and he's shining like a brand new pen. He's got smell good on, man. He ain't nothing but right, okay? Clean as a whip. He gets in the car going to see his girlfriend. He goes down the road. He starts hearing this funny noise coming from the car motor. And he does like any of us would do. He pulls over to the side of the road. He ain't mowed the side of the road. The grass is about like that. He gets out very carefully, because he don't want to mess up them threads, man. I mean, you know, they're clean. He's clean. He gets out very carefully. He eases that hood up, because he don't want to get no grease on his fingers, you know. He starts listening to that motor. While he's standing there listening to that motor, all of a sudden, he smells something. And he looks down. And right beside his shiny shoes is a dead dog. And this old dog's been dead for a while. I mean, you know, the maggots are crawling everywhere. and he looks down in the sight of that filth and that corruption, beloved, just turns his stomach and the first thing he does is he looks away and he eases himself away from death and he runs to that car and he jumps in the car and he takes off, funny noise and all. Because he wanted to get away from that filth, that corruption. Beloved, that's how it's gonna be. with us when we are holy and righteous, clean. Beloved, we're gonna look at sin. and it's gonna repulse us. We're gonna turn our heads from it. We're gonna want no part of it. We're not gonna want beloved to have anything to do with it and to get as far away from it as we can. Those beloved who are unclean, those who are covered with sin and burning in the fires of hell, we will abhor, we will be repulsed from. Because we will be holy. Because we will be holy. That's the way it'll be when we consider those in hell. In our holiness and righteousness and cleanliness, we will see sin as it really is, and it will repulse us. We'll hold those there in contempt, in loathing, because of the filthiness of their sin, and especially when we hold them in contempt, when we understand that they didn't have to be there, beloved. They didn't have to be that way. No, listen, they chose the filth of sin over, beloved, cleansing from Christ. Throughout the endless ages of eternity, we will abhor them. Can you see? Can you see why we will abhor those in hell? I hope you can. God says we shall, and we shall. I hope you can understand. Can you see? Can you see how horrible and how terrible hell is? Can you see, beloved, it is a literal, unending place of torment. Can you see the need now to tell everybody, everyone about Jesus, about his love and about his grace? Because if we don't tell them, beloved, they will die and spend eternity in that place of torment. Oh, how we need to pray for the lost. and witness to them, and tell them about Jesus, the mighty to save. Listen to me, hell beckons to a lost and a dying world. Oh, but thank God, thank God, there is a cure, and His name is Jesus. His name is Jesus. You know, it was Jesus Himself who said, I am come to seek and to save. That which is lost. And before he ascended up, beloved, he told the disciples of that time, and they represented the church. I mean, they were the future church. The church that was going to be born ten days later. He looked at them and said, you shall be witnesses unto me. In Samaria, Judea, and into the uttermost parts of the world. This is the eternal hell. Those that you know who've already died, they're there in hell, in Hades right now. And if Jesus tarries a thousand years, they'll be there a thousand years. Those who are still living still have that opportunity. the cure to come to Jesus, and their sins be washed away. That's the mission of the church, folks. That's our primary job, to win the loss to Christ, and not die and go to that place of torment. I want you to bow your heads and close your eyes, and ask Martha to come to the piano, This is the last night of this study, and though it's been interrupted several times, I hope you've seen, and I hope you understand, and I hope it's put a longing in your heart to see folks get saved. That's the only answer, folks. That's the only answer. Otherwise, it's hell. It's the eternal hell. I want you to stand, heads bowed, eyes closed. As the music plays, we invite you to come. Whatever reason, maybe somebody's on your mind and heart. Maybe you just want to come and thank God for saving you. Whatever the reason, we invite you to come. We invite you to come. You got a need, you got a problem, lay it at his feet. Won't you come? Won't you come? You may be seated. Heads bowed and eyes closed. Thank God for these at this hour. Thank God Thank God that he looked down on a sinner like me and had mercy and loved me and made a way, a way of escape, a way of escape for those who believe and will receive him. We're going to go to the Lord in prayer about this order, praying for the lost, praying for the needs that are here at this order. praising them and loving them. I'm going to ask, I'm going to ask Brother Laius, Brother Laius, would you lead us?