Hell's Population Clock

[Olde Tymer]

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The rich man spoken of in Luke 16:19-31 addressed Abraham as "father" and he in
turn addressed the man as "son" which suggests they are very distantly related as
grandfather/grandson.

(cf. Luke 16:29. Moses and the Prophets came along several centuries after
Abraham's passing.)

I have two grandsons. I'm not sure how well I will cope should either of them end
up in the wrong place.

POP CLOCK UPDATE: 193 days have elapsed since beginning the thread. If the OP's
figures are in the ball park, then something like 13,403,850 new arrivals have checked
into the fiery sector of Hades since Oct 09, 2023.
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[Olde Tymer]

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The laws of God require eye for eye, tooth for tooth, burning for burning, hand for
hand, foot for foot, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.

Where does that leave people like Ted Kaczynski who killed and/or maimed 26
people with homemade bombs; or Stephen Paddock who indiscriminately sprayed a
music concert in Las Vegas with a rifle equipped with a bump stock resulting in 471
dead and/or wounded; and the numerous serial killers that are in and out of the
news from time to time? How are those murderers supposed to balance the scales
of justice for all the illegal deaths they've caused?

Well; the fact of the matter is: they can't balance the scales because they simply
don't' have enough lives of their own with which to atone for their victims' lives.

This makes me suspect that perdition isn't uniform, i.e. there's one Hell, but its
circumstances may be something akin to the nine levels of Inferno in Dante
Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Wouldn't that be something?

POP CLOCK UPDATE: 198 days have elapsed since beginning the thread. If the OP's
figures are in the ball park, then something like 13,781,100 new arrivals have checked
into the fiery sector of Hades since Oct 09, 2023.
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[Olde Tymer]

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● Rom 6:23 . .The wages of sin is death

That rule is very serious because, at most, people have only two lives to forfeit for
sin-- the life they have now, and the one they'll have later at their resurrection; but
unfortunately, their current life has already been forfeited due to Adam's
disobedience in the garden of Eden so they can't use this life to atone for any of
their own disobedience.

And when they're resurrected to stand trial at the Great White Throne event
depicted at Rev 20:11-15; that'll be their last life because according to Dan 12:2
and John 5:28-29 there's only one resurrection allotted per person.

That's at least one of the reasons why no one is coming back from the second
death depicted at Rev 20:11-15, i.e. there's no third death, nor fourth death, ad
infinitum.

POP CLOCK UPDATE: 203 days have elapsed since beginning the thread. If the OP's
figures are in the ball park, then something like 14,098,350 new arrivals have checked
into the fiery sector of Hades since Oct 09, 2023.
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[Olde Tymer]

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When people neglect to think about the hereafter; they become like a frog boiled to
death by starting it out in cold water.

● Mark 4:3-19 . . Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: and some fell
among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. These
are they such as hear the word, and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness
of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh
unfruitful.

Well, hello there
My, it's been a long, long time.
How am I doing?
Oh, I guess that I'm doing fine.

It's been so long now
But it seems now that it was only yesterday.
Gee, ain't it funny
How time slips away?
(Billy Walker, 1961)

POP CLOCK UPDATE: 208 days have elapsed since beginning the thread. If the OP's
figures are in the ball park, then something like 14,445,600 new arrivals have checked
into the fiery sector of Hades since Oct 09, 2023.
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[Olde Tymer]

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FAQ: What might Hell's culture be like?

REPLY: Seeing as how nobody down there has any more reason to be civil, then I
think new arrivals can expect to be ill treated in that world.

Also, folks down there are deprived of the regeneration spoken of per John 3:3-8 so
they are there as they were here. Well; human nature tends to deteriorate, sort of
like the decay experienced by road kill and spoiled fruits and vegetables. I'd expect
that the lost get badder and badder and badder as time goes on so that even a
saint like Mother Teresa would eventually become so evil that her conduct in Hell
would be disturbing to behold.

And then; according to Matt 7:21-23, not everyone talking the talk will make the
cut.

Well; I would not want to be one of them because they will surely be mocked
cruelly and without mercy by some of the netherworld's unruly crowd. I can just
hear their giggling as they taunt:

Hey Christian! How's about sharing the gospel with us ay? Tell us about the love of
God and how that's working for ya. Awwwww-Haw-Haw-Haw- Hawwwwwwwww!

I'd rather end up in Hell as a Bernie Madoff than a failed Christian because ol' ponzi
schemer Bernie is sure to be given far more respect down there than a bible
thumper.

POP CLOCK UPDATE: 213 days have elapsed since beginning the thread. If the OP's
figures are in the ball park, then something like 14,792,850 new arrivals have checked
into the fiery sector of Hades since Oct 09, 2023.
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