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experiences, with the added and indescribable
bonus of having no time limits. By contrast, hell
is a place of darkness, offering no positive experiences
for eye and ear. In the parable of the talents
Jesus says: “And throw that worthless servant
outside, into the darkness, where there will
be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matt 25:30).
When reading the Bible, it is noteworthy that
nobody preached so incisively, so fully, and so
often about hell, as Jesus. Why did He do that,
seeing that nobody else has ever loved people so
much as He? It is precisely because of His love
that He warned against this real place: “If your
right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and
throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part
of your body than for your whole body to be
thrown in hell” (Matt 5:29). With these words of
the Sermon on the Mount Jesus warns us with
the utmost urgency to make sure that we do not
end up in that place. We perceive the same
extreme urgency in Matthew 18:8: “If your hand
or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and
throw it away. It is better for you to enter life
maimed or crippled, than to have two hands or
two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.”
These words of warning from the mouth of Christ
have essentially helped to determine the purpose
of this book. It is our wish that as many people
as possible will be saved from hell and won for
heaven. The practical details for achieving this are
explained in the second part of this book.
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