Reverend Red stood in front of his rabbit hole beneath the red cherry tree. The lazy late-morning Sunday sun warmed the little valley and a few birds flitted about in the trees and brush. Red yawned. He had already dismissed his fluffle of rabbits so they could go back to their warrens to chew over the message the Lord had given him.
And eat lunch, of course. And take a nap.
Red took off his glasses, breathed on them, then polished them on the sleeve of his jacket. He put them back on.
Across the way, Reverend Blue's fluffle gathered before his rabbit hole under the blueberry bush. They chit-chatted amongst themselves, some perused their phones, others flirted with each other.
A breeze rustled the leaves of the valley. Reverend Blue took the opportunity to make his appearance. He came out of his rabbit hole with great ceremony. He tried to convey humility, but his whispers dripped disdain. The spiral pattern on the front of his tophat seemed to spin about in the late morning sun. Blue straightened his crisp blue jacket, then brushed off a bit of dander.
Red looked at his own worn red jacket, its elbow patches had their own patches. He couldn't help it if he spent most of his time at his desk, digging through old books.
Blue paced about in front of his group, nodding his head. Soon all the rabbits had their attention on him. The phones were put away, their heads swayed left and right as Blue walked back and forth.
Blue stopped, took the necklace with his golden cross off of his neck, and began to dandle it in front of him.
His audience moved their heads back and forth, back and forth, in rhythm to the swinging of the cross.
How long was this going to take? Red pulled his watch out of his pocket, glanced at the time, then put it back.
"Today, I will tell you of the horrors of Hell," Blue said in a most horrific voice. "You've been told it is raging fire. Or, you've been told it is where all your friends will be, and you will party forever. You've been told it is under your feet, deeper than any rabbit can dig. You've been told your immortal soul will spend eternity roasting on a spit!"
All the rabbits swayed their heads in time with the cross.
"But it is far worse than that!" Blue snatched the cross up and stood shaking his head slightly. The spiral on his hat seemed to spin into infinity.
Blue's voice became very dark. "I tell you, it is merely being completely absent from the presence of God. For eternity! Those in Hell spend their eternal night with not even a touch of God to comfort them."
Blue stood up straight. The little crowd jumped back as if startled. "But you have nothing to worry about, for all of you have prayed the prayer. Your souls are all safe for you shall live for eternity in the presence of Jesus." He took his hat off and placed it upside down in front of him. "Now if you would, as each of you has been blessed by the good Lord, leave a bit of money in my hat as you go along home. Remember-" Blue smiled reassuringly, "if you pay the tithe, God will make you thrive."
One by one, the rabbits made their way in front of Reverend Blue, shook his paw, and dropped a few dollars in his hat.
After the last one left, Blue dug all the dollars out of his hat, counted them, frowned, then stuffed the wad of cash into his vest pocket. He then proceeded to put his necklace back on.
Red hopped over to him.
"Brother Blue! Brother Blue!"
"Come to bore me again with your egghead prattling?" Blue asked. Blue put his hat back on.
"You know I'm disappointed in you, Blue." Red pushed his glasses back up on his nose since they had slid forward while he hopped over. "You've never even told them have you?”
Blue rolled his eyes and flicked his ears. "Told them what?"
"About Hinnom," Red said. "They have no idea what is waiting for them, do they?"
"That old fable?" Blue looked down his nose at him. "That's just another name for hell." Blue twitched his whiskers as if shaking the morning dew from them.
"Oh, no," Red said. "When Jesus spoke about the Hinnom Valley he was talking about the Old Testament prophecies and how they were going to be fulfilled at his second coming. Do you know how silly it sounds to say, “when you die you will go to the Hinnom Valley at Jerusalem”? Hinnom's ash form does not exist yet. It won't exist until Jesus raises all of us from the dead. Then, he will create it. And all believers who walked in the lust of their flesh instead of following him are going to go into it body AND soul. They will constantly regenerate in its fires, just like the Beast and the False Prophet."
"Nonsense! That's an old doe's tale. You just scare people telling them that. My Bible says Hell, I say Hell." Blue patted the pocket with the money in it. "That's why I have the nice coat, and you wear that old rag. A happy fluffle is a giving fluffle."
Red wiggled his ears. "That's your English translation. It's mistranslated. You'll have to dig deeper than that if you want the truth. Tophet was in the Hinnom Valley. It's where the Kings of Israel burned their children alive in sacrifice to Baal. It's where God is going to burn them alive for eternity."
"Pfft!" Blue puffed his cheeks at him.
"You don't care at all for your fluffle's souls? It means nothing to you that God will judge every believer, and that two-thirds will be rejected and will join the Beast in that lake of fire? You don't believe goat, goat, sheep?"
"Pffft!" Blue dismissed Red with a wave of his paw. "Nobody teaches that. Once you are saved, he will save you to the uttermost. That's what sells. Honestly, I don't know why anyone listens to you."
Blue turned and went back into his rabbit hole.
"But Hinnom will burn both body and soul. Hades only burns the souls of the damned."
"Why don't you come in and watch the game with me?” Blue responded. “It's the Bluejays against the Robins." Red could hear the TV crackle to life.
"No thanks," Red said. "I have to study for tonight's sermon. Maybe you could drop by the Red Rabbit hole tomorrow morning for breakfast. Come on over when you smell the coffee."
Blue yawned audibly but did not answer. The pregame show started droning on about nothing. Red frowned. Blue was probably already asleep. If he'd ever really woken up to start with.
Red shook his head and hopped back to his own rabbit hole. He paused at the entrance and looked back at Reverend Blue's hole.
Some people would just never look up the truth for themselves.
He looked at a little bird that perched on a branch of his cherry tree. "How about you, little bird? Do you want to come down the Red rabbit hole?" The bird chirped and flew away.
Red drooped his whiskers, then took his watch out and looked at it. I'm late, I'm late, I'm late. So many things to learn in the Red Rabbit Hole, so little time to learn it. He hopped into his rabbit hole with both feet.
Down the Red Rabbit Hole...
Old Testament prophecies about the Hinnom Valley (Gehenna in the Greek, "Hell" in almost all English Bibles.) Tophet was a singular place in the Hinnom Valley, just outside of Jerusalem.
The Isaiah 30:30-33 Prophecy (the Assyrian is the Beast of Revelation. The King is Jesus.)
Isaiah 30:30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.
33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Here, the prophesied Hinnom is described. Very deep and very large. It has to be. It was ordained of old to hold the Devil and all who follow him, human and angel.
The Isaiah 31:5-9 Prophecy (The Ensign is Jesus.)
Isaiah 31:5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
The Isaiah 34 Prophecy (The armies that gather in Armageddon will attack Jerusalem, which is when Jesus will return and destroy them. This prophecy is about that time. The winepress of Revelation flows 200 miles from the Hinnom valley to the plain of Edom (Idumea). Note the name Bozrah for later.
Isaiah 34:1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
8 For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
The Isaiah 63:1-6 Prophecy (Note Bozrah. After Jesus has slain the millions starting at Hinnom (Revelation 14:20) all the way to Bozrah, his clothes will be completely stained in blood. Then he will return to Jerusalem to hold his Judgment Seat and to judge all the resurrected who stand there waiting for him.)
Isaiah 63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
The Isaiah 66:15-19,23-24 Prophecy
Isaiah 66:15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
23 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.
24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
It is of very important note that all FLESH would look upon the burning bodies in Hinnom. Flesh cannot see into Hades. Generational flesh and blood will be looking upon the eternal flesh of God's slain enemies.
Also note, this passage does not explicitly say this is Hinnom, but, as you will see later, Jesus said it was.
The Jeremiah 7:31-34 Prophecy
Jeremiah 7:31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
Note: the word bury was not a good word choice for the translators. It does not mean under dirt. It means they will just be piled up there for the birds to eat.
Also note: to this day, it is still called Hinnom, not Slaughter. "Oh, that is Hinnom." When this prophecy is fulfilled, they will say, "Oh, that is the great slaughter." That is because none shall see the valley for all the eternal burning, worm-eaten bird-ravaged bodies that are piled up there. They will not be able to see how deep it is. It won't even look like a valley. It will look like a lake of fire.
The Jeremiah 19:2-7 Prophecy
Jeremiah 19:2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,
3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.
4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
5 They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:
6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
The Jeremiah 31:38-40 Prophecy
Jeremiah 31:38 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
Here, God calls Hinnom the valley of dead bodies and ash. A dead body is a body that cannot move of its own free will. It does not mean it cannot feel pain and torment. It does not mean its soul is not trapped within it, remembering and thinking of everything. It just means it's spirit has left it (James 2:26). Today, when a man dies his spirit and soul both leave his body. But in Hinnom, the soul will remain in the body when the spirit leaves.
Be advised, during the sounding of the fifth angel in Revelation 9, the people alive at that time will try to kill themselves, but nothing they do will work. Knives, guns, jumping from cliffs, being crushed by rocks, dismemberment - nothing will kill them. Hinnom is similar. They are dead, like zombies, but their bodies regenerate and their souls are forever trapped in their tortured carcass, feeling everything, every worm munching its way through the nether tidbits, every memory knifing its sorrow through the heart, every flame burning flesh from blister to charcoal, every bird pecking flesh from their face. It is a horrible thing to die, both body and soul, lying there naked for the whole universe to come to abhor you for all of time. "Tour starts in ten minutes!"
The Zechariah 14:2-5 Prophecy (If you follow the Hinnom Valley south downhill, it comes to Azal),
Zechariah 14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
The Joel 3:9-19 Prophecy (The valley of Jehoshaphat / Kidron valley is a short valley that runs from the Mount of Olives on the east side of Jerusalem to mate up with the Hinnom valley).
Joel 3:9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
What Jesus said about the Hinnom Valley.
(It has proven to be a myth that Hinnom was used as a garbage dump. The Hinnom Valley has never been a burning heap of garbage. This was first mentioned by Jewish Rabbi David Kimchi in AD 1200. Since some of the prophets and forefathers are entombed in the Hinnom Valley – these same prophets the tombs of whom the Jews of Jesus' day were whitewashing - it is next to unthinkable that they would be using it as a city dump. The only recorded and excavated burn pits in Hinnom were the ones that had been used to burn children alive in sacrifice to Baal.)
(Also note that when Jesus spoke of Hinnom, the people understood he was speaking of the Old Testament prophecies about Hinnom. They did not think he was talking about Hades. When Jesus spoke of Hades, he said Hades, not Hinnom. He is rather precise in his use of words.)
Matthew 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of Hinnom's fire.
"Well," some people reason, "If Hinnom did not exist at Jesus' time, why did Jesus tell the Jews of his time they were at risk of going into it?" That is because every single Jew who heard Jesus preach is going to be resurrected when he returns, not just the believing ones. Sodom and Gomorrah will also be raised from the dead (Ezekiel 16:55). Remember, Jesus said they would rise up in judgment against Capernaum (Matt 10:15, 11:23-24, Luke 11:31-32). It is not just the church that will be raised.
Matthew 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into Hinnom.
(Just a quick note for the mentally unhinged: no part of your body can cause you to offend. Jesus said it was your heart that produces all sin (Matthew 15:18). Even if you cut your hand off, you would still sin after the same manner. Jesus did say "if." You must severe from your heart the desire to do those things.)
Matthew10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in Hinnom.
No person's body has ever yet gone to Hades. Nor will it ever. Your dead body lies on the surface of the earth, while your soul goes to Hades. Therefore, Hinnom CANNOT be Hades.
Matthew 18:8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into Hinnom's fire.
Matthew 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of Hinnom than yourselves.
Matthew 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of Hinnom?
Mark 9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into Hinnom, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into Hinnom, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into Hinnom's fire:
48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Notice that Jesus described Hinnom the same way the Old Testament Prophets described God's great slaughter?
Luke 12:4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into Hinnom; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Matthew 25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
This happens on the Day of Atonement, where you will make atonement -not for your sins, which were dealt with at the cross – but for how you treated Jesus. (The Day of Atonement occurs 8 or 9 days after the feast where no man knows the day or hour of the sounding of the last trumpet of the feast.)
The scapegoat ritual was a symbol of this judgment where God the father will choose the good goat's from the bad goats, and the bad goats will have all their sins put back on them. (See Leviticus 16.) This ritual was added because two of Aaron's four sons were burned alive when they offered strange fire before the Lord. (Notice the foreshadowing of being burned alive?) The people were confused. How could you tell the good priests from the bad priests?
When God called the bad priests Azazel, the people understood. The word translated scapegoat, azazel, means "the goat who departs," and that is what all the goat believers do: they depart from the Lord and live their lives after their own desires.
The word is also the name of a fallen angel who taught man to war and whore. That is also what goat believers do: they teach others to whore after the lusts of their flesh and to not turn the other cheek- to fight. Resist!
(This angel's story was known to the Israelites because it is in the Book of Enoch, which was the only Bible they had before Moses came along. We still have the book, but it is corrupted. It was written to tell the people of Jesus' day that Jesus was the Messiah. The Book of Enoch, Noah's grandfather, calls Jesus the "Son of Man." See John 8:25-30. When Jesus said that, prophetically speaking, he was the prophesied Son of Man, many believed on him. Those "Son of Man" prophesies are only in the Book of Enoch.)
There is also a false doctrine that says the sheep and goats in this passage are all the natural people who are left after Jesus raptures the church. But this is not so, because the sheep inherit the Kingdom of God. Paul said that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 15:50). Jesus no longer has flesh and blood, he has flesh and bone (Luke 24:39). Therefore, none of these people standing before Jesus will have mortal bodies. Every one of them will have been resurrected at Jesus' return. All of the goats are believers.
Also note, that the goats go into everlasting fire created for the devil and his angels. Hell, or Hades was not created for the devil. In Revelation 20:10 the devil is thrown into the lake of fire where the Beast and False Prophet are. The lake of fire is what was ordained for the devil and his angels, not Hades. When Jesus tells the goats to depart, the lake of fire already exists. So, between his return and his Judgment Seat, the lake of fire is created. Jesus is not talking about Hades, but Hinnom in this passage. In Revelation 19:20, the Beast and False Prophet are thrown into the lake of fire alive (forever) at Jesus' return. Jesus does this before his judgment seat. Hinnom is the lake of fire burning with brimstone (sulfur).
Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Jesus said that many would point out all the spiritual works they did for him in his name, but they will still be cast into Hinnom. People think that if they work miracles, they are certain to inherit the kingdom. They forget that it is Jesus' name that works the miracles.
Paul states expressly that those believers who walk in the lusts of their flesh will not inherit the kingdom of God. Goat believers will inherit Hinnom, not Heaven.
1 Corinthians 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
The Judgment seat of Christ is described in the following manner: (the four houses refer to the four Biblical ages, pre-flood, post-flood to Moses, the Levitical age, and the church age.)
Zechariah 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
Note from this passage that the criteria of judgment will be the same as Jesus told the goats: "You pierced me and hurt me. You were cruel to me." You will not be judged for your sins, but for all the bad things you did to Jesus when you wounded him who was living inside of his children.
People think that when Jesus returns we will all go to Heaven. But we won't. We will go to Jerusalem to be judged. (See Psalm 50:3-5.) If we survive, then we will go to Heaven at the Feast of Tabernacles to get our mansion.
Zechariah 13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Two-thirds of all believers will not make it past the Judgment Seat. God has already said so.
Revelation 19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
Here you see that when Jesus returns he casts the Beast and the False Prophet into Hinnom. As you will see from the next verse, the Beast and False Prophet were both given eternal bodies before being thrown into the fires of Hinnom.
Also note, the Bible does not say that the armies of earth KNOW that they were brought there to be destroyed by Jesus. It only says that they were gathered together so that Jesus could.
Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
In this verse, you see that the eternal fire created for the devil and his angels was not Hades, but rather Hinnom. That means that where Jesus sent the goat believers who failed his Judgment Seat was into the fires of Hinnom, where they will burn alive over and over, forever.
Revelation 20:14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Hades itself will eventually be cast into Hinnom. Therefore, it is not possible for Hades to be Hinnom.
What James said about Hinnom
James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of Hinnom.
Note: because they thought Hinnom was Hades, they mistranslated this verse. How can your tongue be set on fire by something that does not yet exist? It can't. What the verse actually says in the Greek is that your tongue kindles a fire beneath Hinnom. In other words, if you go there, it will be your own words that burn you for eternity. You can't blame God. You did it to yourself.
Notice also, that James made his comment to believers. If it were not possible for believers to go into Hinnom, he would have said nothing.
Matthew12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Oh, come on, now,” you say. “Jesus would never do that!”
Matthew 12:18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
Jesus being gentle with everyone will only last until he returns. That is when he brings forth judgment and executes victory. Then you will see he can be just as brutal as God was when he sent the flood and killed billions. Do not mistake mercy and grace for inability and weakness. Remember, Jesus cursed the fig tree when he found no fruit on it.
When Jesus returns to Jerusalem from the plain of Edom, he will be completely drenched in the blood of the slain. Then he will begin to divide the resurrected believers waiting for him in Jerusalem. “Goat, goat, sheep.” Which one will you be?
The Judgment Seat is final. Its verdict, eternal. See to it that it is not fatal. If Jesus weeps every time you open your mouth, repent. Weep and howl and rend your heartstrings. Between now and when the bell tolls for you is all you have. You do not want God to reject you because you mistreated Jesus.
Or crushed his little lost lambs.
If God knows every hair on your head, you can be certain he remembers every time you've stabbed his Son in the heart.
No believer should ever speak evil of any man (Titus 3:1-2, Romans 12:14-21). You were never given the authority to judge like that. Vengeance belongs to the Father, and he will deal with each person as he sees fit, thank you very much (now go mind your own business). When you speak evil of others, you judge God because he's “not cursing them properly.”
James 4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
Speaking evil of others seems to be a favorite pastime in the blue rabbit hole.
Jesus said that even so much as calling another person a fool would put you at risk of Hinnom's fires. How much worse, then, is it to outright curse and revile those you disagree with? Politicians? Rich men? Social media trolls?
Every tongue-lashing you give another human being falls on Jesus. And you will have to answer for it. John said that no man can hate another human being, and love God at the same time (1 John 4:20). Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and there is no eternal life dwelling in him (1 John 3:15). Jesus commanded you to turn the other cheek, and to forgive everyone. If you forgive someone, it means you no longer hold anything against them. And if you hold nothing against anybody, God will not hold anything against you (Matthew 7:1-2).
It's late, it's late, it's late! Gotta get ready for a very important date!
Luke 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into Hinnom; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.