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REGIONS OF THE LOST - WEEPING, HOWLING & GNASHING OF TEETH
Quote: E-51 I can see Him go up to the regions of the lost, to a door. [Brother Branham makes a knocking sound--Ed.] And He opened the door. They begin screaming and wailing, those souls that repented not, He said, "You're of Enoch, I am he, that Enoch had a spiritual revelation of. I am He, that was preached before the antediluvian world. 'The Lord shall descend with ten thousands of His saints.' I'm the virgin born Son of God. And I've died at Calvary to redeem the lost. Why didn't you accept Enoch's message under the burnt offering? And the door was closed with a weeping and howling and gnashing of teeth. (Glorified.Jesus 55-0225).
THE HORRORS OF HELL ARE A MILLION TIMES WORSE THAN A BURNING HELL
GOD'S.ONLY.PROVIDED.PLACE.OF.WORSHIP_ SHP.LA V-7 N-4 SUNDAY_ 65-1128M Quote: 23 And then, years ago, I seen the regions of the lost, and was there. I tell you, friend, as an old man, let me persuade you this, across the nation this morning, don't never want to view that place. There's no way at all that I could... if I was an artist with a brush I couldn't paint the picture. As a minister, I couldn't describe to you. Talk about hell being a burning place, it's a million times worse than that, the horrors that goes with it.
THAT SOUL WILL BE IN A DEVIL'S TORMENT
Quote: 132 ... And I started to turn around, to go back. I thought I'd stop, say, "Young lady, I wish to speak to you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though you be a pretty girl, there is no doubt about that, though you have a figure that would probably... You, want to hear the brakes whine. Do you realize that that spirit that's making you do that will drive you to a devil's hell where you'll suffer through the ages that is to come? Do you realize that that pretty, little formed body, and them well-set cheeks and hair, and so forth, and red lips, maybe in another six months the worms will be crawling in and out of that well-formed body, out here in the dust? And that soul that stays in there, today, will be in a devil's torment." Then something stopped me, as if God would say, "If you do that, they'll lock you down yonder in jail." See? There you are. (The.Flashing.Red.Light.Of.The.Sign.Of.His.Coming 63-0623E).
WHEN A SINNER DIES, HE GOES INTO A PLACE OF CHAINS OF DARKNESS
Quote: E-53 ... A sinner doesn't die, I mean, cease to exist when he goes out of this life. He goes into a place of chains of darkness. (God.Perfecting.His.Church 54-1204).
THAT DARK PLACE CALLED THE CHAINS OF DARKNESS
Quote W.M.B: E-64 Now, when Jesus died, the Bible said He went and preached to the souls that were in prison that repented not in the long-suffering in the day of Noah.... What was that? Jesus went and preached to the souls that were in prison. Why? He walked to the doors. I can see Him over yonder in that demon region, where those demons lay,... I mean those souls that didn't repent. In that dark place there called the chains of darkness. [Brother Branham knocks on the pulpit four times--Ed.] Knocked at the door. And He opened up the door and I looked in there. There is a great mass of souls, lost and screaming. And beautiful girls and wrinkled hags and everything else, crying. Oh, my. If they only had a chance. ... He had to witness to the lost that He was the Son of God. And them screaming for mercy, He had to shut the door. 'Cause they had spurned mercy and they had to receive judgment. (God Perfecting His Church 54-1204).
REGIONS OF THE LOST - THAT BLACK PRISON Quote: E-20 ... We see Him at Calvary conquer death. Here goes, His soul down into the regions of the lost to men and women. He opens the door of that black prison, and there was beautiful young ladies who danced themselves into the place. There was preachers in there that turned down the message of God. There was church members, atheists, Gentile, and Jew, all in that prison, that refused to hear a righteous man's message. And I can see Him as He knocked at the door, and He said, "I'm He, that Enoch spoke of, and said that I would come. I am the virgin born Son of God. I've just died on the earth, and I have to witness to you that I'm the fulfilling of that Word." No mercy could be granted and the doors was shut. (The.Mighty.Conqueror 58-0329).
THAT HIDEOUS PLACE - THE PRISON OF LOST SOULS
Quote: 79 And when Jesus died, He goes up, down there. I can see Him on that Friday afternoon, after His death, [Brother Branham knocks--Ed.] knock on the door of the regions of the lost. Let's follow Him a minute. The door opens. There was women; there was men; there were young ladies; there were old; there were all together in that hideous place called the prison of the lost souls. If I had time, I'd like to tell you. And it might be just a vision. But one time I visited that place and screamed for mercy, when I was a sinner going under an operation. When I come out, I was standing in the west, with my hands up towards the heaven, and a cross shining on me. (The.Entombment 57-0420).
SCRIPTURE: THE LAKE OF FIRE WAS PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL & HIS ANGELS
Matthew 25:41 <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:>
HELL WAS CREATED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS - NOT FOR HUMAN BEINGS
Quote: E-15 God is going to judge you by your attitude towards Jesus Christ... Hell wasn't made for Christians; hell was made for unbelievers. And God has did everything that He can to keep people to bypass hell so that you won't have to go there. He sent the law; He sent the prophets; He sent His Son. He sent the Holy Spirit. He sent the churches, the hymns, the everything to try to keep you from going to hell. Hell was not made for people... Hell was created for the devil and his angels; not for human beings. But if you go, it's because you willfully and want to go. And you can't go easy. You have to fight your way into it. Did you know that? You can't go to hell easy? You have to fight your way to it. (What.Think.Ye.Of.Christ 54-0321).
HELL WAS CREATED FOR THE DEVIL & HIS ANGELS - NOT FOR YOU BUT MEN & WOMEN FIGHT THEIR WAY RIGHT INTO IT
Quote: E-41 Oh, of the stories of these thirty-one years around the world, and around, and around, hearing the confessions, and things, that'd raise the hair on your head. To think of the things that, hear them confess of what they've started, how innocent they was, and how beautiful sin looks, and how attractive it looks to be. But it's a way of death. Don't go in it. Whatever you do, shun the very appearance of evil. The liar, he never... He thought he'd tell a little lie to his mother. He went and eat some coffee, and went and blowed his breath in his mother's face. "See, I never smoked, mama." But you lied. A red light flashes, "Don't do this, little boy." It's not easy to go to hell. You have to fight your way to hell. Every time you do wrong, there's a little red light drops down in you, and the countdown comes. "Little boy, don't do this. Little girl, don't do that." See, it's something happens in you. But you fight right over it. You pass by the church, and you hear the people singing the Gospel songs. You really want to go in. But oh, my, you light up another cigarette and shake your head. What are you trying to do? You're fighting your way right through every barricade. God don't send you to hell, you send yourself to hell. Break every barricade, run every stop light trying to make yourself go to hell. And then say God's good and won't send you to hell? You're sending yourself to hell. That's right. God sends nobody to hell. It was created for the devil and his angels, not for you. But you fight your way right into it, men and women do. (FROM.THAT.TIME 62-0713).
A MAN FIGHTS HIS WAY TO HELL - IT'S NOT EASY TO GO TO HELL - YOU HAVE TO REJECT TRUTH
Quote W.M.B.: 59 ... They had been given a chance to see Him, but they rejected their very Messiah. And today it's the same thing, the very same thing. We are given the opportunity, because God cannot judge without first having... being justified for His judgment. Now, if you told a certain person going down the road, speeding; you'd stop them, say, "There is a hole in the road down there. If you continue that speed, you'll be killed." And they say, "Nonsense, I know what I'm doing." Then, you see, the blood can't be upon you, because you have thoroughly warned them. Well, God does the same thing by His Word. He thoroughly warns the people of oncoming judgment, and shows His signs and wonders that's predicted in the Bible for that age. He shows them, and the people just walk right over It. It's not easy for a person to go to hell. A man fights his way to hell. The first lie you ever told, you know it was wrong. The first cigarette you ever smoked, you knowed was wrong. The first evil you did, you knowed was wrong. But in your conscience, told you it was wrong, but you continually run through the red light, run over the barricades. You're reckless. You want to do it, anyhow, show you're some big guy. See? But, remember, you fight your way to hell. It's not easy to go to hell. You have to reject Truth. (What Shall I Do With Jesus Called Christ 63-1124M).
A MAN HAS TO LITERALLY FIGHT HIS WAY TO HELL - HE CANNOT GO TO HELL EASY
Quote: E-29 Now, ... In order to be just, He must keep His laws. And law without penalty is not law. See? If there's a semaphore out here in the street, and that says "stop," that's a law for you to stop. And then if you pass on through it and the law has no penalty, then it isn't a law any more. See? It should not even be hanging there. And if God begins to wave something before you and tell you that you're doing wrong, and you break that law of God warning you, then penalty is to be paid. You just must do it. You have to do it; you have to pay the penalty. "And the wages of sin is death." So if a man transgresses God's law and continues to do it, then don't blame God if something happens to you. See? If you're lost, you cannot say, "Well, it was God's fault." I've often said this, that a man has to literally fight his way to hell. He cannot go to hell easy. No, he has a hard time getting to hell. But he certainly fights his way right on into it. You remember, boys, the first little corn-silk cigarette you smoked? You know what? Mama said... You know, you was afraid that Mama was going to smell it on your breath, so you got some coffee and eat it, or something, you know, to keep her from being able to smell. Mama said, "Let me smell your breath," See? "Mama, there's nothing wrong with me." What's the first thing? When you lied that first lie, a red light begin to flash. "Tell her the truth. Be honest, little boy. Mama taught you to do that." But, see, you fight your way right on through that barricade and red light. See? You remember the first time you trifled on your girlfriend? You remember the first time you sassed your wife, the wife sassed the husband, something like that? Remember the first time you heard that hymn sang at church and something beat at your heart, and you just shook yourself and turned away, "I'll do it some other time." Them's all red lights (See?), and you just walk right on over them--warnings, "Don't go the way you're going little boy, little girl. Turn back to Me. I'm your Creator." But you walk right on through it. You can't expect nothing else. Don't lay it onto God. If you run through that stoplight out there don't say, "The city's in blame." No, sir. You're the fault. That stoplight's there to protect you, and to help you, and you must obey it. And then it isn't the city's fault; it's your fault, 'cause you should have stopped when the warning come on. (Have.Not.I.Sent.Thee 62-0124).
GOD'S DONE EVERYTHING TO KEEP YOU FROM GOING TO HELL, AND YET YOU DETERMINE TO GO TO HELL
Quote: E-7... And when you reject Jesus Christ the Saviour and God, you don't have to be judged, you're already judged. Your attitude towards God's provided way has judged you. It's not necessary that any man would go to hell. And God don't send no one to hell. You send yourself to hell. God's done everything in the world He can to keep you from going to hell. And yet, you determine to go to hell. You fight over every barricade God puts in your way; you just go right on over it. "I don't believe in this. And I don't believe in that. And I don't believe in this." Just headlong... Now, there's a red light here in the city. And it turns red and green. That tells you when you can stop and go. If you run it, well, don't blame the city. They put the light up there for your protection. But if you run on through it, that's up to you. It's you brought your own judgment. You remember when that first little corn silk cigarette you smoked, standing around behind the--the chimney behind the house, and went and eat some coffee to keep mama from smelling your breath? Mama said, "Have you been smoking?" "No, mama." What was the first thing? That conscience says, "Don't do that, little boy, you're lying." But you fought right on past the conscience. "No, mama. I didn't smoke it." There's God's first provided way for you to stop right there; that's a halt light. "Stop. Don't say that. Tell her the truth. If you get a whipping, go ahead and tell the truth about it." Then the next thing, you go to church and you hear the hymns sang, the Gospel preached. Something... And the Holy Spirit begins to speak to you. "Come, repent." And you say, "Oh, that... I'm young. I got plenty of time yet. I got this. I've got to do this." See? You're rejecting God's provided way and judging yourself. Then how can you blame God? You can't. You got to blame yourself. There's not a bit of need of anyone going to hell when God has made a provided way of escape. You can't help being a sinner. You can't help that. You was borned a sinner. But you can help staying a sinner. For if you accept Jesus as your--in your place as... He was made sin for you, God's way of escape. Then you don't have to be a sinner. You'll be a Christian and you'll be holy: not your own holiness, but His holiness; not what you are but what God has done for you in Christ Jesus. See? (God's.Provided.Way 53-0613).
IT'S NOT EASY TO GO TO HELL - GOD BLOCKS THE WAY
Quote: E-14 One time in the Scripture. After the death of Ahab, one of Israel's most wicked kings, his son, Hezekiah followed him on his throne in Samaria. And one day while he was walking in the upper porch, he fell through the lattice, and he hurt himself, and he took some sort of a disease. And then he called two of his men and sent them over to Ekron to the god of Beelzebub to consult his prophets, was he going to recover or not? And Elijah the Tishbite, being a true prophet of God, the Holy Spirit came to him in a vision and told him, "Go up and stand in the way." God blocks the way. It's not easy to go to hell. It's hard to go to hell. God sends His messengers, and He sends His prophets; He sends His Gospel; He makes His Churches a flaming fire, and men constantly fight right over it. He sends It out over the ether waves of the radio; He sends It over the television; He sends It by the published word; He sends It from lip to ear, and men constantly walk right over it. But God sends His prophet to block it. "Why will you go to Ekron to the Beelzebub? Is it because there is no prophet in Israel? Is there no God there?" Is that the reason people today deliberately go to drunken parties, dance all night, gamble, cheat, try to make a lot of money? Is it because that there is no pleasure in God? Is it because there is no God to give pleasure? The very reason that you thirst for that, is because that you're rejecting God. God made a man to thirst, but to thirst after Him. And if you turn that down, you have to... The devil tries to satisfy that thirst with drinking, and smoking, and gambling, and other things. Is it because we that haven't got a Holy Spirit that brings joy? Is it because there's no satisfaction in Christ that you seek these things? He said, "Is not there a God down in Israel? Why would you go to Beelzebub, the devil?" Is there no pleasure in serving Christ? Is that the reason men continually drink, and go to the church for a covering? You've never tasted the Lord yet. You've never knowed how good He was. If man ever come to the fountain filled with Blood drawn from Immanuel's veins, once plunged beneath that, the sins of the world, and all the devil could offer, would be as dead as midnight. It's because they refuse to do it. Because they refuse to receive the Holy Spirit, God's Balm, is the reason they do. It reminds me of a man dying on a doctor's doorstep, a man die on a doctor's doorstep, because that he refuses to take the remedy for his disease. If the doctor's got the remedy for your disease, and you say, "I won't take it." You could set on his doorstep, that close to it, and you'd still die, because you refuse the remedy. Then don't lay it on to the doctor. He's got the remedy. He's got the thing for your inoculation, but it's your stubbornness not to receive it. It wasn't because there wasn't a God in Israel; it wasn't because there wasn't a prophet down there; it was because the king was too stubborn. He hated the prophet. That's what's the matter today. There's satisfaction. There's healing for soul and body in God, in Christ, but the people are too stubborn. They're like Hezekiah of long ago. They want to be modern. They hate the Gospel message. That's the reason they die in their sins on the church steps. Men set in the seats in their churches and die in sin, because they refuse God's remedy, the Holy Spirit. Not because He's not there; it's because they refuse to recognize It and receive It. (Balm.In.Gilead 59-0707).
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