This may come as a surprise to some of you, but I believe that there is no one in Hell, at least not yet. I'm not saying that I believe in some sort of soul sleep where the body rests in the grave until Judgment day. Nobody is in Hell at the present moment because Hell is the final place for those who have rejected Christ. It's the eternal place of torment to which Satan, his angels and unbelievers are sent after the Great White Throne Judgment.
“And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:12-15
John says that Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. Hades is the proper place for those who die. There are apparently two compartments in Hades. One side is the place of torment, or what is usually called Hades. The other side is called Paradise. There is a great chasm that separates the two. We see this clearly illustrated in Jesus’ story in Luke 16 about the rich man and the beggar Lazarus.
At the final judgment, Hades and all the unbelievers, as well as Satan and his angels, will be thrown into limpur, the lake of fire. So at the present time, there is no one in Hell – limpur – The Lake of Fire – not yet anyways.
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