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Of the 1,850 verses in the New Testament that record the words of Jesus, thirteen percent of them deal with the subject of hell and judgment.  Jesus talked more about hell than any other topic. Of the forty-parables that Jesus told, more than half of those parables relate to the concept of hell and God's eternal judgment.  The strongest biblical word for hell, the word Gehenna is used twelve times in scripture and eleven times Jesus was the speaker.

 I have to warn you that the picture that Jesus Christ painted of this place is not pretty.  The word Gehenna which is the word used in the verses I just shared with you to describe the eternal destiny of people who spend eternity without God, refers to the Valley of Hinnom, which was located south of Jerusalem.  I have been there and I have seen it.  In Jesus' day, it was used as a garbage dump where both trash and the bodies of executed criminals were burned.  It was the most repugnant place in the entire city.

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