As you pass through the doorway of death,

darkness overtakes you

walking away from the light.

The atmosphere lacks joy; there is no sound of  laughter.

Gray, sullen images silouheutte against the darkness.

You begin to realize there are no exits here in hell.

You feel like a traveler in a foreign land,

nothing looks familiar.

The smell is putrid,

like that of burning sulfur and decaying bodies.

You cover your ears to deafen the sound

of weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth,

of souls crying out in the darkness!

You become aware of time, almost obsessed with it.

What seems like eternity has only been one day,

and you begin to realize you're in this place forever!

***

The cries of souls dying in their sins is deafening!

Yet, you cannot help them. You can't even save yourself.

You struggle to open your eyes, to focus, but it seems useless.

Everything looks smeared, like charcoal clinging to its barren walls.

There is no color. There are no signs of life.

Heaviness overtakes you...

as hot, searing, intense heat consumes your body

yet you remain alive, in agony in this flame!

***

You look around, rubbing your eyes to strain, to focus.

You reach for the walls, for rocks, for something... anything to hold onto!

But there is nothing. Nothing but total darkness.

You kick your feet, flailing your arms, until you are too exhausted to move.

Too weary to think.

Pains of agony shoot through your body.

Just when you thought you couldn't endure it any longer,

you are faced with another dilemma, as you sob alone in the darkness.

***

You stumble among the sea of faces of souls as helpless as you.

They open their mouths as to speak, but nothing comes out.

Your throat feels dry, parched, like you've been stranded on a desert.

What seems like eternity has only been a few days,

as your thoughts turn home to your loved ones.

Days of your life are replayed in your memory.

What you would do to warn them of this place!

***

You are keenly aware that this is your future.

This is the life that you have chosen.

What you would give to turn back the hands of time,

to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior!

  You remember all the times that the Lord graciously reached out to you,

but you had no time for Him.

You have time now... you'll have all eternity to remember.

***

It only been six days,

but what is that in the endless line of eternity?

In the darkness you see a new arrival,

its familiar terror in his eyes that asks questions

that no one seems to answer.

You open your mouth to speak

but nothing comes out.

Eternity stretches out before you.

The flickering flame is forever extinguished

of seeing your loved ones again.

You begin to beg... to plead with God,

but your voice slips into the darkness and is lost.

You look around to assess your situation.

Your mind laboring to fathom just how long eternity is.

Forever is forever, and ever and ever!

There's no stop. No end to this nightmare!

Your body aches. Your soul screams,

as you realize how long in this place you must suffer.

Your pleas for help fall on deaf ears.

In ten thousand years you will have not accomplished a thing!

Not one less second to suffer than you had ten thousand years ago.

In millions of  years you will have millions upon millions more!

You look around, everything is barren.

Not even a blade of grass to bring a smile.

You feel that you can't endure it any longer.

Yet, those who do not believe in the Lord will end here in hell.

But wait!

The fact you're reading this says you still have time

to accept the Lord Jesus as your Savior.

The Scripture says,

"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."

                  ~ Romans 3:23

"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,

and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead,

thou shalt be saved."

                   ~ Romans 10:9

Don't fall asleep without Jesus

until you are assured of a place in heaven.

Tonight, if you would like to receive the gift of eternal life

first you must believe in the Lord.

You have to ask for your sins to be forgiven

and put your trust in the Lord.

There's only one way to heaven and that's through the Lord Jesus.

That's God's wonderful plan of salvation.

You can begin a personal relationship with Him

by praying a prayer such as the following: