23 Minutes In Hell

But first I want to address a couple things, questions that might be in your mind.  The first question that would be in mine, if I was listening to me, would be, "How do you know it wasn't just a dream that you had?  A Bad dream?"  A couple points to make, first of all, I had left my body.  I saw my body when I returned, lying on the floor.  So I know for sure it was an out of body experience.  Some Christians have said, "Oh a Christian can't leave his body."  But that's not true, In 2 Corinthians 12:2, when Paul was caught up into the third heaven, He said, "whether in the body, or out of the body I do not know."  So if he didn't know that must mean it's possible.  And also he said in verse 1 that it was a vision, so I believe this comes under the classification of a vision. 

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
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.

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

@Ogaga4Luv,

Revelation 20:1-15

This is the destiny of your master and it is better for you to jump ship now before it gets too late and receive Jesus Christ as your Saviour and Master.  Remember that death and hell will be cast into the lake of fire.

tanx for such wonderful info, i actually visited the spiritlesson's website, the hell experience is really an eye-opener, tanks once again, @ some point i was gripping my seat whilst reading cos' i was scared, on a second though i know i shouldnt fear hell to be a christian but to be motivated by tanx Bro.

Did Bill Wiese Really Go To Hell?

By David J. Stewart

"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son" -Hebrews 1:1,2

An an evangelist named Bill Wiese has been traveling around the country, selling books, and making lots of money by exploiting people's fear of the unknown,  Hell in particular.  According to this website:

"Bill Wiese saw the searing flames of hell, felt total isolation, and experienced the putrid and rotting stench, deafening screams of agony, terrorizing demons, and finally, the strong hand of God lifting him out of the pit.
 "Tell them I am coming very, very soon!"
Wiese’s visit to the devil’s lair lasted just twenty-three minutes, but he returned with vivid details etched in his memory. Since this life-changing ordeal, he has spent the last seven years studying the Scriptures to find answers and has listed more than 150 Bible verses referencing hell." -SOURCE
 

Bizarre Unscriptural Claims

Bill Wiese make's some bizarre claims,

I found myself in the cell, and these 4 creatures were in the cell with me,

Anyway, it was all scaly.  This one had scales all over its body, giant jaws with huge teeth, and claws sticking out, along with sunken-in eyes.  They were just enormous.  And the other one didn't looked like this at all, but it had razor sharp fins all over with one long arm and out of proportion feet.  Everything was deformed and twisted and out of proportion, out of symmetry, no symmetry, one arm longer and one shorter and just odd looking creatures, horrible, horrible looking things. 

And they were blaspheming God. The whole time they were cursing God.   I wondered, "Why are they cursing God? Why are they hating God so much?"  And then they turned their attention to me, and I felt the same hatred they had for God, they had for me also, and again I thought: "Why do they hate me?  I haven't done anything to them."  But they hated me with a hatred that I have never experienced on earth; way beyond what man has the ability to hate with.  They absolutely hated me, and I knew they were assigned to torture me.

There were things that I am going to say, that I don't know how I knew.  In Hell your senses are keener, you are just aware of more than our physical bodies are.  I was aware of distances, I was aware of time, and so forth, much more than you are here.  I knew these things were assigned to me, to torture me forever in this place.

I was lying on the floor in this cell and I had absolutely no strength in my body.  I wondered, "Why can I hardly move, what is wrong with me?"  I was just aware of no strength, and I was helplessly lying there.  One Demon just grabbed me and picked me up, and threw me into the wall like a glass.  He just picked me up like a glass. That was how light I was, or how strong he was.  And threw me into the wall, and every bone in my body just broke.  And I felt pain!  I just began to lie on the floor there, crying out for mercy, but these creatures don't have any mercy at all, absolutely no mercy. 

The one picked me up, and the other one, with his razor-sharp claws; he just shredded my flesh right off.  He just tore it off, and had absolutely no care what so ever for this body that God so wonderfully made.  It had a hatred that was so intense against me.  I wondered, "Why am I alive, why am I living through this?  I don't understand why am I not dead."  My flesh just hung there in ribbons.  And there was no blood, just flesh hanging, because life is in the blood, and there is no life in Hell.  And there is no water in Hell,

Then one of the demons grabbed me, and drug me back into the cell and began all these torments again, which I really hate to talk about, because I don't like to have to re-live the torment.  They began to crush my skull.  One demon grabbed me and tried to crush my head.  I was screaming and begging for mercy, but no mercy!  About this time they each grabbed an arm and a leg and were about to tear off my legs and my arms.  I thought, "I can't endure this, I can't endure this!"  -SOURCE

Although compelling, and definitely frightening, there is NO Scriptural support for many of Mr. Wiese's claims.  Pastor Wiese's claims of enormous sized demons with giant jaws and huge teeth with claws sticking out simply aren't taught in the Word of God.  At first I was hesitant to write this article, because Hell should scare people--because Hell is very real.  The Bible clearly describes Hell as a place of horrible torment.  Hell is a place of fire.  We should try to scare people with the reality of Hell.  However, making exaggerated claims concerning Hell only leads people to doubt and mock the Word of God.  As Christians, we should protect the integrity of the Bible by never allowing anyone to twist or exaggerate It's teachings.  We don't need to ADD to the Word of God.  Bill Wiese is ADDING to the Scriptures.  Although this may seem harmlessly beneficial to some Christians, such bizarre claims are damaging to the truth.  The testimony of the rich man burning in Hell (in Luke 16) doesn't mention demonic monsters with fangs and sunken-in eyes.  In fact, nothing is mentioned in the Scriptures about monsters in Hell.  Believe me friend, if you die in your sins and go to Hell, monsters are going to be the last thing on your mind if your being burned alive with fire and brimstone!
 

Lordship Salvation

Damnable Lordship Salvation has infested our churches on a massive scale.  Here is Bill Wiese's Gospel invitation:

The Bible is real plain, we are all sinners, and whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.  Jesus said if you will confess me before men, publicly, then I will in turn; confess your name before my heavenly Father and the Holy angels.  But if you deny me before men, I will deny you before my Father.  I want to ask you to do something.  If you've never publicly, in front of other people, if you've never publicly declared Jesus Christ as your Savior, and made Him the Lord of your life, or if you're unsure whether heaven is your eternal home, remember Jesus hung naked on a cross, in a market place, he hung there for you, He endured your shame. -SOURCE

As you can see, the basic plan of salvation is given; but Mr. Wiese ADDS (i.e., perverts) the Gospel of Jesus Christ when he mandates "publicly" declaring Jesus and making Jesus "the Lord of your life" to be saved.  All a person needs to do to be Saved is to come as a hell-deserving sinner to Jesus Christ for forgiveness.  All Jesus asks is that we BELIEVE on Him (John 3:16).  Lordship Salvation requires people to surrender to Christ to be saved; thus adding works to faith.  Lordship Salvationists, such as John MacArthur, all speak in double-talk--they claim to believe that salvation is by faith alone; yet they teach that a person cannot be saved if they don't make Christ their Lord (i.e., turn from their sins to be saved).  Biblical repentance means a "change of mind," not necessarily a change of lifestyle.  The changed life comes later as a person GROWS in the Word of God (1st Peter 2:2).  If you add as much as drinking a cup of water to faith alone in Jesus Christ for salvation, then you've fabricated a false Gospel and a damnable heresy. 
 

Bill Wiese Claims God is a Liar!

Listen to what Bill Wiese claims,

I found myself in the cell, and these 4 creatures were in the cell with me.  I didn't know they were demons at the time, because I went there as an unsaved person.  God took it out of my mind that I was a Christian.  I didn't understand why, but He explained it to me on the way back.  These creatures, I didn't realize that they were demons, but they were enormous.  They were about 12 or 13 feet tall, one you will see in the video.  One of the people that gives their testimony, he saw the same demon that I did.  So you will see what one actually looks like.  There is a really good picture of it in the video where one guy was drug up to the bars of Hell.  It's Kenneth Hagan's testimony. -SOURCE

Mr. Wiese states,  "God took it out of my mind that I was a Christian."  What?  This is deception!  Why would God do such a thing and violate His own Word?  The Bible declares in Titus 1:2 that God cannot lie.  Eternal life is a free gift from God (Romans 5:15; 6:23).  Why would Jesus Christ even pretend to take away the gift of eternal life from one which He has saved?  Jesus would never pretend to be a liar.  Listen to the precious words of Jesus in John 10:28, "And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand."  Bill Wiese would lead us to believe that God pretended to send him to Hell, breaking His promise of eternal life.  Mr. Wiese claims he didn't know why he was being tormented until afterwards.  Remember, Bill Wiese claims this was no dream; but an actual experience which he encountered.  Is God a liar?  No Mr. Wiese, you are the liar, not God.  God has promised eternal life to all who believe upon His only begotten Son for the forgiveness of sins.  God would never forsake us, making us believe that He had abandoned us, not even for one second (Hebrews 13:5). 

To no surprise, the same website advertising Bill Wiese's visions is also promoting the false prophet Kenneth Hagin, who also claims to have been to Hell and back,

In April 1933 during a dramatic conversion experience, he reported dying three times in 10 minutes, each time seeing the horrors of hell and then returning to life. -SOURCE

A video is available from cuttingedge.org which shows Kenneth Hagin hissing like a serpent while guests slither out of their chairs with laughter.  The techniques and words show the Satanic influence in Mr. Hagin's ministry.  This video shows many evidences of demon possession -- all done in the name of Jesus!
 

Divine Revelations?

Are there divine revelations today?  Does God speak face-to-face with certain people?  No! But the people who operate the website at www.spiritlessons.com believe so, and they promote Bill Wiese's bizarre claims:

"Dedicated to people who have been given DIVINE REVELATIONS,  (Face to Face)
encounters & visitations with Jesus Christ; and the important message they were given.
(For some reason these testimonies have been buried and ignored, among all the other Christian Media?!?)" -SOURCE

We read in Hebrews 1:1-2, "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son."  How does God speak to us?  Through His Son, who is THE WORD OF GOD (John 1:1; Revelation 19:13).  Jesus is the Living Word which came down amongst men in the flesh (John 1:14; 1st Timothy 3:16).  If you want to find God today, and hear from God, then you MUST look to the Scriptures.  This is the key to truth, for the Word of God is Truth (John 17:17).  Jesus is the Truth (John 14:6).  Jesus Christ and the Word of God are inseparable!  BEWARE of modernists who teach about spirituality, or claim to be Christian, who don't teach and promote the Word of God.  God doesn't speak to any individuals today through private revelations, as He did in the Old Testament.  The Word of God is complete!  Such false prophets as Ellen G. White of the Seventh-Day Adventists, and Joseph Smith of the Mormons, were demonically inspired.  They both make claims of having received "divine revelations" from God, but are both LIARS!  Hebrews 1:1-2 plainly states that God speaks to us today ONLY through THE WORD OF GOD.

So why do people claim to experience bizarre revelations and visions that no one else has?  In a word, MONEY!  The average person is woefully IGNORANT of God's Word, and is therefore susceptible to the tricks of the Devil.  These people are suckers for every religious charlatan who claims to have a special connection with God.  Don't you believe it!  The Word of God plainly states in 2nd Peter 1:20, "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation."  Bill Wiese is making money from the sale of his books, etc.  It's sad that people don't have any interest in the Word of God--until some nut claims that there's secret computer code in the Bible, or that he saw 13 feet demons in a vision with claws and giant teeth.  The reason why the claims of Bill Wiese (and others like him) have been totally ignored is because they SHOULD be ignored.  Let the Bible speak for Itself.  We don't need any new revelations, and the Bible never tells us to look for them.  Hebrews 1:1-2 tells us that God speaks to us in these last days through HIS SON (i.e., the WORD OF GOD). 


Demons Who Pretend To Serve God

I can assure you Biblically that Bill Wiese DIDN'T go to Hell.  As hard as it may seem to believe, many false prophets today are presenting the Gospel; but they themselves are rotten apples propagating a perverted religion of greed, Lordship Salvation, and ecumenicalism.  There's a very interesting passage of Scripture to consider in Acts 16:16-18,  "And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour."  This demon possessed woman was seemingly of God, trying to encourage people to hear the Gospel; yet, she was of the Devil and only mocking Paul's soulwinning efforts.  Paul perceived this and commanded the evil spirit to depart.  Likewise, Benny Hinn's website presents a basic Gospel; but Hinn is openly Catholic, and has endorsed praying to Our Lady of Fatima on the Larry King Live show.  Clearly, Benny Hinn is a false prophet on his way to Hell. 

It is very important to understand that just because someone preaches the Gospel doesn't mean that they are saved.  Judas was one of Christ's very own Apostles, but he was unsaved and had an evil heart.  Judas played the part for his own personal gain.  Increasingly, we are seeing false prophets exploit the Gospel for their own greedy gain and benefit.  Bill Wiese is no different.  This is how ruthless false prophets have become nowadays.  There's just something eerie about these televangelists who preach the Gospel, while raking in tens-of-millions of dollars in profits.  Pat Roberson is a demonic prophet.  The truth is that they're as unsaved as can be, and they're just exploiting the Gospel message for their own gain.  According to Pat Robertson, the Pope is a man of "deep spirituality."  You've got to be kidding Mr. Robertson!  And you call yourself a "Christian"?  The Pope is the leader of the biggest false religion in the world, Catholicism!  For Robertson to speak such gleaming words of praise towards such a Satanic imposter as the Pope, reveals that Robertson is in league with the Devil himself.  No born again Christian who loves the Lord would ever praise the Pope, who is leading one billion people straight into Hell.  Pat Robertson praises the Pope because he'd be off TV very fast if he criticized the Pope.  Satan uses man's love of money to control the world.  Pat Robertson has sold out to Satan!  So keep this in mind when you hear some TV preacher presenting the Gospel, because there's a good chance he doesn't believe a Word of It.  Benny Hinn rakes in $100,000,000 a year by exploiting the Gospel.  James Robison took in $50,000,000 last year.  It's sickening!  They don't know God, and don't want to know God--they just want your money!  They are masters of deception and know just what to say, and how to say it, to get your money.
 

Please Don't Go to Hell

Many foolish people today claim that Hell is only a myth.  I certainly am not trying to minimize the horrors of Hell by exposing Bill Wiese.  In fact, I am doing just the opposite.  It upsets me when preachers exploit the truth to make money.  Hell is a place of fire and torment.  We read in 2nd Thessalonians 1:8, "In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ."  Are you willing to risk your eternal destiny on the assumption that there is no Hell?  The Word of God is very clear concerning the future eternal destiny of all unbelievers,  "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."  Doesn't it strike you as more than coincidental that the Bible is perverted by nearly every false religion?  Why is the Bible under so much attack today?  The answer is obvious--because It is GOD'S WORD!  Everything in this life points back to the Word of God, whether it be secular history or genuine science.  The Bible is God's Word!  Everywhere the Apostle Paul took the Bible's Gospel message, either REVIVAL or RIOT broke out.  If you've never been saved, then I plead with you to do so by believing upon Jesus Christ as your Savior, to forgive your sins by His shed blood (1st Peter 1:18-19). 


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