Just wondering if this thread is still active. I didn't check the last time it was used. I too look for the same answer to the thread question. My thoughts came into play when my pastor spoke about the falling angels. I suppose Lucifer and his actions, where God casted him out of heaven and apparently created hell for that beast. I asked the question when was hell created since my understanding was that Adam and Eve where casted out of garden because of the snake, and to some people to believe it was the devil. At this point my only assumption would be is that Hell was already created but not in a sense as the lake of fire but an abandoment from God, the separation from God, that alone can be a hell feeling. Now I am not saying that the story of Adam and Eve is true as some people may believe to some Adam represented Male and Eve, Female. That's beside the point to my understanding. I do know that in the book of Enoch God takes Enoch and shows him Heaven and Hell. Apparently Hell is located in the 4 corners of this world, symbolic I assume. Almost every Religion has a place that is very close to hell and I mean almost not every religion. But I do have to agree that Hell is a futureristic location vs a location that is currently established now. The dead will raise and will be judged. How can you be judged if you are already sentenced to hell but then again. Jesus was said to go to Hell to preach the word and some witnesses saw walking dead relatives. So apparently it had to be already established. I think the most puzzling question would be at what point do we have to believe that Hell is real to follow good moral and ethic values. Shouldn't we just live that life according to His teachings and be good citizens.