First chapter of this book deals with the heaven and hell. Although the key point of Christianity is the existence of the heaven and hell, this book reveals that the heaven and hell does not exist yet.
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"The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw--that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near".(Revelation 1:1~3)
2.Without the judgement, no one can enter to either Heaven or Hell.
Referring to the Revelation 20:12~15, there are some description showing how the dead are summoned and hurled into the lake of fire after the judgement. So it means people can not go to the hell soon after the death but after the judgement. Since the judgement did not take place yet, there were no one went to the hell to date.
"Then I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne and the books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books concerning what they had done. The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave gave up the dead which were in them. And men were judged, each according to what he had done. Then death and the grave were themselves hurled into the lake of fire, which is the second death. If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life he was thrown into the lake of fire". (Revelation 20:12~15)
3. Then does Heaven and hell exist?
As explained above, John wrote the Revelation which describes how God's plan will take place in the future. The revelation delineates how the heaven will be created and how the other things will be conducted in order. However since these God's providence are not happened yet, we can not discuss about the existence of the hell and heaven - God's providence will go through step by step and in this stage the heaven and hell does not exist yet.
Referring to the John 14:2~3, it delineate that the Lord Jesus Christ will prepare a place for disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, which means the place for disciples were not ready when the Lord Jesus Christ alive on earth.
"My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am". (John 14:2~3)
Currently, only place for soul of martyrs is prepared in the place of God.
"When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained". (Revelation 6:9)
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