Starter: When you think of heaven and hell, what

comes into your head? Write down three words that

you think describe heaven and three words for hell.

Heaven and Hell

Objectives
(1) Gain knowledge of the Christian
concepts of heaven and hell.
(2) Understand the difference between
literal and modern interpretations.
 What is
heaven like?
 What is heaven like?
Revelation 21:44
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or
mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
Ephesians 5:5
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy personsuch a
person is an idolaterhas any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of
God.
Revelation 7:9
After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one
could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing
before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes
and were holding palm branches in their hands.
Revelation 21:19
The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of
precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the
third agate, the fourth emerald,
What is hell like?
 What is hell like?
Daniel 12:2
Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to
everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
Matthew 8:12
But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness,
where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 25:41
Then he will say to those on his left, Depart from me, you who are cursed,
into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the
presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might.
Revelation 9:1-2
When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a
gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the
Abyss.
 Traditional vs Modern Christian Views
Christians disagree about whether
heaven and hell are literal, places that
really exist, or whether they are just
symbolic.
Some think that heaven is just a happy
state of mind.
Some think that hell is a state of mind
without knowing God.
The Church used to teach about hell to
scare people into believing.
Nowadays most Christians focus on
forgiveness and everlasting life.
What is purgatory?
 Keywords
Purgatory
- A place where the soul is purified from sins before it is
good enough to go into heaven. This is a Roman
Catholic belief.
Heaven
The place of eternal peace ruled over by God
Hell
The place of eternal suffering without God
Satan
Another name for the Devil, the source of evil
 Tasks HEAVEN

There will be no more death or mourning or

crying or pain
1. Explain the difference People from every nation, tribe, people and
between traditional and language.
modern ideas of heaven The city walls were decorated with every kind
and hell. of precious stone.
2. Design two posters
showing what heaven and
HELL
hell are like. They MUST
Thrown outside, into the darkness, where
include the quotes there will be weeping.
opposite to label the
Eternal fire prepared for the devil.
things that you draw!
Shut out from the presence of the Lord.

The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke

from the pit.