Christians believe because the
Bible is clear that hell exists.
Scripture speaks of hell in many
ways:
• as a place of torment
(Luke 16:28),
• as the netherworld
(Luke 16:22),
• as the abyss (Luke
8:31; Revelation 9:1-2,11; 11:7;
17:8; 20:1,3),
• as a fiery furnace
(Matthew 13:42, 50),
• as a pool of fire
(Revelation 20:10, 14),
• as a fiery pool of
burning sulfur (Revelation 19:20),
• as a pool of fire and
sulfur (Revelation 20:10; 21:8),
• as
Tartarus (Greek mythological place of punishment)
(2 Peter 2:4),
• as Gehenna or as the
fire of Gehenna (Mt 5:22, 29;
10:28; 18:9; 23:33).