as burned from the city (Stagg p. 109). The aforementioned passages reinforce the idea that hell is not a rhetorical or spiritual existence but a real place. It is not a heap of figurative 'burning garbage' or a place of eternal rest, it is hell. It is as Finis Dake in God's Plan for man states, " There is no statement in Scripture that even hints of a spiritual fire that will torment people; so even to question the reality and literalness of Hell is showing opposition to the Bible" (Dake p. 185).
             Hell does exist according to the bible. Stamps says, " Jesus teaches that there is a place of eternal punishment for those condemned before God" (Stamps p. 1425). In many passages in the synoptics, Jesus states the reality about hell and describes it. It is a terrifying reality to think about a place that has a "Fire that never goes out" (Mark 9:43), with "weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Mark 13:42, 50). Hell cannot be understood to be a place for t
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