“Is hell real? Is hell eternal?”……It is interesting that a much higher percentage of people believe in the existence of heaven than believe in the existence of hell. According to the Bible, though, hell is just as real as heaven. The Bible clearly and explicitly teaches that hell is a real place to which the wicked/unbelieving are sent after death. We have all sinned against God

Romans 3:23For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard.

The just punishment for that sin is death Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord..

Since all of our sin is ultimately against God

Psalm 51:4Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight.You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.

Since God is an infinite and eternal Being, the punishment for sin, is death, must also be infinite and eternal. Hell is this infinite and eternal death which we have earned because of our sin.……The punishment of the wicked dead in hell is described throughout Scripture as "unquenchable fire"

Matthew 25:41"Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ÔÇÿAway with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons. "unquenchable fire"

Matthew 3:12He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.""shame and everlasting contempt"

Daniel 12:2Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting disgrace.

a place where "the fire is not quenched"

Mark 9:43-49If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better to enter eternal life with only one hand than to go into the unquenchable fires of hell[a] with two hands.45 If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better to enter eternal life with only one foot than to be thrown into hell with two feet.47 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out. It's better to enter the Kingdom of God with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,48 ÔÇÿwhere the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.'49 "For everyone will be tested with fire.

a place of "torment" and "fire"

Luke 16:23-24and his soul went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side.

24 "The rich man shouted, ÔÇÿFather Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am in anguish in these flames.'

"Everlasting destruction"

2 Thessalonians 1:9They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power.

a place where "the smoke of torment rises forever and ever"

Revelation 14:10-11must drink the wine of God's anger. It has been poured full strength into God's cup of wrath. And they will be tormented with fire and burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb.11 The smoke of their torment will rise forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name."

"A lake of burning sulfur" where the wicked are "tormented day and night forever and ever"

Revelation 20:10.Then the devil, who had deceived them, was thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur, joining the beast and the false prophet. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.…The punishment of the wicked in hell is as never ending as the bliss of the righteous in heaven. Jesus Himself indicates that punishment in hell is just as everlasting as life in heaven

Matthew 25:46"And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life."

Psalm 76:9-10You stand up to judge those who do evil, O God,… and to rescue the oppressed of the earth.10 Human defiance only enhances your glory, for you use it as a weapon.The wicked are forever subject to the fury and the wrath of God. Those in hell will acknowledge the perfect justice of God

Those who are in hell will know that their punishment is just and that they alone are to blame …Deuteronomy 32:3-5I will proclaim the name of the Lordhow glorious is our God!4 He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair.…He is a faithful God who does no wrong;how just and upright he is!5 "But they have acted corruptly toward him;when they act so perversely,are they really his children?They are a deceitful and twisted generation.

Yes, hell is real. Yes, hell is a place of torment and punishment that lasts forever and ever, with no end. Praise God that, through Jesus, we can escape this eternal fate …John 3:16"For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:18."There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God's one and only Son.

John 3:36And anyone who believes in God's Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn't obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God's angry judgment."