Are heaven and hell real places? And what are they like? Today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope,

the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren, we begin a series called Eternal Realities, Heaven and Hell.

In these lessons, Rick shares what the Bible says about heaven and hell and how you can be absolutely certain

you'll go to heaven. Okay, let's get started. Here's part one of a message called The Reality of

Hell. This week I was sitting laying back in a dentist chair. My mouth is wide open.

There are all kinds of utensils in my mouth,

and the technician leans over and says,

so, what happens after I die?

I said, it all depends on how much you hurt me.

I said, I do know this.

We don't need dentists in heaven.

Now, you may need them in hell,

but we won't need them in heaven.

Everybody wants to know the answer to that question.

What happens after I die?

And so for the next two weeks, we're going to do a little mini-series on heaven and hell. I'm calling it eternal realities.

Now, the Bible tells us that everything you see is temporary, and what you don't see is what's going to last. The eternal realities are things you don't see. The things you see right now are all temporary. If they're

material or they're physical, they're not going to last. Your body is not going to last.

That's obvious. This building's not going to last. The trees and even mountains erode, everything that's material, fades away.

But the things that are going to last are things we can't see.

We can't see God.

We can't see the angels.

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