Terrorists and the Pit

Those who engage in terrorism do not go to Paradise to be rewarded when they die. Ezekiel 32:17-30 says they will go down into "the pit", not into Paradise.

The scriptures read and warn:

^{17 "}In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁸ “Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, with those who go down to the pit. ¹⁹ Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’ ²⁰ They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged off with all her hordes. ²¹ From within the grave the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, ‘They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.’

²² “Assyria is there with her whole army; she is surrounded by the graves of all her slain, all who have fallen by the sword. ²³ Their graves are in the depths of the pit and her army lies around her grave. All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword.

²⁴ “Elam is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword. All who had spread terror in the land of the living went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit. ²⁵ A bed is made for her among the slain, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword. Because their terror had spread in the land of the living, they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are laid among the slain.

²⁶ “Meshech and Tuba are there, with all their hordes around their graves. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword because they spread their terror in the land of the living. ²⁷ Do they not lie with the other uncircumcised warriors who have fallen, who went down to the grave with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads? The punishment for their sins rested on their bones, though the terror of these warriors had stalked through the land of the living.

²⁸ “You too, O Pharaoh, will be broken and will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.

²⁹ “Edom is there, her kings and all her princes; despite their power, they are laid with those killed by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.

³⁰ “All the princes of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down with the slain in disgrace despite the terror caused by their power. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit."

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Although these words were written long ago by the prophet, Ezekiel, they apply today as well for all who commit terrorist acts.  They will not go into Paradise, but are being heaped up, deep and wide inside the pit till judgement day.

Read more about the pit in Ezekiel 31:1-14, Psalm 143:7, Psalm 88:4, Psalm 28:1, Psalm 30:8-9.

Visit my blog, Souls Down Under, about the Pit and the Lake of Fire.