Editorial Staff

Question: Jesus Christ described people going to a place called "hell" where "their worm does not die." What does this mean? Are there worms in hell, with eternal life, tormenting sinners?

Answer: Mark’s gospel quotes Jesus as saying: "It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched—where ‘Their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched’" (Mark 9:43–44).

Question: In Acts 8, when we read of Philip preaching the gospel to the Samaritans, we read that he "preached Christ to them" (v. 5). Why, then, does your magazine preach the Kingdom of God, and not simply the person of Christ?

Question: What did the Apostle John mean when he warned that "many antichrists have come"? What is an antichrist?

Answer: To understand the term "antichrist"—which is found only in 1 John and 2 John, it is helpful to examine the scriptures that use the term. The phrase "many antichrists" occurs in 1 John 2:18: "Little children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour."

Question: Your magazine often writes about United States military involvements, and shows how Bible prophecy foretells of war. The Old Testament is filled with accounts of the Israelites at battle. Is it proper for a Christian to serve his or her country as a soldier in war?

Question: I have just discovered that the weekly Sabbath begins at sunset on Friday and ends on sunset on Saturday, as the Bible says. What should I do to "keep it holy" as we are commanded in Exodus 20:8?