Blackest Darkness

2 Peter 2:13,18 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done… These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.


WOW, what a thought! As if the mental image of Hell wasn’t bad enough in and of it-self… God has set aside a place of “Blackest Darkness” for the worst of us.



Luke 12:46-48
The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
"That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.


The human fleshly side of me takes satisfaction in the thought of a darker place of torment. I want retribution for Satan and his minions that have come against me, and there are more than a few people in my life that I would like to see on the roster for one of these places.

Don’t get me wrong… I don’t ever dwell on the wrongs in my life. I don’t hold grudges or have a problem with forgiveness. If that is a gift the Holy Spirit gives us, then it is one that is assigned to me, (although it may be more a product of memory than saintly aspiration). I have taken to heart what God said…


Romans 12:19 Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord.


However, I must admit that there is comfort in knowing that God has ascribed varying degrees of torment for those that have evaded a fitting punishment for the things they have done here on earth. I cringe when I hear of the light sentences given to rapist’s and child molesters, or those that have gotten off scot free because of some kind of technicality.

And then occasionally we see the adage “what comes around goes around” come to life when someone like OJ Simpson gets what he deserves after previously escaping from what he justly deserved.

It’s nice to see that God sometimes sets things straight while we are still here to see it.