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    'Hell Is Where They Will Reside'

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    #1 · September 4, 2014, 11:37 am

    Posted by: randal <randal@...>

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    'Hell Is Where They Will Reside'
    by J. Randal Matheny © 2014

    After an impassioned speech by Vice-President
    Joe Biden on 2014 Sep 3

    "Hell is where they will reside,"
    Is said of vile and violent men,
    By powerful heads who themselves divide,
    And seek to rule again.

    Hell was made for the father of lies,
    And all who follow his rebel path;
    The place where man eternally dies
    And feels God's holy wrath.

    Of Hell our Savior often spoke,
    He knows the danger beyond the grave;
    >From darkness, pain, and fiery smoke
    Would Jesus utterly save.

    His followers work, not to destroy,
    But speak a word of truth to restore;
    Hell is real, so forces deploy
    To open heaven's door.

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