After the attempt to free Han from Jabba’s palace does not succeed, Leia becomes a slave girl. Han is put into a prison cell.
After Luke attempts to bargain with Jabba, he falls into the Rancor pit, kills the Rancor, and angers Jabba.
A short time later, C3PO announces to Han, Luke, and Chewbacca, “You will, therefore, be taken to the Dune Sea and cast into the pit of Carkoon, the nesting place of the all-powerful Sarlacc. In his belly, you will find a new definition of pain and suffering, as you are slowly digested over a thousand years.”
In Jabba’s mind, the actions these three took demanded death. As the crime lord that controlled the area, if not the planet, his will was law.
To be clear, God is no crime lord. He is perfect, holy, and perfectly just in all His ways.
Yet, God will punish those that reject Him. God will punish Satan and all the demons (fallen angels) that followed Satan.
We read in Revelations 20:2-3a, “And he [an angel]seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer.”
Revelations 20:10 “and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever” and verses 14-15, “Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.”
Knowing what awaits those that do not accept Jesus as Lord, what will we do today to share the gospel with them?
No one is promised another breath.
Help them avoid eternal damnation.
