We believe people were created to live forever. We will either live eternally separated from God by our sin, or eternally with God through forgiveness and salvation. To be separated from God is to be in Hell. To be eternally in union with Him is eternal life in Heaven. Heaven and Hell are literal, real places of eternal existence. (John 3:16; John 14; Romans 6:23, Romans 8:17-18; Revelation 20:15; 1 Corinthians 2:7-9).