Heaven's Gates, Hell's Flames
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Heaven's Gates, Hell's Flames is a touring evangelistic
Evangelism
Evangelism refers to the practice of relaying information about a particular set of beliefs to others who do not hold those beliefs. The term is often used in reference to Christianity....

 drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

 that has been performed worldwide. The tagline on the official website asks, "Where will you be when reality strikes?".

It is based on an evangelical
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...

 presentation of the Gospel
Gospel
A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...

, and presents the Biblical message that one must believe in Jesus Christ in order to be saved and go to Heaven
Heaven
Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit...

, or otherwise face eternal punishment in Hell
Hell
In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...

.

The play takes the form of a series of skits in which various characters are unexpectedly killed, and then immediately find out whether they are destined for heaven or hell. If they have refused to believe, they fail to be born again, they are consequently sent into eternal punishment in Hell, represented by red lights and a literal
Biblical literalism
Biblical literalism is the interpretation or translation of the explicit and primary sense of words in the Bible. A literal Biblical interpretation is associated with the fundamentalist and evangelical hermeneutical approach to Scripture, and is used almost exclusively by conservative Christians...

 Satan
Satan
Satan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible...

. If they have received Jesus as Lord of their life he is their Savior and they are welcomed into Heaven, depicted by a white-robed Jesus, dazzling white lights and a chorus of angels.

At the end of the play, a preacher will ask the audience to make a decision to trust Jesus and be born again
Altar call
An altar call is a practice in some evangelical churches in which those who wish to make a new spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ are invited to come forward publicly. It is so named because the supplicants gather at the altar located at the front of the church building. In the Old Testament, an...

 based on the Gospel as illustrated by what they have seen.

The play is performed by local church
Local church
A local church is a Christian congregation of members and clergy.Local church may also refer to:* Local churches , a Christian group based on the teachings of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, and associated with the Living Stream Ministry publishing house.* Parish church, a local church united with...

es, directed by a permanent team (usually a family) from Reality Outreach Ministries, the organization that created the production.

Based out of St Catharines, ON, Canada.
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