“He even tried to make a deal with Jesus Christ, which he put in writing”
I didn’t know that, which might have, by the “skin of his teeth”, caused his soul to be saved...but I guess we won’t know that until the Day of Resurrection.
I did hear about the “scary shrieky” death he died.
There was one “Near Death” experience I read about who literally was on the verge of Hell. He had not been raised well and was a “bad sort”...but he said he cried out, praying some Child’s prayer he had learned in a Vacation Bible school or a Sunday school he went to as a child. Hell and the demons vanished, he was surrounded by light. and then he was returned to life. He became a Christians ans serves as a minister now.
I mention it because such a “ written confession by Voltaire” might have saved his soul.
Christ loves to save people...so we need to be cautious about being certain that such and such or so and so may truly be in Hell. We know that people will go there...yet Christ will save whom he will with just the least bit of Faith and contriteness of spirit...even at the edge of Hell! The Great White Throne Judgment is the one to be feared most...that’s when the Lamb’s Book of Life is opened to reveal the names written there-in!
"I am abandoned by God and man. I shall go to hell. Oh Christ, oh Jesus Christ!" Voltaire
"What blood, what murders, what evil counsels have I followed. I am lost, I see it well." Charles IX, King of France
"I would give worlds, if I had them, if the Age of Reason (an anti-Christian book) had never been published. Oh, Lord, help me. Christ, help me. Stay with me. It is hell to be left alone." Thomas Paine
"...I had a feeling that life was ebbing from me. I felt powerful sensations of dread (then suddenly everything) turned a glowing red. I saw twisted faces grimacing as they stared down at me (I tried to defend myself but) could no longer shut out the frightful truth: beyond the faces dominating this fiery world were faces of the damned. I had a feeling of despair....the sensation of horror was so great it choked me. Obviously I was in Hell itself (and then suddenly) the black silhouette of a human figure began to draw near...a woman...with lipless mouth and in her eyes an expression that sent icy shudders down my back. She stretched out her arms...and pulled me by an irresistible force (into) a world filled with....sounds of lamentation....I asked the figure...who she was. A voice answered: "I am death." (German actor Curt Jürgen's, To Hell and Back, Dr. Maurice Rawlings, pp. 76-77)