Marley’s Gift of Christmas Love — A Divine Revelation of Hell

American Thinker ^ | 14 Dec, 2025 | D. Padgett Blakley, Richard Blakley

[MtnClimber]

During the Christmas season, some family traditions include watching many of the different movie versions of Charles Dickens’s novel, “A Christmas Carol”. Comparing the original book to the movies, some movies are fairly accurate and entertaining, while others have so vastly missed its essence that one begs the question, “Did they read the book?”

Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” tells the story of the ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge’s former business partner and “good friend,” Jacob Marley, who temporarily returns from hell to warn Scrooge to turn from his wicked ways. Marley explains that “Three Spirits” will visit Scrooge, with the purpose of helping Scrooge realize his need to repent and receive the redemption of the Lord, before it’s too late and he’s cast into hell. Marley told Scrooge the only possibility for Scrooge’s redemption was through the visitation of these spirits, at which point Scrooge stated, “He had rather this not occur”. His rejection of these visits meant Scrooge preferred to condemn himself to hell.

The first visiting spirit was the Ghost of Christmas Past, who revealed that Scrooge’s past choices had placed him on his current descending path. At the end of the first visit, Scrooge took the spirit’s candlesnuffer and pressed it down on the head of this spirit so as to extinguish the spirit’s light and quench the truth of how Scrooge’s life choices had brought him to where he was — on his way to hell. Scrooge did indeed snuff out the light of the first spirit that visited him. Why was that? It was because it had been revealed to Scrooge that his deeds were evil. Yet at that point, he didn’t wish to receive the light of truth, and he didn’t want to repent. Scrooge’s heart was such that he loved doing evil deeds.

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TOPICS: Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: christianity; scrooge

[MtnClimber]

There are many who need a visit from the three ghosts, especially in the muslim world.

[Fester Chugabrew]

A childhood neighbor of mine later in life experienced a dreadful revelation while living in HI. He was persuing his own path when late one night, as he was leaving a local bar, a deep hole with fire at the bottom appeared and a voice said, “One more step!” He was absolutely terrified. After that he became an extremely vocal advocate for repentance and faith in Christ.

[sauropod]

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[AppyPappy]

Hell only works as a hook if the person
A. Believes in Hell
B. Thinks they are going

I know Christians that don’t believe in Hell and they certainly don’t think they are going.

The Marley story is a Scriptural on that I have preached on.
Lazarus and the rich man from Luke 16
27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
30 “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”