There are two main powers, good(God), evil (Satan),they are both after our souls. God wants to save your soul because He loves you, Satan wants to destroy your souls because he hates you and God, in who's image you are created. Man was created to live forever in a perfect world, but Satan, who had fallen from grace with God, because he wanted to take over and dethrone God, decided he was not strong enough to defeat God, but he could defeat and destroy God's perfect creation, man. God can not stand sin, so Satan set out to make man sin, he succeeded, now man no longer had a close relationship with God because God can not look upon sin.

But God loved His creation and decided to put a plan in place to rescue fallen man. He sent His son, Jesus, who was without sin, to die in our place, He took our sins upon Him and paid the penalty for our sins. If we believe and accept Jesus as the son of God and accept His sacrifice, we are saved from paying for our own sins, if we do not accept Jesus and His sacrifice, then we have to pay for our sins after we die. It doesn't matter how good a person you are in this life, you are still a sinner and sin can not enter into heaven. The bible says, "man's righteousness is to God as filthy rags". You can not redeem yourself, if you could, then why did God send His son to suffer for us.

All this is in the bible, read it and find out how much God loves us.

Hell was created for the Devil and his demons (fallen angels), God doesn't want one person to go there, that is why He provided a way to escape it, but if people don't accept His means of salvation, then they have decided they just don't believe or they can escape on their own, then they will have to face the reality of hell. I would not want my worst enemy to have to go there, let alone my friends, so that is why I ask you to search for the truth before it is too late. Read the bible, don't dismiss it as a book of fables, it God's word to us. If some one you love, or loves you, sent you a letter, would you not read it.