--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: There are but two places where all go…" description: "\"There are but two places where all go after death, white and black, rich and poor; those places are Heaven and Hell. Heaven is a place made for those, ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a22/jupiter-hammon-24175_after-death_there-are-but-two-places-where-all-go-af_2893164.jpg" --- # There are but two places where all go after death, white… ![“There are but two places where all go after death, white and black, rich and poor; those places are Heaven and Hell. Heaven is a place made for those, who are born again, and who love God, and it is a place where they will be happy for ever.” quote by Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a22/jupiter-hammon-24175_after-death_there-are-but-two-places-where-all-go-af_2893164.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a22/jupiter-hammon-24175_after-death_there-are-but-two-places-where-all-go-af_2893164.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a22/jupiter-hammon-24175_after-death_there-are-but-two-places-where-all-go-af_2893164.jpg) > “There are but two places where all go after death, white and black, rich and poor; those places are Heaven and Hell. Heaven is a place made for those, who are born again, and who love God, and it is a place where they will be happy for ever.” [Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The poem presents a binary view of afterlife: Heaven for the faithful and Hell for the wicked, regardless of earthly status. **In simple terms:** Heaven or Hell awaits all, based on faith and love of God. Key Takeaway Live righteously to seek Heaven. Themes faith afterlife morality Mood solemn contemplative Type theological didactic When to use this quote - religious teaching - personal reflection - serlife counseling - ethical decision making Key Concepts theology eternity Questions to Reflect On - What defines true faith? - How do we reconcile suffering with belief in Heaven? 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When you are behaving unconsciously there is the gate of hell; when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/hell-and-heaven-are-within-you-both-gates-are-within-you-when-you-are/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) > [I know the difference between heaven and hell to you, but I was in heaven and hell I even after you have had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mak-786/i-know-the-difference-between-heaven-and-hell-to-you-but-i-was-in/) Mak\_786 > [Now hell and heaven grapple on our backs and all our old pretense is ripped away. Aye, and God's icy wind will blow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/now-hell-and-heaven-grapple-on-our-backs-and-all-our-old-pretense-is/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [“Hell will be Heaven with Friends, Heaven will be Hell without them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aman-jassal/hell-will-be-heaven-with-friends-heaven-will-be-hell-without-them/) [Aman Jassal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aman-jassal/) > [“The mind is a universe and can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/the-mind-is-a-universe-and-can-make-a-heaven-of-hell-a-hell-of-heaven/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [“I gave you heaven, and you put me through hell, so heaven and hell must be real.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-bekoe/i-gave-you-heaven-and-you-put-me-through-hell-so-heaven-and-hell-must/) [Marion Bekoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-bekoe/) > [The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/the-mind-is-its-own-place-and-in-itself-can-make-heaven-of-hell-and-a/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [Oh, the frontier of hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking at things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/oh-the-frontier-of-hell-and-heaven-is-only-the-difference-between-two/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) > [“You have been to hell, Ketut?" 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They are, individually and corporately, places where heaven and earth meet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/those-in-whom-the-spirit-comes-to-live-are-god-s-new-temple-they-are/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/socialism-only-works-in-two-places-heaven-where-they-don-t-need-it/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [Some places, because of their spiritual history, are noted to be locations where people will often experience an open heaven. In fact, there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-bentley/some-places-because-of-their-spiritual-history-are-noted-to-be/) [Todd Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-bentley/) > [When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/when-a-man-says-that-he-is-perfect-already-there-is-only-one-of-two/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) ## More by Jupiter Hammon > [As we depend upon our masters, for what we eat and drink and wear, and for all our comfortable things in this world, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/as-we-depend-upon-our-masters-for-what-we-eat-and-drink-and-wear-and/) [Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/) > [We cannot certainly, have any excuse either for taking any thing that belongs to our masters without their leave, or for being unfaithful in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/we-cannot-certainly-have-any-excuse-either-for-taking-any-thing-that/) [Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/) > [Those of you who can read I must beg you to read the Bible, and whenever you can get time, study the Bible, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/those-of-you-who-can-read-i-must-beg-you-to-read-the-bible-and/) [Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/) > [All the time spent idly, is spent wickedly, and is unfaithfulness to our masters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/all-the-time-spent-idly-is-spent-wickedly-and-is-unfaithfulness-to/) [Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/) > [Now the Bible tells us that we are all by nature, sinners, that we are slaves to sin and Satan, and that unless we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/now-the-bible-tells-us-that-we-are-all-by-nature-sinners-that-we-are/) [Jupiter 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Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/) > [But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/but-this-will-not-do-god-will-certainly-punish-you-for-stealing-and/) [Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/) > [Good servants frequently make good masters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/good-servants-frequently-make-good-masters/) [Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/) > [Let all the time you can get be spent in trying to learn to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/let-all-the-time-you-can-get-be-spent-in-trying-to-learn-to-read/) [Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/) > [If a servant strives to please his master and studies and takes pains to do it, I believe there are but few masters who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/if-a-servant-strives-to-please-his-master-and-studies-and-takes-pains/) [Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/) > [If we should ever get to Heaven, we shall find nobody to reproach us for being black, or for being slaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/if-we-should-ever-get-to-heaven-we-shall-find-nobody-to-reproach-us/) [Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/) > [I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are slaves have ever known, and I believe more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/i-suppose-i-have-had-more-advantages-and-privileges-than-most-of-you/) [Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/) > [It is very wicked for you not to take care of your masters goods, but how much worse is it to pilfer and steal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/it-is-very-wicked-for-you-not-to-take-care-of-your-masters-goods-but/) [Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/) [Explore all 25 Jupiter Hammon quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/) ## More After death quotes > [The world of imagination is the world of eternity. 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