Vasily Medvedev was horrified by what he saw with his own eyes in Hades. Lost souls screamed in pain and writhed in agony. Ten-foot demons were laughing evilly and loudly. The smell in the environment was so awful and detestable. Vasily then saw his stomach was on fire. Vasily screamed and tried to put out the fire, but this only caused the rest of his body to be in flames as well. Vasily continued screaming, wishing this entire predicament was just a dream or some unexpected prank. But Vasily knew that this was real.
And the surprising thing was, unlike most of the people in Hades that were also being tormented, Vasily already knew that he would be spending eternity in Hell. Vasily already was aware of his punishment for following the Antichrist.
Vasily had enjoyed his job as a Global Community official. Vasily earned respect and even had decent wages. Vasily had admired Nicolae Carpathia after seeing so many interviews with the world leader's presence. The way Carpathia spoke on-camera seemed so different, so unique. Vasily was more than eager to follow him and participate in Carpathia's plan.
The followers of Tsion Ben-Judah always criticized Nicolae. The Judah-ites kept saying he was Satan's servant, that he was planning to destroy the whole world. Vasily thought they were crazy and insane. Surely, they were mad to think that Carpathia would ever act so malicious and malevolent. But when Tsion's predictions on his website started becoming true, Vasily was suspicious. But Medvedev didn't let that bother him. Maybe Ben-Judah was just getting lucky. Maybe Ben-Judah was doing all of this to get a profit or try to provoke another international war.
Medvedev wasn't concerned at all, even when locusts appeared to sting unbelievers and Global Community workers. Vasily remembered when he had been stung by one of those ugly creatures and the pain he went through for five months. Well, that was nothing compared to what he was enduring in Hades now.
Vasily screamed as fire and lava burned his eyes and hair. Vasily wailed as his hair started falling to the ground, until he became completely bald.
Medvedev was stunned that one stupid decision could lead to all of this. But Medvedev made his choice. Even after all the Seal and Trumpet judgments, Medvedev still wouldn't listen to anything Tsion or anyone else that agreed with him was saying.
The Global Community then forced all their employees to take Nicolae Carpathia's mark. Medvedev happily went along with the procedure. Vasily did not want to lose his head and his life. Just a little tattoo and biochip under the skin. What was the big deal?
Medvedev realized only later that taking the mark of the beast was the biggest mistake of his life. Medvedev had so much regret, but by then it was too late. When the first bowl judgment occurred, Medvedev screamed when sores appeared all over his body.
When Medvedev told Pinkerton Stephens that all Global Community employees were required to take the mark, Pinkerton then revealed that his real name was Steve Plank. Plank had been presumed dead in the worldwide earthquake. Plank also revealed that he was a believer. Plank said he was a follower of Jesus. Medvedev later witnessed Plank's execution. Before Plank died, Vasily told Plank about his regrets for taking the mark.
After Plank's death, Medvedev decided that it would be best to commit suicide. He was going to die sooner or later within the next three years. Why live and endure the remaining bowl judgments, when the inevitable result was going to be the same?
So Vasily shot himself. He had nothing else better to do in his awful condition. When Vasily woke up, he found himself in Hell. Vasily continued screaming as the demons around him taunted him and tormented him.
It was the worst thing that could ever happen, but Vasily already knew this would happen. Vasily already knew this would happen.