4. Hell.
(NT)
"The popular notion of heaven and hell as the abodes of the souls of the dead is more or less correct. But as we have seen, "heaven" is used in a much broader, more significant sense. How then is "hell" used?"
"Three Greek words in the NT are most often used to express concepts associated with hell. The two most significant are gehenna and hādēs. Gehenna occurs twelve times in the NT (Mt 5:22,29-30; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15,33; Mk 9:43,45,47; Lk 12:5; Jas 3:6).
(12 x, Interesting number.
And quit trying to say
it doesn't say hell in the bible
all you are going to do
is end yourself up there.
Per Strong's Concordance
from the link above:
1. valley of (the son of) Hinnom
2. ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom),
a valley of Jerusalem,
{used (figuratively)
as a name for the place (or state)
of everlasting punishment}
Christ spoke Aramaic
The english word
"Hell"
doesnt exist
in Aramaic.
I just dont see the point
people are trying to make with
"The bible doesn't say Hell."
other than they are trying to say
its not a place.
Okay, have it your way
(Burger king is open.)
But let me ask you something
pretty simple really:
WHY DO YOU CARE SO MUCH
ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT YOU SAY DOESNT EXIST
UNLESS YOU ARE CONCERNED
THAT IT MIGHT?
DUH...
So they used another word for it
What did you expect them to do?
They used a different word
means exactly the same thing.
Reminds me of the scene
from Pulp Fiction:
(One of my all time fav movies btw.)
"In France you know what they call a
quarter pounder with cheese?"
"They don't call it
a quarter pounder with cheese?"
"They got the metric system
so they cut the
quarter out."
"And what did it go to?"
"They call it
Royale with Cheese."
IT'S STILL A QUARTER POUNDER!
THIS IS LITERALLY
HOW STUPID PEOPLE CAN BE.
IT'S THE SAME EXACT THING,
TWO DIFFERENT WORDS.
How much research did anybody do
before declaring:
"The bible doesn't say Hell."
??????????
And Christ spoke Aramaic.
The New Testament is in Greek
So what's the problem other than
people just don't want to think
that its a thing?
Moving on.)
"And
It is always translated
"hell" in the NIV."
"The Greek word translated
"sent... to hell" in
appears only there
in the NT;..."
(2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell,[a] putting them in chains of darkness[b] to be held for judgment;
2 Peter 2:4
Greek Tartarus
2 Peter 2:4
Some manuscripts
in gloomy dungeons)
"it is tartarod,
which means
"to confine in Tartaros."
Tartaros was the Greek name
for the mythological abyss
where rebellious gods
were confined.
(Thats exactly
what they said they were:
"GODS"
after having left
their immortality cloaks
Jude 6
And the angels which kept not their first estate,
but left their own habitation,
he hath reserved
in everlasting chains under darkness
unto the judgment of the great day.
Thats how they were able to have sex
with mortal women BTW,
they had left their "essence."
And they werent:
"in heaven"
they were on the earth
Mark 12:25
For when they shall rise from the dead,
they neither marry,
nor are given in marriage;
but are as the angels
which are in heaven.
These locked up rebels weren't in heaven,
nor in their "essence" when they committed their
evil deeds.
Point is
they still had superhuman knowledge
(Hello analogy to AI.)
and they sold Humanity
that they were Gods
And humans believed them.
So there's all the false Gods.
Right there.
The hybrid offspring of
mortal women
and those Rebellious Angels
now held in chains.
(Thats not the ones that came with Satan BTW.
Covered this in detail, many times.
Not our focal point here.)
Thats all the false Hindu Gods
the Anunnaki,
every last bit of all of
that garbage.
And?
That being the only time
that term is used
in the New Testament?
And the context is
talking of locked up angels etc.
Gives more credence
to the only interpretation
there is
of
The proper interpretation solves issues
with other difficult passages
the incorrect one
CAUSES MORE ISSUES
than it solves.
Anyway
another bullet in the holster so to speak
of the Angel view of Genesis 6.)
"Hades occurs eleven times in the NT (Mt 11:23; 16:18; Lk 10:15; 16:23; Ac 2:27.31; 1 Co 15:55; Rev 1:18; 6:8: 20:13-14). It is translated "Hades" in the NASB and variously by "death," "the grave," and "Hades" in the NIV.
"The reason for the wider scope
of translations in the NIV
is that this version adopts
the OT sense of the grave
when quoting OT passages that contain S'ol
(Mt 11:23; Lk 10:15; Ac 2:27,31).
These passages and 1 Co 15:55 refer to
the place where the body goes after death."
"But in other hadës means the temporary residence of the persons awaiting final judgment. Luke 16 contains Jesus' story of the rich man and Lazarus. Both of these men died. The rich man found himself in hades, "where he was in torment" (v. 23; cf. v. 28). He was in "agony" and in "fire" (v. 24). But Lazarus was comforted and was in Abraham's very arms. Between those in hadës and the blessed dead there is a great and uncrossable gulf (v. 26)."
(So?
In the realm of the dead
while awaiting judgement
on one side you got
"Paradise
and "in Abrahams Arms"
"Wesley's
"Heavens Antechamber."
"Comfort"
And on the other side you got
Torment and fire and agony.
And that's just
the waiting room
so to speak.
Wait till they end up
where they are going
for eternity eventually.
NOT GOOD.
To be avoided at all cost etc.)
"Many believe that Jesus, at the time of his resurrection, released the saved of OT times from their place of waiting, causing them to go directly into God's presence..."
(Not heaven,
But into his
"presence"
1 Th 4:14
For we believe that Jesus died and rose again,
and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus
those who have fallen asleep in him.
("As shown earlier in this series
they cant be in Heaven
till after the seventh plague.
He will bring those
who have
"fallen asleep in him,"
(Believed in him when they died.)
but not from heaven,
but instead
risen from the grave
to meet him in the air."
"1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.)"
"Also, in Revelation's
prophetic portrayal of the end
it is only those awaiting
final condemnation
who are in hädes when the
"dead will be judged
according to what they have done
as recorded in the books"
(Rev 20:12)."
"In NT times, the
rabbis used the word gehenna
to indicate the place of
final punishment."
("Royale with Cheese"
anybody?)
"Jesus maintained this meaning in the Gospels. In his warnings to his listeners Jesus often spoke of gehenna in association with fire (Mt 5:22; 18:9; Mk 9:43,48). The phrase "eternal fire" is also used of hell, and human beings will be punished there in a fire prepared for "the devil and his angels" (Mt 25:41)."
"The most striking picture of eternal punishment is found in the Book of Revelation. There the state of the condemned is described. They are in a "fiery lake of burning sulfur" (19:20; cf. 20:10), a "lake of fire" (20:14-15), where "they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever" (20:10)."
"5. Conclusions.
Scripture views
each human being
as a person
with an eternal destiny.
Each life is too significant
to be simply snuffed out.
There will be
a resurrection
of the saved
and
of the lost."
Some additional, simplified,
and not meant to be
"intricate" or "detailed"
points to be considered:
Acts 24:15
And have hope toward God,
which they themselves also allow,
that there shall be
a resurrection of the dead,
both
of the just
and
unjust.
If you got "both" of something?
How many you got?
I dont know how many you got
but I got two of something
when I have
"Both".
The resurrection is not
a single event,
there's two of them
"both
of the just
and unjust."
Also consider:
John 5:28-29
Marvel not at this:
for the hour is coming,
in the which all that are in the graves
shall hear his voice,
29 And shall come forth;
they that have done good,
unto the resurrection of life;
and they that have done evil,
unto the resurrection of damnation.
Two resurrections
Two judgements
All separate from one another.
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear
before the judgment seat of Christ,
so that each of us may receive
what is due us
for the things done
while in the body,
whether good or bad.
This happens after Christ return
We being
all who believe
This is not about
your souls salvations.
This is about determining
the believers
treasures in heaven
from which their sins
after having accepted Christ
will be subtracted
and thrown into the fire.
1 Corinthians 3:11-15
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,
(You can not build
on a heavenly foundation
using worldly things.)
13 their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15
If it is burned up,
the builder will suffer loss
but yet will be saved
—even though only as one
escaping through the flames.
So that's:
The resurrection
and judgement for believers
"The just".
As in
"Justified".
As in
"All of your sins washed away
when you accept him."
And we just covered
what happens to peoples sins
after
they have accepted him.
Somebody asked me once:
"What if your sins are greater than
your rewards/metaphorical house
you are building?"
I said some thing to the effect of:
"If you truly believe?
You are going to live your life
in such a manner than reflects it
and that cant/wont happen."
And then
after
Christ millennial reign on earth
There will be the resurrection
and judgement of the wicked.
"White throne Judgement"
Revelation 20:11-15
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away;
and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life:
and the dead were judged
out of those things
which were written in the books,
according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them:
and they were judged
every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell
were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found
written in the book of life
was cast into the lake of fire.
They are not believers.
"Their works"
refers to the evil
they had done.
NOTHING
IS GOING TO SAVE THEM.
JUST LIKE
NOTHING
IS GOING TO CONDEM
BELIEVERS
AT THE JUDGEMENT SEAT
OF CHRIST.
Romans 8:1
There is therefore now
no condemnation to them
which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit.
SO?
My two main points
in doing all of this were:
1) Hell is a real place.
The bible and Christ speak of a place
of eternal punishment and torment,
words and languages may change
but the meanings stay the same.
2)This notion
(like I was sold
when I was younger)
of:
You die.
Your body goes in the grave.
Your soul goes
immediately
to be judged.
Immediately
you either get
Heaven
or you get
hell.
IS JUST NOT
SCRIPTURLY SOUND.
There is a lot more to it
with a lot more intracies
than most preachers
would ever try and address
in a sermon
on a Sunday morning.
Or even take on
the subject matter
at hand
in a bible study
where they would have
a lot more time
to cover the material.
Hope you enjoyed.
Thanks for following allong.
Godspeed.
Journey well friends.
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