There are four meanings of hell in the Bible. In the Old Testament, the word is 'sheol' which simply means 'the grave'. There are three different words in the New Testament which are translated 'hell'. Those three words are:Tartarus, GehennaandHades. Let's look at these three in the...
Hell is not eternal torment. As pointed out a couple of times in this study, the doctrine of eternal torment isthe silent subject of the church. This is strange when considering the importance of the issue of eternal damnation — it literally deals with the eternal fate of masses of humanit...
Compare that with Psalm 37:10 (“For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more”); Psalm 68:2 (“as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God”); and other similar verses. Soon you get a clear picture that the purpose of the fires of...
Like Mr. Fudge, I’ve focused our attention in this study almost exclusively on what the Bible itself literally teaches on the subject of hell. Even when addressing various religious theories in Chapter Six, I had us turn to the God-breathed Scriptures for verification. Isn’t this what real...
Second, the people to whom Jesus spoke were nearly all Jewish, who had been immersed in the themes and ideas of the Hebrew Scriptures since birth. Many modern Christians spend little to no time studying the “Old Testament,” and as a result, fail to understand much of what the New Testa...
What Is the Difference between Sheol, Hades, and Hell? Sheol is the term used in the Old Testament to describe where all people go after death. The Old Testament describes it as a place deep in the ground, and sometimes it is translated as “the grave” or “the pit.” Sometimes it ...
Different Levels of Punishment in Hell – 7 New Testament Statements ByJeff Fenske OnSeptember 23, 2021 InDoctrines Demystified,Doctrines of Demons?,Hell is Real - Forever! A verses-only version of my 2013 article: Different Levels of Punishment in Hell: Hell HEAVY to Hell LIGHT —“That serv...
The devil at the dawn of Christianity bore little resemblance to the ruler of hell, the antichrist and agent of evil that he is known as in present day. Satan makes few overt or implied appearances in the Old Testament. For the important role of God’s greatest adversary, early Christians...
Spiritual Souls:Both the Old Testament and the New Testament teach that we have spiritual souls dwelling within our flesh bodies. Do people go to heaven and hell, or do they fall asleep when they die? Souls in Heaven and Hell:People's souls leave their bodies and go to either hell or ...
The problem here is that hell, rather than God, becomes the object of fear. Think of Jesus’ sober warning: “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matt. 10:28). Hell is...