Since using both words could be overly wordy and confusing, we will simply use the term Sheol throughout this book, generally speaking. The main reason for this decision is that the Hebrewsheolappears much more often in the Scriptures than the Greekhades; the former appears 66 times in the ...
Does this mean Jesus descended into hell to deliver the damned? Does this mean Jesus destroyed the hell of damnation? No. Scripture often uses the termhell—Sheolin Hebrew andHadesin Greek—to refer to theabode of the dead, which consisted of both the righteous and the unrighteous who were...
Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 118(Psalm 118:17) Does the assertion “I shall not die, but live” contradict mortality or promise an unrealistic divine protection? What does 'This is the day the Lord made' mean?How can I find hope in times of despair?How can one live for righteousness?
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” The Word is not just sitting idle in our memory, not just piling...
(Yes, that was a bit of a crushing blow as I could see the spiritual growth going on in me; and, yes, it seriously impaired my attitude toward that pastor.) So it is feasible that God can and does get angry; and, all of this, despite passages in which God tells Moses to convey...
Chapter 2 - This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. Zion, the Royal City of God - In days to come, The mountain of the
” That does NOT mean He was the first to be CREATED, because not only IS the Lord Jesus ONE (Echad) with the Father and the Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit AT the time of Creation, verse 16 SPELLS it out for the reader that “FOR BY HIM (JESUS)ALL THINGS were CREATED, in HEAVEN (...
Occurrences of the words "Sheol" and "Hades" in the Bible I) THE WORD SHEOL Genesis 37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted ; and he said , For I will go down into the Sheol unto my son mourning . Thus his father we...