Hell, Hades, Sheol
Hell is a word (which some religious ones will endlessly debate) that describes the attributes of eternal separation from God. The word doesn’t matter so much as what it represents. (as usual when people, talk about words and forget meanings, mostly religious people)
The Bible often refers those that are physically alive yet separated from God as being in the shadow of death .
So, perhaps death is the best word to describe what awaits those who remain in rebellion to God.
Death would be the cessation of anything pertaining to life , not a neutral existence (sleep, coma, or nonexistence), but an extremely negative one (second death).
BIBEL quotes:
Job 10:21-22 - Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, To the land of darkness and the shadow of death, A land as dark as darkness itself, As the shadow of death, without any order, Where even the light is like darkness.’”
Job 16:16 - My face is flushed from weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death
Job 24:17 - For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death;if someone recognizes them, They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
Job 28:3 - Man puts an end to darkness, And searches every recess For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.
Job 34:2 - There is no darkness nor shadow of death Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Job 38:17 - Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Psalm 23:4 - Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Psalm 107:10 - Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Bound in affliction and irons Because they rebelled against the words of God
Psalm 107:17 - He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And broke their chains in pieces.
Jeremiah 2:6 - Neither did they say, ‘Where is the LORD, Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and pits, Through a land of drought and the shadow of death, Through a land that no one crossed And where no one dwelt?’
Jeremiah 13:6 -Now it came to pass after many days that the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the sash which I commanded you to hide there.”
Matthew 4:6 - and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘ He shall give His angels charge over you,’ and, ‘ In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
Luke 1:79 - To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.”
The “curses” were always the exact opposite of the “blessings.”
A foreshadowing of heaven and hell is best described by the “blessings and cursings” that God promised Israel depending on which path they chose .The curses (to bring evil upon) represented God’s punishment or judgment given according to one’s ways (own doings). From what we know from scripture, similar could be said hell, it will be the opposite of heaven (that which represents eternity with God). Let us consider the ramifications.
Jesus brought peace (Is 9:6, Lk 1:79, Jn 14:27 )
---- hell will be full of doom and gloom, restlessness, agony of mind, fighting, bickering and unfulfilled lusts.
Christ was the fulfillment of love and joy
----- hell will be a place of hate, severe bitterness, constant hostility, desolation and unforgiveness.
Jesus offered bread and living waters (Jn 4:14 , 6:51 , 58, 7:38 , Rev 7:17 )
----- hell will be a place of gnawing hunger and intense thirst (Lk 16:24 ).
Jesus healed and provided comfort
--- hell will be full of grievous sicknesses and incredible pain and agony (torture, suffering, distress, woe) – physical discomfort.
Christ knows His sheep by name (Jn 10:3)
----- in hell, everyone will be completely and utterly rejected by God (eternally) – there will be no individuality (for those who sought self).
Jesus brought calm, contentment and deliverance (Mt 6:25 -34, Mk 4:39 -40)
----- in hell there will be intense and unsatisfied cravings and addictions, and the body will be possessed by worms (Is 66:24, Mk 9:46 , 44, 48).
Christ and His followers are exalted and rewarded
(Mt 16:27 , Lk 6:23 , 1 Cor 3:8, Rev 22:12 )
(Mt 16:27 , Lk 6:23 , 1 Cor 3:8, Rev 22:12 )
----- those in hell will be greatly humbled and punished.
Heaven is described as incredibly beautiful
----- hell will be hideous, nauseating
(disgusting, sickening, repulsive, revolting, upsetting) and ugly.
(disgusting, sickening, repulsive, revolting, upsetting) and ugly.
Hell is the second death and as such will reek (stench) of the smell of death (decomposing and filthy flesh).
The followers of Christ will be given glorified bodies (1 Cor 15:44 , 1 Jn 3:2)
----- those in hell will have bodies that reflect their rebellious nature.
Jesus spoke Words of eternal truth
----- in hell there will be constant vile cursing and only lies (truth will be absent).
Jesus brought great hope to man (Rm 8:24 )
----- in hell there will be no hope , complete and sheer despair (misery, anguish,
despondency).
despondency).
Jesus said His burden was light (Mt 11:30 )
----- in hell the burden will be unbearable and never ending.
In heaven one will be known as he was
----- in hell you will be stricken from all remembrance.
In heaven God will wipe away the tears ( Rev 7:17 , 21:4)
----- in hell there will be nothing but continual sorrow (mourning, sadness, distress, grief).
Those in heaven will live in the light of God’s presence ( Rev 21:23 , 22:5)
----- those in hell will be in their own complete darkness (Mt 8:12 , 22:13 , 25:30 ).
BIBEL quotes:
(Read whole chapter Deuteronomy 28)
Deuteronomy 11:26-28 “Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you today; 28 and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.
Deuteronomy 28:58-63
“If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD, 59 then the LORD will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues, great and prolonged plagues and serious and prolonged sicknesses.
60 Moreover He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you. 61 Also every sickness and every plague, which is not written in this Book of the Law, will the LORD bring upon you until you are destroyed.
62 You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of heaven in multitude, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God. 63 And it shall be, that just as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good and multiply you, so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you and bring you to nothing.
“If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD, 59 then the LORD will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues, great and prolonged plagues and serious and prolonged sicknesses.
60 Moreover He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you. 61 Also every sickness and every plague, which is not written in this Book of the Law, will the LORD bring upon you until you are destroyed.
62 You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of heaven in multitude, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God. 63 And it shall be, that just as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good and multiply you, so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you and bring you to nothing.
(Read whole chapter Lev 26)
Lev 26:46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws which the LORD made between Himself and the children of Israel on Mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
Lev 26:18 ‘And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
Hell will be anything but a big party with your rebellious friends
(as some describe it).
(as some describe it).
Should you ever bump into an old acquaintance while bobbing up and down in the lake of fire, there will be sheer and utter hatred – one toward the other. Hell is for eternity because there is no chance of reformation there.
One will only become more corrupted as the endless time (which loses all meaning) goes by in a place of
They will be held by the cords of their own sins .
- hatred; bitterness; hostility;
- strong unfulfilled desires;
- incredibly foul language; putrid smells;
- agonizing screams; unbearable pain;
- unrelenting discomfort; haunting thoughts of what might have been;
- tremendous hunger and thirst; nausea; utter hopelessness;
- intense fright, terror; total darkness; isolation;
- increased hatred toward God; despair; and on and on.
They will be held by the cords of their own sins .
Proverbs 5:22 His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
My conclusions:
I believe that hell is, just like heaven, eternal. Because it is opposite to heaven.
I also believe that we experience both hell and heaven even now on the earth, because our existence now is shadow of what will be then.
Our body's now are seed (fleshly) now and will be a plant then (heavenly body). If you understand this and believe it you will not glorify sin anymore and you will be even more careful before you change (according to your own wishes) anything in the Bible.
I also believe that we experience both hell and heaven even now on the earth, because our existence now is shadow of what will be then.
Our body's now are seed (fleshly) now and will be a plant then (heavenly body). If you understand this and believe it you will not glorify sin anymore and you will be even more careful before you change (according to your own wishes) anything in the Bible.
Which way will you choose?
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