Do we forget that He never spoke English or for that matter, Latin?
Then let's review, any concordance will show you that some bibles have incorrectly translated three different places with one word, hell.
Gehenna is an actual place in Israel to this day, used to burn the refuse during Jesus day, now it's a place to have picnics.
Hades is a well known word for describing the unseen, the buried, among us.
Tartarus, mentioned once in the new testament, is a place described for the stubborn demons.
Now, where do we get the word hell for all three of these different places?
Well, latin of course. Catholicism, Roman authority.
How else do you scare people into servanthood than to threaten them with a place of eternal torment or annihilation?
Read Romans 5. We have assurance from the bible itself that As in Adam all made sinners, so in Christ will all be made alive and righteous.
Rest in God's sovereign mercy and Christ finishing the will of His Father.
Smile!
2007-12-13
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