when was the doctrine of hell fire intoduced into the bible?

Answer 1

Fireball 226, good answer.
If you are referring the eternal torment, it's not in the bible. It was introduced to instill fear in believers to get them to 'toe the line'.
The bible does talk about the fires of Gehenna (a valley outside Jerusalem where garbage was burned and they used sulfur to make sure everything was burned completely). But God said that some of his 'followers' were making there children pass through the flames, something that he never even considered.
If your child wrecked your car, would you torture him for the rest of his life? Why do you think God is so much crueler to torture someone forever?

Answer 2

The Lake of Fire, and hell are two different places. Death and
hell reported to be destroyed at some point in the Lake of Fire.
Our beliefs aren't just based on a few books, but on 1000s of
years of human experiences.
Many have allegedly travelled in the spirit world, astral travel at will, near-death experiences. And whether they "believed" in an after-life or not. They have had many common experiences. Some have visited heavenly places, and some hell-like places. This is where we get the concept of a hellfire.
Hell is multi-dimensional. Humans experience a dark, cold
place and loneliness. Places full of souls, but they don't
acknowledge each other. And terrifying places.
The Lake of Fire is, I beleve, like a cosmic recycler. Where if
the soul loses control over itself, it eventually winds up there.
It all boils to that same old thing. Free will.
Our Creator doesn't make anyone go to hell. But He doesn't
make anyone go to heaven either.

Answer 3

A Brief History of Hellfire

WHEN did professed Christians adopt the belief in hellfire? Well after the time of Jesus Christ and his apostles. “The Apocalypse of Peter (2nd century C.E.) was the first [apocryphal] Christian work to describe the punishment and tortures of sinners in hell,” states the French Encyclopædia Universalis.

Among the early Church Fathers, however, there was disagreement over hell. Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, and Cyprian believed that hell was a fiery place. Origen and theologian Gregory of Nyssa thought of hell as a place of separation from God, of spiritual suffering. Augustine of Hippo, on the other hand, held that suffering in hell was both spiritual and sensory, a view that gained acceptance. “By the fifth century the stern doctrine that sinners will have no second chance after this life and that the fire which will devour them will never be extinguished was everywhere paramount,” wrote Professor J.N.D. Kelly.

In the 16th century, such Protestant reformers as Martin Luther and John Calvin understood the fiery torment of hell to be figurative of spending eternity separated from God. However, the idea of hell as a place of torment returned in the following two centuries. Protestant preacher Jonathan Edwards used to strike fear in the hearts of 18th-century Colonial Americans with graphic portrayals of hell.

Shortly thereafter, though, the flames of hell began to flicker and fade. “The 20th century was nearly the death of hell,” states U.S.News & World Report.

Answer 4

There is no such doctrine of hell fire in the Bible as in the Quran.

Not even once the hell fire is indicated in the Bible but lake of fire.

Answer 5

Drak Ages Renesiance times. When the Catholic church was on a rampage and was scaring people into giving money to the church, by fear of eternal damnation by Hell Fire. A concept not found or originated in the bible.

Answer 6

many ministers dont think there is ETERnal punishment by fire...fire will consume humans quickly...gehanna fire was outside Jerusalem for burning the dead bodies....the Bible talks about the dead being asleep before the judgment..
biblically Hell is the grave 1Thes 4:15 and Rev 5:10

Answer 7

Hi:
A good question. Volumes have been written, but not here

Hell as it is used in the bible and is translated in most English translations has several meanings:


1. Hell or Hades which is the place of undeparted spirits as spoke of by Jesus in Luke 16:23 where he speaks of 2 men in life and 2 men in death. For the rich man who died without God we read "in hell he lifted up his eyes being in torment..."

Hell as the temporary place of spirits especially those who are lost is finally emptied at the day of Judgment as seen in Rev. 19 at which time all lost are brought before God. "death and hell (hades) gave up the dead and they were judged...(Rev 19:13) The final abode of the unconverted is found in Rev. 19:14 "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. The lake of fire is the final and eternal abode of the lost.

Jesus spoke of hell many times and warned people about it in Matt. 5:22 and many other places. In Matt 25:41 Jesus explains that hell was prepared "for the devil and his angels."

The 2nd meaning of hell, is simply the grave. In psalm 16:10 speaking prophetically of Jesus we read " "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell: neither will you suffer your Holy One to see corruption" There are two aspects here in the sense that Jesus was not left in hades nor was his body left in the grave after his ressurection.

The first mention is by Moses in Deut. 32:22 and was used throughout the Old Testament. In the old testament in the Hebrew it is called "Sheol" in contrast to the New Testament Greek word "hades":. However, when Jesus used it in Matt. 5:22 he uses the Greek word "gehenna" which refers to the garbage dump outside the side which never stops burning. This metaphor describes hell in its strongest sense of eternal suffering.

Just to clarify, hell the place of departed spirits is a place which will one day be emptied at the Judgment seat. and then to be sent to the lake of fire which is the second death.

Human language cannot describe the seriousness of the punishment for a soul without Christ. The writers of the scriptures including the Lord Jesus used everyday words to describe it and to warn people of the eternity of their soul and its eternal destiny.

Answer 8

Jesus first spoke of it in The Gospels.

Answer 9

when someone went out of his mind and wrote revelations

Answer 10

when it got real boring. had to spice it up.