Just where in the bible DOES it say that we go to hell if we dont believe in Jesus?

Question

I know about the words, I am the way, the truth and the light, and No one gets to the father but by me" But that doesnt really answer my question now does it?

Answer 1

" He that believeth and is baptized SHALL BE SAVED; he that believes not SHALL BE DAMNED ". - Jesus

"So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth". - Jesus (Matt. 13:49)


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Answer 2

Hell (Gehenna, the lake of burning fire, etc.) is almost always used as an example of a place to avoid- the final home for Satan and the fallen, but at no point are we told point-blank that humans will be sent there.

We are warned that 'it is better to be crippled than ot be sent to Hell', which is certainly true, and it certainly IMPLIES that hell is the destination of at least some types of sinners, but there is also talk about the 'grave' which is an entirely different place.

Answer 3

John 3:16 does refer to destruction of those that don't exercise faith in Jesus. However that does not anywhere say people would go to hell. The original greek and hebrew words translated hell ... Hades and Sheol respectively ... simply mean mankind's common grave.

The concept of Hell fire is a church doctrine adopted to keep people enslaved to their teachings. It really does a disservice to God himself, considering he condemned the nation of Israel and the pagan nations around them for, among other things, making their "children pass through the fire" something that "had not come into his heart." (Jeremiah 32:35)

Answer 4

If you look in the New Testament in Revelation I believe it's chapter 6 it will tall you what happens to the people who get left behind. Also if you look in Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 13-18 that should give you a little more info on what you want to find out!

Answer 5

It actually doesn't say that explicitly anywhere in the Bible.

There are a variety of different quotes from different books that Christians put together (like a few people above me have) that seem to suggest this, but it is selective interpretation. You can find quotes that appear to support ANY point of view you choose in the bible. The key phrase is "appear to".

Answer 6

The Latin infernus (inferum, inferi), the Greek Hades, and the Hebrew sheol correspond to the word hell. Infernus is derived from the root in; hence it designates hell as a place within and below the earth. Haides, formed from the root fid, to see, and a privative, denotes an invisible, hidden, and dark place; thus it is similar to the term hell. The derivation of sheol is doubtful. It is generally supposed to come from the Hebrew root meaning, "to be sunk in, to be hollow"; accordingly it denotes a cave or a place under the earth. In the Old Testament (Sept. hades; Vulg. infernus) sheol is used quite in general to designate the kingdom of the dead, of the good (Genesis 37:35) as well as of the bad (Numbers 16:30); it means hell in the strict sense of the term, as well as the limbo of the Fathers. But, as the limbo of the Fathers ended at the time of Christ's Ascension, hades (Vulg. infernus) in the New Testament always designates the hell of the damned. Since Christ's Ascension the just no longer go down to the lower world, but they dwell in heaven (2 Corinthians 5:1). However, in the New Testament the term Gehenna is used more frequently in preference to hades, as a name for the place of punishment of the damned. Gehenna is the Hebrew gê-hinnom (Nehemiah 11:30), or the longer form gê-ben-hinnom (Joshua 15:8), and gê-benê-hinnom (2 Kings 23:10) "valley of the sons of Hinnom". Hinnom seems to be the name of a person not otherwise known. The Valley of Hinnom is south of Jerusalem and is now called Wadi er-rababi. It was notorious as the scene, in earlier days, of the horrible worship of Moloch. For this reason it was defiled by Josias (2 Kings 23:10), cursed by Jeremias (Jeremiah 7:31-33), and held in abomination by the Jews, who, accordingly, used the name of this valley to designate the abode of the damned (Targ. Jon., Gen., iii, 24; Henoch, c. xxvi). And Christ adopted this usage of the term. Besides Hades and Gehenna, we find in the New Testament many other names for the abode of the damned. It is called "lower hell" (Vulg. tartarus) (2 Peter 2:4), "abyss" (Luke 8:31 and elsewhere), "place of torments" (Luke 16:28), "pool of fire" (Revelation 19:20 and elsewhere), "furnace of fire" (Matthew 13:42, 50), "unquenchable fire" (Matthew 3:12, and elsewhere), "everlasting fire" (Matthew 18:8; 25:41; Jude 7), "exterior darkness" (Matthew 7:12; 22:13; 25:30), "mist" or "storm of darkness" (2 Peter 2:17; Jude 13). The state of the damned is called "destruction" (apoleia, Phil., iii, 19, and elsewhere), "perdition" (olethros, 1 Timothy 6:9), "eternal destruction" (olethros aionios, 2 Thessalonians 1:9), "corruption" (phthora, Galatians 6:8), "death" (Romans 6:21), "second death" (Revelation 2:11 and elsewhere).

Answer 7

I agree with you.
First of all, a self-realized master like Jesus has no ego, so therefore he would never talk like that. I don't think he said that at all. I think that quote was put in by the Roman Cathlic Church along with a lot of other books and passages.

We are all son's of God but some are more aware of God within themselves as they become a "self-realized" saint like Jesus, Buddah, Krishna, etc.

Answer 8

Duhhh...Try the most well-known verse of the Bible, John 3:16, for openers.

Answer 9

If someone really doesn't believe in Jesus, they shouldn't worry about what the Bible says, since it technically doesn't pertain to them. I don't know where it says that....I started reading the book and lasted about two pages into Genesis before I got bored.

Answer 10

The bible is, by any measure, completely irrelevant to modern life. It really doesn't matter what it says or not because whatever it does say is based upon a Stone Age mindset. The irrational dogma of primitive man cannot help any of us.

Answer 11

It doesn't.

Jesus is the savior of ALL men and that was what he told us. All men will face a judgement and it may not be fun or pretty but neither will it be eternal suffering.

If you are interested in the real meaning of the words that were mistranslated into "hell", eternal", "fire and brimstone", etc, check out my sources.