Christian heaven/hell ?

Question

As the bible hints we have memories whether we end up in heaven or hell (the story of Lazurus and the rich man in Luke 16 shows that the people in Hades knew each other and we will all be held accountable for all we have done or said)

If you have unsaved family/friends, how can you rejoice in heaven knowing your loved ones are in hell forever?

Answer 1

This is I think the hardest test for Christians. I became saved at age eighteen and lost my father shortly thereafter. I tried to share the gospel with him, but have no assurance he was saved.
However I have made it my goal to see his remaining loved ones, my own brothers and sisters and his wife, my mother make it into heaven. I have 10 siblings, and to date at least 4 besides myself are born again believers.
I cannot change my father's fate, but I can still impact what becomes of his children. This after all was the request of the rich man who perished ' "Send someone to warn my brothers, so that they don't end up in this place of torment." (Luke 16:28)
Furthermore Jesus made it plain that while there is life there is hope. I don't know but that God did not hear my prayers in the closing moments of my father's life and save him.
"If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate (by comparison of his love for Me), his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple."
(Luke 14:26)

Answer 2

The word " hell " is found in many Bibles translations. In the same verses other translations read " the grave " " the world of the dead " and so forth. Other Bibles simply transliterate the original -
language words that are sometimes rendered " hell " that is, they express them with the letters of our alphabet but leave the words untranslated. What are those words?

The Hebrew " She'ohl " and it's Greek equivalent hai' des, which refer, not to an individual burial place, but to the common grave of dead mankind; also the Greek ge;en-na, which is used as a symbol of eternal destruction. However, both in Christendom and in many non-Christian religions it is taught that hell is a place
inhabited by demons and where the wicked, after death, are punished ( and some believe that this is with torment )

Does the Boble indicate whether the dead experience pain?
Eccl. 9:5, 10; say's, " The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead , they are conscious of nothingat all...
All that your hands finds to do, do with your very power, for is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, the place to which you are going.

( If they are conscious of nothing, they obviously feel no pain.) ( sheol ) 'The Grave; KJ, Kx, "hell' Dy; the world of the dead TEV. )


Ps. 146:4 His spirit goes out, he goes back to the ground; in that day his thoughts do perish. KJ. 145:4 in Dy; schemes, JB; plans"

Much confusion and misunderstanding has been caused through
the early translators of the Bible persistently rendering the Hebrew Sheol and the Greek Hades and Gehenna by the word hell.

I will send you some information if you would like because there is not enough room here to explain what Job was talking about.

There is a lot more to the word hell than what the religious leaders want you to know.

Sincerely yours,

Fred M. Hunter

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Answer 3

i'm questioning Buddhist hell is a minimum of one extra incarnation, with heaven being "enlightenment". Christian hell is seen to be some thing like a hearth, which includes could be used for burning away chaff and undesirable stuff; in line with danger supervised via or tremendously for, a "deciever" in charge for deceptive many human beings. Heaven is being close to to God in a "new physique". I even have heard Muslim heaven includes lots of young women human beings.

Answer 4

There is good evidence for the early Christian doctrine of Universalism, which maintains that Jesus really did come to save "all humanity" (as Scripture repeatedly asserts). The parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus is allegorical, and uses the Hellenistic model of Hades as an example of earthly moral precepts.

Answer 5

Because we've wept here on Earth and tried to resign ourselves to the fact that our loved ones probably weren't saved and didn't go to Heaven. That's part of the reason that we work to make sure that others have the chance to know Jesus and accept Him as their Savior, so that they can avoid Hell.

But once we go to Heaven, God Himself will wipe away all our tears. We will glory in the light of His Presence, the sufferings of earth will be passed, and we will be in perfect accord with Him.

How He reconciles us to the fact that some of our loved ones are not with us is His business. It's enough to say that His ways are perfect, and we will be as one with Him, rejoicing forever.

Answer 6

The bible does suggest there will be a time of weeping in heaven and then God will wipe our tears away. We will rejoice in God's righteousness and holiness. In is providence he gave men free will knowing that some would excercise it for evil. As dissapointing as this is it was necessary in order to truly have free will. And knowing some will choose evil shouldn't stop those who choose righteousness.(I don't refer to self rightousness).

Answer 7

In the Bible it says that God wipes away our tears.
THEN we all have new everything..NO memory of our past.
Heaven is NEW and so are our heavenly body's.
Heaven would not be heaven if we had any signs of our past.

In hell you are RIGHT.

Everyone that goes to hell WILL have their memory played out forever and ever and ever and ever....all praying at last...for nothing..because they will never get out of that place..they had their Chance. They will even see this board and words on it and their thoughts...over and over...and over.



wanting what the Rich man wanted WATER. WATER WATER

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Some of you little ones...should even get off this board...there are demons on here.

Answer 8

I really loved this question. I thought about the same thing when I switched from catholic to protestant. I just couldn't believe that if I went to heaven I would never see my sister or father (who were agnostic) or any of my cousins. That's when I switched from baptist to methodist. Who believe that god would not forsaken any of his children to hell. I guess it really ruins the piont of heaven but it made it easier for me to accept christainity it.

All be it that I am no longer christian due to certain events in life that I'd rather not discuss in the forum of oppinions.

Answer 9

Luke 16 is a parable (it even says it is) taking common misconceptions, and giving a lesson from them. Eternal life is only available through YAHOSHUA. If He forgives you He takes your sins, and gives you his righteousness for it. If you choose to remain attached to your sins, you will be where they are, and they will be burned up in the fire that purifies this earth, removing sin and sinners, so YHVH can make it anew, and very good.

Answer 10

Only the selfish could rejoice, if they're loved ones were cast into hell.

Your first paragraph brings up the notion of predetermination. If that the case, why not live your life any way you want to. It's already been decided where you will be spending eternity.

Anyway, it's all just a myth.