the bible speaks of three diffrent kinds of hell what are they where did they come from and what are there meanings PLEASE!!!!
2007-03-02 04:00:11 · 6 answers · asked by THE WAR WRENCH 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It seems useful to mention that the bible does NOT teach that a "soul" is some immortal otherworldly entity that exists apart from a physical body. Instead, in the bible "a soul" is simply "a life"; at death a person's "soul" or "life" returns to Jehovah in that life originates from God, and all future prospects for a resurrection of that life rest with Jehovah God.
(Job 12:9-10) The hand of Jehovah itself has done this, In whose hand is the soul of everyone alive And the spirit of all flesh of man
(Ezekiel 18:4) The soul that is sinning - it itself will die.
(Ecclesiastes 9:10) there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol ["hell"]
(Acts 3:23) Indeed, any soul that does not listen to that Prophet will be completely destroyed from among the people.
The bible teaches that after Armageddon, there will be a resurrection of nearly all humans who have ever died, to a restored paradise earth. The graves will be emptied!
(John 5:26-29) For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted also to the Son to have life in himself. ...the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out
(Acts 24:15) There is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.
Now, regarding the so-called "hell", it is interesting to reflect on the fact that the Old-English word "hell" merely meant "underground". Some rural folks still refer to the practice of "helling potatoes" which refers to the fact that they are buried, and has nothing to do with cooking. Re-read Scriptures that use the term "hell" and note that the vast majority make perfect sense when the word "underground" is substituted.
This is not perfectly consistent, because there are actually three different Greek words that English bible translations commonly translate as "hell", including the King James Version. Those terms are "Tartarus", "Hades", and "Gehenna".
Tartarus
The bible never uses the term "Tartarus" in connection with humans, but only in connection with demonic former angels. Since only spirit creatures are involved, "Tartarus" seems to be a CONDITION rather than a PLACE. The word “Tartarus” is also used in pre-Christian heathen mythologies. In Homer’s Iliad this mythological Tartarus is represented as an underground prison ‘as far below Hades as earth is below heaven.’ In it were imprisoned the lesser gods, noteworthy in that the bible and other ancient literature consistently uses the term "Tartarus" exclusively in connection with superhuman creatures.
(2 Peter 2:4) God did not hold back from punishing the angels that sinned, but, by throwing them into Tartarus, delivered them to pits of dense darkness to be reserved for judgment
Hades
The term "Hades" is not a fiery place of torture, but rather the common grave of mankind (the state of being dead). The bible plainly teaches that Jesus himself was in "Hades" after his impalement but before his resurrection. Also, the bible teaches that "death and Hades" will be destroyed forever after God resurrects everyone (and "empties" Hades.
(Acts 2:22-33) Jesus the Nazarene... fastened to a stake by the hand of lawless men and did away with. But God resurrected him... David says respecting [Jesus], ‘...you [Father] will not leave my soul in HADES... [David] was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath that he would seat one from the fruitage of his loins upon his throne, he saw beforehand and spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he forsaken in HADES nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God resurrected, of which fact we are all witnesses. Therefore because he was exalted to the right hand of God
(Revelation 20:13-14) Death and Hades gave up those dead in them, and they were judged individually according to their deeds. And death and Hades were hurled into the lake of fire. This means the second death, the lake of fire.
Gehenna
The bible term "Gehenna" refers to death without hope of resurrection. Interestingly, the bible term "Hades" ("hell") is destroyed in Gehenna once that grave has been emptied by resurrections. The grave will no longer be needed since humans will then live forever! The term "Gehenna" is synonymous with other bible terms such as the "second death [different from first death allowing resurrection]" and with the "[metaphorical] lake of fire [which destroys the dead one's remembrance]".
(Matthew 10:28) And do not become fearful of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be in fear of him that can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
(Revelation 20:13-14) Death and Hades gave up those dead in them, and they were judged individually according to their deeds. And death and Hades were hurled into the lake of fire. This means the second death, the lake of fire.
2007-03-02 04:29:51 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, the Bible uses 8 different words or terms for Hell, although some mean the same thing.
1) Sheol - where both the righteous and unrighteous went prior to Jesus' death. The righteous went to a good place and the unrighteous to a place of torment, known as Abbadon, Hell, and "the pit." (The place for the righteous -- also called "Abraham's Bosom by Jesus -- no longer exists, since it's no longer necessary.)
2) The Abyss - a part of Sheol where fallen angels are tormented. Humans NEVER go to the abyss. It is also referred to as Tartarus.
3) Gehenna - the general place of torment where angels and humans are consigned. It is in Sheol. It is the same as the Lake of Fire.
I'm not sure what you mean by "where did they come from."
2007-03-02 12:21:25 · answer #2 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hellfire is a false doctrine orginating from Ancient Babylon, the birthplace of false religion.
1.Jehovah is not an evil God that tortures people in a fire for eternity. For someone known as being love itself ( 1John 4:8), that would not be loving, actually wicked.
2. When a person dies, their body stops working. They don't have senses to FEEL fire, to see, hear, their brain stops working, their thoughts do perish. The dead are conscience of nothing at all.(Ec 9:5, 10; Psalms 146:3,4)
Fire in the bible is symbolic for eternal destruction, complete non-existence, no hope for a resurrection.
2 different types of death
Sheol-common grave of mankind. you can be resurrected from here
Gehenna- second death, no hope for a resurrection. (lake of fire; hell)
2007-03-02 12:27:56 · answer #3 · answered by maleika v 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not talking about hell, it's talking about different metaphorical graves for human kind. It's talking about those who will be ressurected (grave A) and those who won't (grave B). Read your history. Hell is just a power/money making scheme that started in the middle ages for those who knew no better.
2007-03-02 12:06:09 · answer #4 · answered by Starjumper the R&S Cow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Bible does not speak of 3 different kinds of hell.
Some churches may .....but since when have churches taught the Bible?
You may be thinking of Paul's words about 'seventh heaven.'
Of course, that would be ....heaven, not hell.
2007-03-02 12:06:36 · answer #5 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is absolutely zero evidence for the existence of Hell. To put it another way, there is as much evidence for it as for fairies, Santa, Zeus or the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
You might as well ask how many kinds of blue-winged fairies there are, or what the color of Santa's underpants is.
2007-03-02 12:05:59 · answer #6 · answered by greenbottlemage 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋