Does the teaching of hell fire make sense?

Question

When you reason from the scriptures does it make sense? All the scriptures talking about fire just means complete destruction.Hell would make no sense since Jesus died for our sins Please explain Using reasoning from the bible thank you all

Answer 1

No it doesn't. Good question.

Eccl. 9:5, 10: "The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all

Ezek. 18:4: "The soul that is sinning-it itself will die."

The word Greek Hell, like it's Hebrew counterpart Sheol simply means mankind's common grave. Nothing more.

If you believe in a loving God, how can you possibly believe he would punish a "soul" eternally for something committed in this short lifetime.

If Hell/Sheol is a burning place of torment, why did Job asked to be concealed there so that his suffering would END?

Finally, God condemned his own people for following certain pagan rituals just like the nations against them. These included making their children pass through the fire in sacrifice to the god Molec. Why would he condemn them this if he was doing the same thing.

Answer 2

There is no reason that I can give you from the scriptures because the bible has been changed. And there is no such thing as the bible, God sent Moses a message and it's called the Torah and he sent Jesus a message and it's called the Injil. I would suggest you do some research before you get even more astray and confused.
God created you with a brain right? Some things just don't make any sense.
If Jesus died for your sins why does the bible say you must repent?
If Jesus died for your sins you can do whatever you want, because Jesus died for your sins does that make sense?
If Jesus died for your sins, why did God create the hellfire for?
There is no possible way you can reason from the bible because it contradicts itself.

Answer 3

Hell would make no sense for Christians. The Lake of Fire is the final judgment. If you're in the Book of Life (Rev 20:15) you will not be thrown into the Lake of Fire. And Rev 20:10 states those in the Lake of Fire will burn day and night forever. Eternal agony. The Lake of Fire is not finality where you burn up and go away. That would be easy punishment and besides that, the spirit is eternal. Also, Rev 21:8 refers to the Lake of Fire as the second death. And Rev 20:24 states that death and Hell will also be thrown into the Lake of Fire. It's an eternal fire, just like the spirit's eternal. Everyone will not be saved. God is love but He also is just and righteous. Sin is not tolerated and everyone has to make a decision to accept God's method of restoration or to reject it.

Answer 4

The Christian teaching is that hell and heaven are a choice. (In Romans 1:16 Paul states, "I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.") If a person chooses to believe in the teaching of Jesus they have nothing to fear (Romans 8:38 Paul states, "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." The "us" are those which have chosen the Gospel.)

So, if we want people to make an informed choice it makes sense to tell them both options. I am not particularly interested nor have been particularly convinced by "hell fire" preaching, but one can see why it would be part of helping people make an intelligent choice.

With regard to the word "fire" in describing hell, you have to remember that an infinite God is trying to squeeze a concept outside of our experience into our language. "Fire" is likely to be the closest thing in material life to communicate the experience of hell. Clearly the "fire" of hell does not destroy (see the story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31) but does cause agony.

My own simplistic view Hell may well be not a different place at all. It would be what this place would feel like when God leaves. Imagine our world with no charity, no people serving others, no mercy. I am not sure what single word would describe that best. I don't think it would be like being in fire, but it certainly would be agony.

Answer 5

If I offer you $10,000, would you accept it? Now how would you accept it? You would have to reach out and take it or it would be useless to you, right? God gave the gift of His Son and all we need to do is accept it and do what God wants us to do rather than following Satan's lead but many will not accept it, as you see here if you have been here more than a minute. So what happens with them? If you did not like Country music but in Heaven country music was to be played all the time non stop, do you think you would be happy there? Not on your life. it would be sheer Hell for you so why should a loving God want to put you in a place you would be miserable in for eternity? Nowhere does it ever say in the bible that anyone that goes to Hell will be there for eternity. Only those that have Jesus can have eternal life but those without Jesus do not have life. See 1 John 5:12. What is the opposite of life? DEATH!! many places it talks about the wicked being ashes under the soles of our feet, being burned up, turned to ashes, dying. The soul that sins, it will die is just one of them. for a complete study and the use of a concordance to find what you want, check out the site below.

Answer 6

It is commonly known that the teaching of an eternally burning hell is a myth adopted from Greek mythology. Early Christianity was polluted with this and other pagan concepts and practices before 400 AD. The Bible does not support the false doctrine of eternal torment for the wicked. Many Christian churches and denominations have abandoned this veiw in the last 20 years.

Answer 7

Jesus Christ thought so. Jesus mentioned hell more than anyone else.

Matthew 5:22,29,; 10:28; 11:23; 16:18; 18:9; 23:15; 23:33

Luke 10:15; 12:5; 16:23

Acts 2:31

James 3:6

2 Peter 2:4

Answer 8

Sure Jesus did his goal in dying for our sins, but it is still up to you to accept that invitation. If you do not accept the invitation, do not want to be a Christian, then guess what. You will die in your own sins.

You should really study this elementary concept of accepting Jesus first, before you continue on with this topic of hell fire.

Answer 9

It absolutely makes sense to the shouter who collects the money.

Answer 10

I agree with you! Read 2 Peter 2:6.