The bible doesn't teach that there is a burning firey hell,so why do they say that?

Question

Where was Jesus?
Matthew 27:60 and laid it is his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed.
Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
That proves that at one time his soul was in hell.
So in one place it says he was in a tomb. Then it says he was in hell, so we can only conclude they thought of hell as the grave.
If hell was such a bad place and job was already suffering why did he pray to go to hell?
Job 14:13, Dy: “[Job prayed:] Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell,* and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a time when thou wilt remember me?” (God himself said that Job was “a man blameless and upright, fearing God and turning aside from bad.”—

Ezekiel 18:4 The soul that is sinning its self will die.
"the wags of sin is death" "For dust you are and to dust you wil

Do they teach that to get money out of people?

That says were the worms don't die, says nothing about people.

Answer 1

yes it does

Math 9:47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48 where
" `their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.'

The worm is your spirit.

Answer 2

Hell is the grave. The Fiery version we are so used to hearing from Mainstream Christianity is taken, almost directly, from Greek Myth.... Hades. Which, in some descriptions, shows there are parts of Hades where the fires do not die and evil people are punished for a determined amount of time according to the evil deeds they had done.

It's amazing just how much Pagan Myth is linked in with the Bible and Christianity... all the while they are trying to make it seem unique. I think, if they were to do an honest study on it, they would be surprised at how much like Pagan Mystery Religions of ancient times Christianity really is.

Answer 3

At lot of the confusion is caused by the King James translators decision to translate three different words (shoel, hades, and gehenna) all as "hell".

The Bible teaches that before the resurrection of Jesus, all soul went to "shoel". It is a holding place where people awaited the coming of Christ. It appears (according to Jesus' story of Lazareus and the rich man, and other places) to be divided into two section. One is called Paradise (or the bossom of Abraham). The righteous dead go there. The other is called hell (hades) and the unrighteous go there. According to Jesus, it is a place of torment.

Between his death and resurrection, Jesus visited both Paradise and Hades, and preached the news of his death and resurrection to them. His body remained in the tomb, but his spirit, for a time, entered Hell to conquer it. He then took those who believed in it (which was the population of Paradise) with him to heaven before his resurrection.

Hades remains occupied. And those who die now, unsaved, go there. The book of Revelation reveals that there is coming a time when Hell (Hades) will be cast into the Lake of Fire, which is the Second Death. It is from there that the idea the Hell is full of fire comes.

Jesus refers to this place as Gehena (which literally means a garbage pit). He states that is is a place of fire where people's spirits (called "worms") do not die.

Oh, and no where in the Bible does it say that satan rules over hell. Rather it says he will be its cheif prisoner.

Answer 4

Actually the bible does teach that. It's just that english translations white wash the words. You see, in the original language there are different states, different places. Gehenna is the firey hell. Sheol is more quiet place where the dead gather. While most think of a fire hell when the word hades comes up, in the original hebrew, it is more along the lines of sheol.

You seem to be under the impression that there is a contradiction. But it is a chronicle of days. First he is laid in the tomb. Then he went down into hades (sheol) to free the souls trapped there.

Job wasn't praying to GO to hell. Job was praying that the God who protected him FROM hell would allow his wrath to pass along.

Answer 5

Not in those exact words but this scripture sure sounds hellish to me.

Rev 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Answer 6

The Bible does speak of hell, being a fiery furnace, it is called the "Lake of Fire" in Revelation 20.
Also it says:
Mark 9:48
'where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'

(that is speaking of hell)
Revelation 20:10
and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

--This also says at the end of this chapter that those whose names are not found in the book of life are also to be thrown into the lake of fire--
Another reference to hell: Matthew 25:30
And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
-There is a lot of scripture that describes hell, just how real it is, and I would wish this upon no one! That is why we who love the Lord want to share his wonderful news! Because God has made a way for us to escape the flames, by believing in Jesus Christ, being washed clean, forgiven. For all sin must be punished.

Answer 7

Yes, but the Catholic religion realized that by striking fear into the hearts of midevil society, they could not only control them, but make loads of money as well. The bible talks about Sheol, and in the New Testament, Hades. But it also says that Abraham, Isaak, and many other good men 'lay down with their fore fathers' and their fore fathers went to Sheol. Sheol is just a symbol for the grave of mankind. Or else, how do explain that a 'righteous man' such was Abraham went to hell? It doesn't make sense.

Answer 8

It is a pagan thought that the people in religion use thonking they can scare people into Churches for personal gain. Why would a ever loving God need to see people(His own creation) have a hell in so called hell? God is Love and full of compassion

Answer 9

Hades and hell... Hades, as used in Acts 2:31, is the "waiting place" for the dead, not Gehenna, the Greek word most modern translations render "hell" which is described as a place of punishment. John, in the Apocalypse, introduces another phrase, "lake of fire" describing the eternal place of punishment prepared for the devil.

Rev 19:20 But the beast and the false prophet were captured. The false prophet had done miraculous signs for the beast. In this way the false prophet had tricked those who had received the mark of the beast and had worshiped his statue. The beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. 21 The rest of them were killed with the sword that came out of the rider’s mouth. All the birds stuffed themselves with the dead bodies.

Rev 20:14 Then Death and Hell were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 Anyone whose name was not written in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.

Answer 10

Luke 16:23 - And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Luke 16:24 - And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

Luke 16:25 - But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.