Where is hell?
Please use bible verses to back this up.
2007-03-31 18:06:04 · 15 answers · asked by me 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Our Old Testament professor told us that the concept hell derived from originally, a location southwest of Jerusalem where children were burned as sacrifices to the god Molech. It later became a garbage dump with a continuous burning of trash. Therefore, it was used biblically, to illustrate the abode of the damned in Christian and Jewish theology. Gehenna is mentioned in Mark 9:43ff and Matt. 10:28 as the place of punishment of unquenchable fire where both the body and soul of the wicked go after death. It is apparently the future abode of Satan and his angels (Matt. 25:41).
From American Heritage we get:
WORD HISTORY: Hell comes to us directly from Old English hel. Because the Roman Church prevailed in England from an early date, the Roman—that is, Mediterranean—belief that hell was hot prevailed there too; in Old English hel is a black and fiery place of eternal torment for the damned. But because the Vikings were converted to Christianity centuries after the Anglo-Saxons, the Old Norse hel, from the same source as Old English hel, retained its earlier pagan senses as both a place and a person. As a place, hel is the abode of oathbreakers, other evil persons, and those unlucky enough not to have died in battle. It contrasts sharply with Valhalla, the hall of slain heroes. Unlike the Mediterranean hell, the Old Norse hel is very cold. Hel is also the name of the goddess or giantess who presides in hel, the half blue-black, half white daughter of Loki and the giantess Angrbotha. The Indo-European root behind these Germanic words is *kel–, “to cover, conceal” (so hell is the “concealed place”); it also gives us hall, hole, hollow, and helmet.
2007-03-31 18:12:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians denies the Bible , Jesus and the hell mentioned in Matthew 5:29-30 .
2016-06-12 05:08:26 · answer #2 · answered by Mr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is how the Bible describes Hell:
http://www.shalach.org/hell/hell.htm...
2007-03-31 18:17:49 · answer #3 · answered by Red neck 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell's in Michigan. I can actually say I've been to Hell and back.
2007-03-31 18:10:01 · answer #4 · answered by Becca 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is only one hell. It is to all people who do not accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. : )
Go to the back of the Bible and look the key word hell, or hades or sheol..
Hell and heaven are physical places, do not make mistake about it. All good people do not go to heaven, all forgiven people go to heaven. :)
2007-03-31 18:09:46 · answer #5 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus was not big on hell but he did say that the kingdom of heaven is spread upon the earth but man does not see it.
2007-03-31 18:50:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell is a town in Michigan, and yes, it does freeze over every year. They also have a lively Halloween season and a biker's convention every spring.
2007-03-31 18:09:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Bible doesn't say this. It's a spiritual place so how can you provide an address. Same for heaven.
2007-03-31 18:10:53 · answer #8 · answered by IKB 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In your mind is where. There is no such a thing as a hell except the one you create inside your own head
2007-03-31 18:09:40 · answer #9 · answered by jesse b 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no christian hell, but there is a non-believer hell.
2007-03-31 18:08:54 · answer #10 · answered by Victor V 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋