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.”—Job 1:8.) (*“The grave,” KJ; “the world of the dead,” TEV; “Sheol,” AS, RS, NE, JB, NW.)
Acts 2:25-27, KJ: “David speaketh concerning him [Jesus Christ], . . . Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,* neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.” (The fact that God did not “leave” Jesus in hell implies that Jesus was in hell, or Hades, at least for a time, does it not?) (*“Hell,” Dy; “death,” NE; “the place of death,” Kx; “the world of the dead,” TEV; “Hades,” AS, RS, JB, NW.)
2007-04-09 07:34:10 · 16 answers · asked by Jason W 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hades and Sheol mean the common grave of dead mankind, and Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10 shows the condition of those who go there - they are conscious of nothing. It is not a place of fiery torment, its just the grave. The righteous and the unrighteous go there awaiting a resurrection (Acts 24:15). So Jesus waited there in a state of complete unconsciousness, asleep in death for parts of 3 days until his Father resurrected him. Job is still there waiting his resurrection after Armageddon.
Eccl. 9:5, 10: “The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all . . . All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there 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,” AS, RS, NE, JB; “the grave,” KJ, Kx; “hell,” Dy; “the world of the dead,” TEV.)
2007-04-09 08:10:44 · answer #1 · answered by north_lights20 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. From the Catholic Encyclopedia:
Theologians distinguish four meanings of the term hell:
1) hell in the strict sense, or the place of punishment for the damned, be they demons or men;
2) the limbo of infants (limbus parvulorum), where those who die in original sin alone, and without personal mortal sin, are confined and undergo some kind of punishment;
3) the limbo of the Fathers (limbus patrum), in which the souls of the just who died before Christ awaited their admission to heaven; for in the meantime heaven was closed against them in punishment for the sin of Adam;
4) purgatory, where the just, who die in venial sin or who still owe a debt of temporal punishment for sin, are cleansed by suffering before their admission to heaven.
2007-04-09 14:43:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Christians, upright people can very easily to hell. For example if they've never heard of Jesus Christ. Or even if they have heard of him but don't believe the nonsense about him being the son of god.
2007-04-09 14:48:57 · answer #3 · answered by Billybww 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus was never in hell he was in hades. The place of the dead before his resurrection. Also called, 'Abrahams bossom". Strange I know.
And to answer your question there are no upright people.
"All sin and fall short of the glory of God." Only people who have followed Jesus go to heaven.
2007-04-09 14:39:27 · answer #4 · answered by Jeanmarie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Not at all. Anything can mean anything if taken out of context.
The main text of Christianity, is that once you accept Jesus as your Lord, You are born in him. He died for your sins, and you will go to Heaven.
Thus the term "Born Again".
Grace is a gift and it is given freely. It cannot be taken away..
2007-04-09 14:43:51 · answer #5 · answered by Ken C 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus went to hell between being crucified and being risen from the dead. Why would no one else go to hell if they have not been saved?
2007-04-09 15:01:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, most of our ideas of hell come more from Dante than from the Bible.
2007-04-09 14:39:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes... Jesus indeed saw hell but you must not fail to realize that He HAD TO see hell in order to conquer it. Jesus had to experience the sin, sicknesses and infirmities of the people in order for Him to 'crucify' it on the cross and that He may have dominion over it all.
2007-04-09 14:40:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
a man blameless and upright, fearing God and turning aside from bad... it means he turned away from satan not
2007-04-09 14:46:05 · answer #9 · answered by Pastor Biker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
before Jesus people went to the place of the dead ... now we believe that if a person is born again, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord ...
2007-04-09 14:37:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋