or was it created to scare us? does the bible speak of it, is it all that it is imagined to be like enternal torture. or is the punish in itself just to be far away from God. that within itself is the greatest torture one can experience.
2007-04-18 21:09:23 · 14 answers · asked by Lee Chamberlain 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, hell really exists. What is it like, well, we can only guess. The only thing we know for sure is that it is not somewhere you want to be.
Cheers :-)
2007-04-18 21:15:32 · answer #1 · answered by chekeir 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The Bible does speak of it. And according to the Bible it is not a place, there is no eternal torture. Hell is just the term for eternal death.
2007-04-19 08:09:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Friend
Hell in the eternal suffering in Hellfire is a man-made teaching and has no Biblical basis. The bible infers Hell as eternal seperation from God.
Hell, The Bible terms it as the second death in the book of Revalation, from which there is no resurrection, i.e anyone going here would simply cease to exist. The Bible often refers to this as Sheol which means covered. It also refers to it as Gehenna, this was a valley outside Jerusalem where refuse and waste was dumped and burned, and very often the bodys of the diseased dead were dumped here. Suplher was put on the flames to keep it burning. This is where in the main the false teaching of Hell in the 'firey' sense came from.
Let us now consider what the scripture say regarding the location of Satan:
Revelation 12:9The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
Job1:Job's First Test
6 One day the angels [a] came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan [b] also came with them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?"
Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming through the EARTH and going back and forth in it."
Luke 4:5The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7So if you worship me, it will all be yours."
This clearly stated that satan was hurled to earth, was going to and fro on the earth and had been given authority on the earth, and also it states that he is misleading the whole planet, (false religion) Think of all the evil that men do, doesn't this make sense!
So in a nut shell, hell as it is thought of is not a teaching of the Bible but of Man, as is the Trinity, I urge you to investigate these things for yourself.
God Bless
2007-04-19 04:22:09 · answer #3 · answered by ianptitchener 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The punishment of the wicked dead in hell is described throughout Scripture as "everlasting fire" (Matthew 25:41), "unquenchable fire" (Matthew 3:12), "shame and everlasting contempt" (Daniel 12:2), a place where "their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched" (Mark 9:44-49), a place of "torments" and "flame" (Luke 16:23,24), "everlasting destruction" (2 Thessalonians 1:9), a place of torment with "fire and brimstone" where "the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever" (Revelation 14:10,11), and a "lake of fire and brimstone" where the wicked are "tormented day and night forever and ever" (Revelation 20:10). Jesus Himself indicates that the punishment in hell itself is everlasting - not merely the smoke and flames (Matthew 25:46).
2007-04-19 08:25:37 · answer #4 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it surely does and the reason it was spoken of so often is because God doesnt want any of us to go there. It was originally prepared for Satan and his angels. But because Adam sinned we can end up there if we dont obey God (Jude vs 6-7)
2007-04-19 04:40:14 · answer #5 · answered by Karen . 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Jesus, when people reject God they will have their choice honored and be separated from Him for eternity after standing before Him and learning the truth. The separation will be torment enough after learning the truth. That's why God tries so hard to get people to accept Him. He doesn't want to send anyone away.
2007-04-19 04:22:02 · answer #6 · answered by kaehya2003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i thinkits partly responsible for Global warming
so Global warming is the fault of the Christians
so many have sinned and are still sinning ,that hell is full up and God decided to extend it to Earth
and now we who are not christian have to suffer as well ,
this is grosly unjustified
and somebody must pay
the only solution would be to bring back human sacrifice and even up the balance
are you with me ???
we would only compost the enemies of Earth so nobody good will object
2007-04-19 04:15:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is specifically mentioned in the Gospel.
2007-04-19 04:13:43 · answer #8 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey,i am a chinese...we believe that there is hell really exist..but different places have different cultures so.....
2007-04-19 04:15:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does exist, I live it most days of my life!!
2007-04-19 04:13:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋