were is hell?

Question

wondering if it really does exist,or do people really fear it ,for example if they lie will they go to hell,if they do something bad will they go to hell?

Answer 1

It does exist, but nobody except God knows where it is. Christians don't have to fear Hell if they have Jesus Christ in their lives. Nobody is perfect, but if people lie and they aren't saved, (asked God in their hearts) then yeah, they will go to Hell. If people lie and they ARE saved then no, they will not because all they have to do is pray for forgiveness and God will give them just that. God loves all His people though even if they aren't saved and if they go to Hell, well, let's just say people have a choice. God gives everyone a choice:

1) Heaven
2)Hell
you pick which one and live with it.

Answer 2

My understanding of the word Hell:

The word " Hades " as written in the New Testament is a Greek Mythical realm and never existed. Jesus never said the word Hell. Hades = Hell is just the result of an enthusiastic New Testament Bible author.

However looking at the Old Testament it seems that the word ‘ Hell ‘ is derived from the name of a village or valley outside Jerusalem , where the great battle between the Assyrians and Judeans took place. It was also the place where children were sacrificed to Yahweh .

In Hebrew this place was called "Gehenna" or the valley of “Hinnom" .

Answer 3

I wish I could remember the source for this story (if anyone knows... email me))...

A pagan dies..and awakes to find himself in a lush, green pasture with a gurgling little stream nearby.....He starts walking around the area, when suddenly a horned man appears and welcomes him to hell....
The pagan tells the horned man that there must be some mistake, when suddenly the clouds above open up, and a group of people come falling out of the sky and land in a huge lake of fire that suddenly appeared in the ground. The lake swallows up the newcomers and disappears below the ground once more....
The pagan is quite shaken and says to the horned man "What the hell was that?" to which the Horned man responds, "Huh, oh That. That is the Christian's version of hell. Let's go look at that mountain over there, the view of the stars is phenomenal."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Hell is exactly what you picture it to be... Much like the rest of life. If you expect failure and disappoint, you will receive it every time.
Hell is a fairy tale told to keep the masses in check.

Answer 4

The word Hell, like many other words, has changed it's meaning over the years. The Hebrew word often translated Hell is 'Sheol' and the Greek is 'Hades'.

In the King James version, Sheol is translated 'hell' 31 times, 31 times as 'grave' and once as 'pit'. It also translates Hades as 'hell' 10 times. The Catholic Douay Version, sheol is rendered 64 times as 'hell', 'pit' once and 'death' once.

It is, in fact, because of the way that the word “hell” is understood today that it is such an unsatisfactory translation of these original Bible words. Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, unabridged, under “Hell” says: “from . . . 'helan' to conceal.” The word “hell” thus originally conveyed no thought of heat or torment but simply of a ‘covered over or concealed place.’ In the old English dialect the expression “helling potatoes” meant, not to roast them, but simply to place the potatoes in the ground or in a cellar.

The meaning given today to the word “hell” is that portrayed in Dante’s Divine Comedy and Milton’s Paradise Lost, which meaning is completely foreign to the original definition of the word. The idea of a “hell” of fiery torment, however, dates back long before Dante or Milton.

Hindus and Buddhists regard hell as a place of spiritual cleansing and final restoration. Islamic tradition considers it as a place of everlasting punishment. The idea of suffering after death is found among the pagan religious teachings of ancient peoples in Babylon and Egypt. Babylonian and Assyrian beliefs depicted the nether world . . . as a place full of horrors, . . . presided over by gods and demons of great strength and fierceness. Although ancient Egyptian religious texts do not teach that the burning of any individual victim would go on forever, they do portray the “Other World” as featuring “pits of fire” for “the damned.

Sheol and Hades merely refer to the common grave of mankind. So, that is where Hell is - the grave, it does exist, but perhaps not in the way as is often taught.

I remember about 10 years ago that religious figures came out and admitted that Hellfire was not a Biblical teaching, yet many still believe it and fear it, sadly.

Revelation 21:8 says: "But as for the cowards and those without faith and those who are disgusting in their filth and murderers and fornicators and those practicing spiritism and idolaters and all the liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur. This means the second death."

This lake of fire is not to be confused with everlasting torment. It says that such a judgement means the second death, from which there is no hope of resurrection.

Answer 5

Hell as you know already is the opposite of heaven. It is like the day and the night. The two never exist at the same time but one follows the other.For instance, once you close the windows there is darkness and as soon as it is opened there is light so darkness is the absence of light.
Infact, anything which has a name exists so hell really exists but there is nothing like hell fire as said in the scriptures that sinners will go into hell fire and vice versa.
Infact, we are all sinners so we shall all go to hell but on a more serious note this world that we have today is the HELL.
Hell, unlike heaven, is a place of Sorrow even though the nature of the sorrow that we all experience is number wise.
To some, this is heaven because they are really enjoying themselves and there is a reason for that. Everything is numberwise and that even in heaven the enjoyment and happiness there is number wise.
Like I said hell is on this earth and that you and I are in hell - a place where there is constant conflict, wars, famine, natural calamities, murders, chaos, terrorists and above all constant sorrow and death. Indeed, it is only in hell that these things exist.
For one thing, I like what the scriptures say about the hell fire if only that will only reform us but the reality is that there is no place after death where humanity will go and suffer - hell.
So, like the day that follows the night and vice versa, heaven has come and gone. Heaven is also on this earth and not up above the skies beyond the sun. It is a place of happiness, bliss,peace and prosperity also called the land of immortality.
Heaven existed 3000 years before Jesus was born and like the day it will come again in its good time according to the drama plan.
Pls don't fear hell because you are already in it but your aim and objective should be focussed on how to go to heaven because to go to heaven one needs a valid passport and a visa.
Honestly, it is not everybody that will go to heaven. One has to earn it - It is like going to the university and therefore not free.
To go to heaven you need to avail yourself of the elevated teachings of God in a Godly university. That one is for free and one needs no paper qualifications to enrol.
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http://www.bkwsu.org
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Answer 6

The Bible seems to indicate that hell is within the earth, for it describes Hell as an abyss to which the wicked descend. We even read of the earth opening and of the wicked sinking down into Hell (Rev.20:3, 17:8, 9:1, Ro.10:7, Ps.69:15, Num.16:31-34, Is.5:14, Ez.16:20). But we don't know for sure.

As for going to hell, If you accept the free gift of having Jesus as your savior you won't have to worry about hell. You are saved by grace not by works.

Answer 7

christians in general aren't in anyway affected by the doctorine of hell or afraid of it at all...
most would chose to dismiss it entirely since it's sort of a touchy subject and would prefer to focus on gods great love and mercy...But the reason for the lords return is because of sin,not about love and kindness ..he comes this time not as a lamb but with a sword.dividing instead of uniting..
Hell is only important to those who will experiance it ... as a christian if I fear gods wrath or hell ....I fear it for others.. non christians don't fear hell the same way they don't fear the boogey man.they just don't believe it to be true,,,untill the day he crawels out from underneath your bed and chases you down the street with an axe..then you might believe.... If I thought I would be tossed into hell I'd prefer not to beieve in a literal hell too...

Answer 8

The word “hell” is found in many Bible translations. In the same verses other translations read “the grave,” “the world of the dead,” and so forth. Other Bibles simply transliterate the original-language words that are sometimes rendered “hell”; that is, they express them with the letters of our alphabet but leave the words untranslated. What are those words? The Hebrew she’ohl′ and its Greek equivalent hai′des, which refer, not to an individual burial place, but to the common grave of dead mankind; also the Greek ge′en·na, which is used as a symbol of eternal destruction. However, both in Christendom and in many non-Christian religions it is taught that hell is a place inhabited by demons and where the wicked, after death, are punished (and some believe that this is with torment).

Answer 9

Hell is a real place. It was created for Satan and his fallen angels but wicked men will be judged and sent there as well. It is also called sheol or hades in scripture. It seems to be located in the heart of the earth. The earth split open and wicked men fell straight into hell, [scripture]. Those sent there --their worm will never die and they will be in a lake of fire and brimstone forever and there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. The bible talks more of hell than heaven because it so dreaded a place to go! Changed resurrected bodies will not burn up but the souls will feel pain, sensation and thirst for eternity a terrible thought! [believe]

Answer 10

Some say its a physical place
Others that it is a state of mind
Some say its both
Others use this as a form of arm twisting
I would say its certainly not a place you would go to for making some simple mistakes in the life if we don't make mistakes we will never learn anything worthwhile
how many times do we fall down before we learn how to walk
If we try and lead a reasonable life and when we do make mistakes try and learn from them and be kind to ourselves TOO
then there is nothing to worry about
Enjoy your life