Even though Hades (or Sheol) and Gehenna are all translated Hell, they both have different meanings. Hades/Sheol isn't a place just for the wicked, its a placed where people are preserved with a hope of the resurrection.
Jesus was sent to Hades and waited for his resurrection.
Acts 2:25-27
"For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; Moreover my flesh also shall dwell in hope: Because thou wilt not LEAVE MY SOUL UNTO HADES, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption.
Job expected to goto Sheol and be preserved until his resurrection.
Job 14:13-14 "Oh that thou wouldest hide me in SHEOL, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and REMEMBER ME! If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, TILL MY RELEASE SHOULD COME."
2007-10-01 09:50:12 · 12 answers · asked by VMO 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
After the resurrection Hades is cast into Gehenna (The Lake of Fire).
Revelation 20:14
"And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire."
2007-10-01 09:50:52 · update #1
John 3:13
No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man."
2007-10-01 09:53:12 · update #2
Jeremiah 7:31
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.
Jeremiah 32:35
They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to sacrifice their sons and daughters [a] to Molech, though I never commanded, nor did it enter my mind, that they should do such a detestable thing and so make Judah sin.
2007-10-01 10:00:10 · update #3
--==RW==--
You're wrong.
People do not goto Gehenna momentarily, because things are DESTROYED there, not preserved. The garbage dump was called the Lake of Fire, and that garbage dump was also called Gehenna.
2007-10-01 10:06:51 · update #4
Matthew 23:33
Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the JUDGMENT of Gehenna?
2007-10-01 10:09:35 · update #5
They haven't studied well! My understanding differs somewhat slightly from yours, however, you are right! There are, I believe, 4 different words in Hebrew and/or Greek that translates to the English word Hell. They DO have different meanings!
Good question!
2007-10-01 09:57:32 · answer #1 · answered by Gardener for God(dmd) 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No Gehenna does not have the same meaning as Sheol or Hades. Gehenna is actually used metaphorically or in picture. When the word Gehenna is used it is always in a parable or in very symbolic statements. Literally Gehenna is a garbage dump outside the city that was kept burning. Also of note is that nothing living was ever thrown in there. We have the same thing in our language when we call someone a Judas--do we expect others to think that person is Judas incarnate? No, or course not,but when we use it everyone knows we are calling that person one of the worst sorts of traitors. Same with gehenna, when it is described, it is in picture. Gehenna actually pictures the second death--where as sheol and hades are the first death, from which we are ransomed from. Gehenna describes utter ruin, utter death--from which there is NO resurrection. Jude describes it another way as twice plucked up, and describes 3 people who typify that same condition: Korah, Balaam and Cain. Korah rebelled against God Balaam let greed overcome him Cain, was jealous, disobedient, and a murderer.
2016-05-18 03:54:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
“Purgatory” comes from the Latin word purgatorium. In Scripture, we do find references to an afterlife that is neither the hell of the damned nor heaven. In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word sheol is used to describe this condition; in the New Testament, the Greek term is hades. I had always thought that hades was hell, but Scripture teaches very clearly that hades is not hell; it is distinct from gehenna, or the lake of fire which is the hell of the damned. In fact, the Book of Revelation describes how, at the end of time, death and hades are thrown into hell (gehenna). This is the second death, the lake of fire. Scripture teaches that at the end of time, there is no more death; and once the purification of all souls has taken place, there is no more need for hades. This same concept of sheol (in Hebrew), hades (in Greek), and purgatorium (in Latin) is purgatory as we have come to know it today.
2007-10-01 11:25:00 · answer #3 · answered by Isabella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't believe I read the whole thing. Do I get a star? I know I got spiritual indigestion, like when I eat to many fish. In case anyone gets this far, I read that Gehenna was the garbage dump outside Jerusalem where trash and criminals were dumped. Scriptures were taken out of context in the Dark Ages to build a theology that didn't and doesn't make sense and we still have it. Talk about traditions and fairy tales. The Bible never said all that had to happen, anyway, unless you believe in predestination. Actually we could avoid any definition by just being sensible and having common sense and working together and a change of attitude about each other. We pray it won't be that way. All the prophets and Mohammad said God didn't want it that way and I rather believe He gets what he wants and prayers are answered. Aren't our prayers answered? It's certainly God's will also. A good physician doesn't usually kill the patient, but the virus, fear and hate. We have a cure for that. Love. A rather pleasant cure. I think their calling it Emotional Intelligence now.
2007-10-01 11:04:19 · answer #4 · answered by hb12 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gehenna is not anything like Hell in Christianity. It's a place of waiting, of cleansing where we are made clean before heading to Heaven. Everyone goes to Heaven at some point, some quicker than others because they need to be cleaned a bit more, but they go there nonetheless.
2007-10-01 10:01:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
both of YOUR intepertations aren't right either.
Sheol is literally the grave. the hold in the ground your body is dumped in.
gahenna is not the lake of fire, or any such thing. there is no such place in the old testament. gahenna is a place *EVERYONE* goes to, at least momentarily, its more of a purgatory like place, with a maximum "term" of one year for the living.
there is no eternal punishment in the old testament. and such a thing is evil and not something God would do.
saying jesus is god is one of the worst blasphemys possible, and is idolotry.
any God that would have a place of eternal punishment, such as the hell that most of christianity belives in, is not worthy of my devotion.
2007-10-01 10:00:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had never realized people thought like that but then I never came across the name Gehenna before that I remember. hades I believe was the rubbish dump for Jerusalem and just below the place Jesus was crucified.
2007-10-01 09:58:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is lack of knowlege, the bible says "for we destroy ourselves through lack of knowlege"
cj, seems to put forth the idea that mere believing is a saving act. But believing is an action. It is a transendent act of belief in all christ taught and then to act upon it. Hell is for non believers. Why? they didnt do the things Christ taught.
2007-10-01 09:59:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are correct Hades/Sheol is also another word for Purgatory, which many Protestants claim does not exist
2007-10-01 09:58:24 · answer #9 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sheol is not hell it is just the grave.
Jesus descended into hell to defeat Satin.
2007-10-01 10:05:37 · answer #10 · answered by 9_ladydi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋