Did hell exist before Lucifer fell?

Question

I'm not sure the 2 are connected, but I'm just wondering.... Feel wellcomed to provide quotes but please add some explanations to them. I hate long bible quotes and if I must read them, I want to make sure I understand what you understand of them

Answer 1

The word Hell refers to A) the grave, -there was no death before sin. and also B) the purifying fire that cleanses the world, destroying sin and sinners. That hasn't happened yet, it happens after the thousand years, after the resurrection of the wicked. There is no eternal torturing, like the "Catholic" church teaches.

Answer 2

This is a great question; Scripture is silent as to whether or not Hell existed at the time Satan fell from grace. Primarily, there are two passages that show the uncertainty of this:

1) During His "Olivet Discourse," Jesus stated at Matthew 25:14b that the living who are still unsaved at the time of His Second Coming will hear Him say " ...‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels ..." So while Satan and his angels are not in Hell at this time, we know a place was prepared for them at some point. This doesn't clarify whether Hell was prepared before or after the Fall, however.

2) Isaiah 14:13-15 tells us that Sheol (Hell) will be Satan's ultimate destination; however, it is not explained whether Hell pre-existed him.

Answer 3

Tradition says no. Although in using the name Lucifer, the answer becomes yes. The name Lucifer didn't exist until after the idea of Hell. Someone (I can't now recall which missionary/explorer) went to an area where they worshipped a God they called Lucifer. Becuse it was different from the Judeo-Cristian God, the missionary decided that Lucifer must be evil, and was therefore the devil. That's how we ended up with a Satan whose name means "light bearer". Which always confused me when I was a practicing Christian...

Answer 4

It helps to understand where the word hell came from and it's true meaning.

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′enna, which is used as a symbol of eternal destruction.

Answer 5

As good as some of these answers are, no one truly knows. There is no reference to the creation of Hell in the Bible, except when it says the Devil and his demons will be cast into the lake of fire set aside for them. So we know it was created, but not when.

Answer 6

No, it didn't exist. There was no reason for it to. When Lucifer was cast out of Heaven, that's when he 'started' Hell. To bring in more souls to him, then into God's hands. Basically. So yeah, they are connected.

Answer 7

Hell came to exist as a metaphor of Evil once Lucifer fell.

Answer 8

The whole concept that the devil is in a place called hell is mythological.
The Bible tells us that Satan is in the air, going about in the world from one place to another. Jesus Christ calls the devil the lord of this world.

Answer 9

Only dark exist.
Then comes a star and explode to a super-nova it gives birth to a negative and positive energy. And then the light was born when the energy become pure.
So darkness is alway around us.............no matter what we do?

Answer 10

I believe that it implied that when God cast Lucifer from Heaven, that the lake of fire he was cast into was made specifically for him...but, I'm not quite sure...