I'm reading the Book of John right now and Jesus never says anything about Hell. He says things like "Whoever follows me will never die" and "If you follow me you will live forever". Is there any actual Scripture refering to Hell? Remember, "punishment" and "punishing" are two different things. Maybe there's Heaven and oblivion, but not Hell..... ?
2007-12-26 21:35:02 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, there is a hell and it is mentioned in the bible many times.
Isaiah 5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
Mattew 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire
Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death
Proverbs 27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Amos 9:2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Psalm 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Isaiah 28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
2007-12-26 21:39:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. I am always amazed by questions about Hell. Some say the word "Hell" is not in the Bible. Others point out where the word is mentioned many times. What is going on - different Bibles ? Same old problem,they can't agree.The three children of Fatima who were visited by Mary ,were shown a vision of Hell.They said if everyone saw what they saw ,there would be no sinners on Earth. Fact or fiction ?
2007-12-26 22:24:49 · answer #2 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus spoke more of hell than He did of heaven. It is a real place of real torment.
The good news is that NO ONE has to go there, but you won't find the gospel of OUR salvation in Matthew , Mark, Luke or John , as those books are actually still teaching the KINGDOM Program for the Nation Israel. Judaism is what is being taught in those books. Unfortunately, most professing christians don't understand this and are trying to follow instructions not written TO or ABOUT THEM.
Christianity begins with the apostle that God raised up with a NEW message, for a NEW CREATION, with a NEW destination and new instructions.
* NOTE: The jews were promised a literal EARTHLY KINGDOM, but never heaven. They were given real estate measured out by God and promised a literal 12 thrones for a literal 12 disciples to rule over a literal 12 tribes of JEWS.
The Body of Christ (Christianity, and NOT Judaism) is promised HEAVEN and we follow the RISEN Lord, NOT Christ in His earthly ministry (which Christ tells us HIMSELF was to none but the lost sheep of the house of Israel)
The Cross paid the sin debt and provides a GIFT of righteousness thru being identified with the death, burial and resurrection as Gods solution. We are reconciled to Him by BELIEVING that what HE did WAS sufficient.
God punished His SON for our transgressions and Jesus said "IT IS FINISHED" when it comes to God punishing any sin.
UNBELIEF is the only thing that will send a person to hell. God has provided an escape for all. Will YOU believe and be saved?
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2007-12-26 21:46:28 · answer #3 · answered by goinupru 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes there is but not as you understand it. Sheol, Hades, Hell are all names in different languages for the grave. Hell is Old English for the grave in the KJV.
Back then and for the next few centuries, people understood the term "helling potatoes". That meant burying them.
Consequently, all dead people go to Hell. It is the grave and not necessarily a permanent condition. Acts 24:15 shows there is to be a resurrection from the dead. Finally, Hell is to be cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:14) What good would throwing fire into fire do? Consequently, Hell is not firey torture.
2007-12-27 01:52:09 · answer #4 · answered by grnlow 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, it a hole in the ground, a pit. A place you are buryed when you die. Jesus went to hell for 3 and a half days.
In the Hebrew Scriptures of the Bible the word “hell” is translated from the Hebrew word sheol′. This word occurs 65 times in all. The King James Version of the Bible, however, translates sheol′ 31 times as “hell,” 31 times as “grave,” and 3 times as “pit.” The Catholic Douay Version of the Bible translates sheol′ as “hell” 63 times and as “pit” once and as “death” once. In the Christian Greek Scriptures the word “hell” is sometimes translated from the Greek word hádes. Both the King James and Douay versions translate hádes as “hell” in each of its ten occurrences.
Is hell a hot place? Do sheol′ and hádes refer to some place where the wicked suffer after death? It is plain that they do not, for we have already seen that the dead are not conscious and therefore cannot suffer.(Ecclesiastes 9:5) 5 For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten.. . .
The Bible does not contradict itself with regard to the condition of those in hell. This is proved by the fact that the Bible says that Jesus was in hell.
(Acts 2:31) 31 he saw beforehand and spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he forsaken in Ha′des nor did his flesh see corruption. . .
(Psalm 146:4) . . .His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; In that day his thoughts do perish. . .
2007-12-26 21:52:01 · answer #5 · answered by omega_cage 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. And most Christians don't Really believe in it either. If they did they would never do 1/2 the things they do for fear of it. Surely robbing God by telling parishoners to send God money and then using it to buy a new mercedes would get you there. Even the Puritans didn't really believe it, they have journals from people of that time telling about how they had just gotten out of a fire and brimstone sermon and went to have sex behind the church. Not to mention the hypocritisism of throwing that stone when you live in a glass house, or throwing that stone when you are not without sin (whichever you prefer). It's only mentioned in the New Testament, apparently before that they hadn't thought of it.
2007-12-26 21:43:34 · answer #6 · answered by Autumn Moon 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The only way to be saved and go to heaven and not eternal hell is by believing that Jesus, who is God, died for our sins on the cross and rose again (1 Corinthians 15:1-4).
2007-12-26 22:06:53 · answer #7 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
* There's NO hell in the old testament. The KJV bible says it, but it's completely wrong, because it's a Jewish bible written in Hebrew and they only say 'sheol' which is definately not hell. You have 1,000's of years of Jewish wisdom to back that up- and it's their bible :)
* So it's purely up to the new testament now. Jesus NEVER literally used the word 'hell'. The words used were sheol (grave/the pit)- where good and evil go; hedes (Greek translation of sheol, which has the same meaning), Tartarus (emptiness) and Gehenna (a burning rubbish dump south of Jerusalem). Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way to avoid saying God's going to punish people in a lake of fire; the only thing Christians with a heart and logic can hope is that it's very short, is not eternal, and the possibly heretical view of Christian Universalists that ALL people are returned unto God eventually. Many if not most early Christians believed this compassionate teaching, such as one of Christianity's first major theologian Origen, as well as Clement of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa and various others. Basil was a Christian of the 4th century who taught hell is eternal punishing, but lamented that the majority of Christians didn't agree with his view.
2007-12-26 21:46:25 · answer #8 · answered by grassfell 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The be conscious Hell (from the Greek be conscious hades and the Hebrew be conscious sheol) is in basic terms the hardship-unfastened grave of mankind. Jeremiah 7:31 shows that the authentic God could in no way even think of of punishing human beings is a burning "hellfire" as proposed by skill of many church homes. one million John 4:8 shows that Jehovah is a God of affection. He does no longer do the variety of despicable element as tormenting ones for eternity, or in any respect. the authentic God's plan is in basic terms to (painlessly) wreck depraved ones who've found out the fact approximately him and opt to no longer obey,
2016-10-02 09:58:19 · answer #9 · answered by mcelwaine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK basically if you believe in the bible then it tells you everything you need to know. You don't want to believe in a hell, then maybe you should consider a Jewish faith as it would concur with that belief. As far as I know Christians do believe in Hell.
I'm not preaching as i don't follow any religion. Just trying to be helpful.
2007-12-26 21:47:34 · answer #10 · answered by Llen 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The word "hell" or 'geenna' is spoken 12 times in the N.T and evert time by Jesus himself. (11 times in the Synoptic Gospels) If you're in Bible study you have to have a concordance next to you!
Here - Matthew 5:22 - check it out.
2007-12-26 21:44:30 · answer #11 · answered by craig b 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋