Hell - why do people think it exists?

Question

If you're a Christian please quote from the Bible and provide verses that specifically say 'hell' in them.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hell is a Germanic word.

Jewish people - many of them do not beleive in hell.

The concept of hell heaven angels and the devil comes from Zorastrian religion . So- that's where you start study Zorastrian religion first and work your way up to judaism then roman christianity and finally - protestantism.

Oh - Islam's hell is in there too and the Buddists have a hell also. I think Tibetan Buddists might have gotten the idea from the Muslims when they came. Utne reader did a nice article on hell some years back.

Gehenna is a word used by Muslims to mean hell. Originally gehenna was a hill outside Jerusalem where human sacrifices were performed. Jews reject this outright as pagan abomination.

Later the Roman Catholics used the term to denote Judicial torture of their inquisition and the burning of heretics (mostly protestants and scientists and thinkers and "witches".)

I personally do not beleive there ever were any "witches". I think they burned incest victims, rape victims, victims of molestations, senile , mentally ill people and anyone else whose land they wanted to steal.

Ancient Rome was so sadistic it took 400 years to get the bloodlust out of that culture once the emperor declared christianity the state religion. ( See Folkways by Sumner) Romans practiced human sacrifice up to about 3-4 BC. The idea of drinking blood was not new to them. Babylonians also did it for a very long time . So the Jews knowing this never accepted the concept of hell due to its intimate link to human sacrifice in actual history of religion. They lived in Babylon-- they 'oughtta know! They certainly knew about it and they also knew about Zorastrianism too. Then they spent 500 years in Persia where they acquired another whole set of customs relating to dietary and other customs of clean and dirty -much like the priestly class system in India today .You'd have to study Persian religion from that time to figure that one out.

I beleive the threat of burning at some time in the future is a social control tool to manipulate masses. Its goal is to force willingly the obedience to priestly classes. It is rooted in the pagan history of the ancient near east. It came into existence before Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

The history of human sacrifice and the god of war Baal (Babylon) , Saturn (Rome ) and Set ( pharonic Egypt). Center of that worship was Siwa oasis in ancient Egypt First Set then Saturn. Rome in the days before the republic and Babylon up to the fall of that empire.

Babylonian religion was an astrological based caste system. It was much like the one in India today also based on astrology. There certainly was trade with "india" in ancient times. Its not well known. Each caste was assigned a planetary god. People in each caste were assigned a different god to worship. All of this was Zodiacal.

This is where the book of revelations comes from- babylonian astrology. It does NOT belong in the Bible. It is irrefutable in scholarship. It is a remnant of Babylonian religion. It does not belong in the Bible because its not jewish! That is why Jews NEVER accepted it. Neither did certain groups of early Christians . Jews certainly would know as they were in captivity in Babylon. The fact that jews knew this dirty secret about the Bible was probably a big factor in their persecution by the Roman church.

The "other christians" --those not Roman - also did not accept the inclusion of Babylonian astrology in the Bible. The Christians in Kerala India and the christians who used the Peshitta text never had revelations in their Bible .

So I personally am against the whole idea of blowing up the whole planet with nuclear war and haveing an armageddon - whatever that is- so that a dead Jewish man from the 1st century of Rome can come back again. Mass human sacrifece.

Then there is the plutonium at the Dimona plant in Jerusalem... and the DU in Iraq. If the radiation lasts 250 thousand years-- that is an eternity.

Answer 2

Christians aren't the only people with the concept of Hell.



People through out time have wrestled with the problem can someone live a totally depraved and evil life and get away with it? If there is a god (or gods) and a heavenly place to reward the righteous after death then why not a place for divine justice and punishment?



One of the great questions of the Old Testament was when Job asked why does God let the wicked prosper?



Oddly enough the Bible says very little about Hell, though infers it by saying those who have not been saved can not enter the kingdom of heaven. Most modern Christians get their idea of Hell from Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost and not the scriptures.

Answer 3

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 4

Hell was a concept thought up by the ruling government at the creation of Judiasm, as a way of scaring its citizen's into obeying the law.



(Notice that three-quarters of the Torah lists social laws)



Religion was the only way to keep people afraid to disobey social laws. Though hell was originally not the firey lake we know to-day. Hell was more of a purgatory where you could feel the absense and hatred of god, and it would hurt.

Answer 5

Why waste your time challenging people about something that doesn't exist? Just as silly as saying: You are stupid to believe in leprechauns, I'm not.

You apparently have some unresolved ISSUES about religion.

May I recommend trying to figure out what you DO believe about things. It is a very important occupation. It colors your whole life. We all have BELIEFS about things. What are yours?

What do you care what mine are? So you can be superior to me? To what purpose?

I don't believe/think hell (or leprechauns) exist, and I think very little about it or those who do.

Hell in most literature is a bad place others go who don't agree with you. Some people live there. Others wish it on others. I don't.

I am busier trying to live a good, loving and compassionate life. To that end, I wish you comfort and peace in your beliefs, whatever they are.

Namaste.

Answer 6

Matthew 5:27-30 is just one of many verses in the New Testament that clearly refer to hell.



The New Testament contains at least two dozen verses that refer to a spiritual state of eternal damnation.



Most of them don't actually use the word "hell," but there are many ways to refer to hell -- just as there are many ways to refer to prison.



Whether you're in prison, jail, the big house, up the river, the joint, the slammer, the pen -- it's all the same thing, and believe me, you don't want to go there.



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Answer 7

Because without Hell, Hitler will get off scott-free. Without Hell, Heaven WOULD be Hell. Believers would get a counterfeit Heaven and Heaven for non-believers WOULD be Hell. Imagine running from God your whole life only to be drawn into His presence against your will. That would be Hell!!! And also, God is just. He will make Hitler's Hell worse than a garden-variety Pagan's.

Answer 8

And We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between the two but in accordance with the requirements of wisdom; and the Hour is sure to come. So do thou forbear with goodly forbearance.



And when it is said to him, 'Fear Allah,' pride incites him to further sin. So Hell shall be his sufficient reward; and surely, it is an evil place of rest.



Hasten towards forgiveness from your Lord, and the Paradise whose value is the heavens and the earth. It is prepared for the God-fearing.



And those who believe and do righteous deeds - them shall We, surely, house in lofty mansions of Paradise, beneath which streams flow. They will abide therein. Excellent is the reward of those who labour for good,

Answer 9

Hell doesn't exist. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." If it did, the Jews would believe in hell. They don't. The concept that we know as "hell" was created by a poet named Dante in the Inferno.

Answer 10

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

Bible

Revelations 6. 8.

Answer 11

People think that hell exists because its part of their god delusion package. Once you start believing in an invisible being pushing the buttons that control the fate of the entire world, I imagine it would be easy to believe in other completely unsubstantiated things, like hell.

Answer 12

Matthew 16:18

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Answer 13

The Dark is NOT opposite of light , its the absence of light.

The Quiet is NOT the opposite of sound , its the absence of sound.

The Cold is NOT the opposite of warmth , its the absence of warmth.

And hell is NOT the opposite of God, its the absence of God.

They choose to believe in God. That's why they believe in a persons ability to deny Him (Thats hell).

Answer 14

I am a Christan. Hell would be a place where people would Sin and not confess to God. But it's basically Gods judgment upon you. ''Judgment Day''

Answer 15

Because I seen New Jersey on the map

Answer 16

"You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?"



Matthew 23:23 NIV

Answer 17

Why you need a quote from Bible?

Answer 18

Because the bible says it does.

Answer 19

Because Allah says it exist and it's prepared to cook the rejectors of faith repetitiously.

Answer 20

that goes back alway way to greek mythology

we need so reason for things we cant explain

Answer 21

The short answer is: they were traumatized into believing in it when they were children and weren't capable of discerning the absurdity of it all.

Answer 22

http://www.biblebb.com/tnivarea.htm



Click on Hell

Answer 23

Because people who want to control them told them so.

Answer 24

Maybe they've visited Detroit.

Answer 25

They were told it exists.



And I've got a bridge to sell them...

Answer 26

every religion has his own kind of hell! not necessarily with fire :)

Answer 27

I don't!...not an Atheist I just don't....have a good day.

Answer 28

theyve gone to schoool

Answer 29

Because they live it every day . . .

Answer 30

it's heck.

Answer 31

HELL



http://www.biblebb.com/files/tniv/HELL.TXT

Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.



PSA 9:17 The wicked return to the grave, all the nations that forget God.



139:8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the

depths, you are there.



PRO 5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.



15:24 The path of life leads upward for the wise to keep him from going

down to the grave.



23:13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the

rod, he will not die.



MAT 5:22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be

subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,' is

answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in

danger of the fire of hell.



29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It

is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to

be thrown into hell.



30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away.

It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body

to go into hell.



7:13 "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the

road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.



10:28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the

soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in

hell.



13:38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the

kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,



39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the

age, and the harvesters are angels.



40 "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at

the end of the age.



41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his

kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.



42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be

weeping and gnashing of teeth.



49 This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and

separate the wicked from the righteous



50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and

gnashing of teeth.



16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my

church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.



23:15 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You

travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one,

you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.



33 "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned

to hell?



25:28 "'Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten

talents.



29 For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance.

Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.



30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where

there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'



41 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are

cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.



46 "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to

eternal life."



MAR 9:43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you

to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire

never goes out.



45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to

enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.



47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you

to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be

thrown into hell,



LUK 12:5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the

killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you,

fear him.



16:23 In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far

away, with Lazarus by his side.



24 So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus

to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in

agony in this fire.'



26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed,

so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross

over from there to us.'



2TH 1:9 They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out

from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power



JAM 3:6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the

body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on

fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.



2PE 2:4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to

hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;



JUD 1:6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but

abandoned their own home--these he has kept in darkness, bound with

everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.



REV 1:18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever

and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.



6:8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named

Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over

a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild

beasts of the earth.



9:1 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen

from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the

Abyss.



2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a

gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the

Abyss.



14:10 he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured

full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning

sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.



11 And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no

rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for

anyone who receives the mark of his name."



19:20 But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had

performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had

deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his

image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning

sulfur.



20:10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of

burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They

will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.



13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up

the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he

had done.



14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of

fire is the second death.



15 If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was

thrown into the lake of fire.



21:8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the

sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all

liars--their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the

second death."

Answer 32

Hell in the Bible



The word “Hell” shows up 54 times in the King James Version. But what does the Hebrew and Greek words means. The Old Testament uses only one Hebrew word. Strong’s number “07585 .“

Online Bible Greek Lexicon

07585 lwav sh@’owl sheh-ole’ or lav sh@ol sheh-ole’ from 07592; n f;

AV-grave 31, hell 31, pit 3; 65

1) sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit

1a) the underworld

1b) Sheol-the OT designation for the abode of the dead

1b1) place of no return

1b2) without praise of God

1b3) wicked sent there for punishment

1b4) righteous not abandoned to it

1b5) of the place of exile (fig)

1b6) of extreme degradation in sin



Strong’s Hebrew Lexicon

07585. lwav sh@’owl sheh-ole’; or lav sh@ol sheh-ole’; from 07592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates:— grave, hell, pit.



As we read that “Sheol” means “grave,” the place of the dead.



So when people die, they are put into a grave or are buried. As Genesis 3:19 “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”



Now the New Testament uses three Greek words. The first word, “hades,” means the “grave” as “Sheol” in the Old Testament.

Online Bible Greek Lexicon

86 Adhv hades hah’-dace from 1 (as negative particle) and 1492; n pr loc

AV-hell 10, grave 1; 11

1) name Hades or Pluto, the god of the lower regions

2) Orcus, the nether world, the realm of the dead

3) later use of this word: the grave, death, hell



Strong’s Greek Lexicon

86. adhv hades hah’-dace; from 1 (as negative particle) and 1492; properly, unseen, i.e. "Hades" or the place (state) of departed souls:— grave, hell.



The next word used in the New Testament is “Gehenna.” It means the “DUMP" out side of Jerusalem. In the dump a fire that is burning up the refuse.

Online Bible Greek Lexicon

1067 geenna geenna gheh’-en-nah of Hebrew origin Mnh-ayq, 01516 and 02011; n f

AV-hell 9, hell fire + 3588 + 4442 3; 12

1) Hell is the place of the future punishment call "Gehenna" or "Gehenna of fire". This was originally the valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem, where the filth and dead animals of the city were cast out and burned; a fit symbol of the wicked and their future destruction.



Strong’s Greek Lexicon

1067. geenna geenna gheh’-en-nah; of Hebrew origin [01516 and 02011]; valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment:— hell.





The third word that the word “hell” is translated to is “tartaros.” This is used for Satan and his demons place of restraint. This is NOT pertaining to Humans.

Online Bible Greek Lexicon

5020 tartarow tartaroo tar-tar-o’-o from Tartaros (the deepest abyss of Hell); v

AV-cast down to hell 1; 1

1) the name of the subterranean region, doleful and dark, regarded by the ancient Greeks as the abode of the wicked dead, where they suffer punishment for their evil deeds; it answers to Gehenna of the Jews

2) to thrust down to Tartarus, to hold captive in Tartarus



Strong’s Greek Lexicon

5020. tartarow tartaroo tar-tar-o’-o; from Tartarov Tartaros (the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment:— cast down to hell.



You can also read a booklet titled “Heaven & Hell: What Does the Bible Really Teach?” http://www.gnmagazine.org/booklets/HL/



Here is the 54 listing of “hell” in the King James Version.



Deuteronomy 32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell <07585>, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

2 Samuel 22:6 The sorrows of hell <07585> compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

Job 11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell <07585>; what canst thou know?

Job 26:6 Hell <07585> is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

Psalms 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell <07585>, and all the nations that forget God.

Psalms 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell <07585>; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Psalms 18:5 The sorrows of hell <07585> compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

Psalms 55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell <07585>: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

Psalms 86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell <07585>.

Psalms 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell <07585> gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Psalms 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell <07585>, behold, thou art there.

Proverbs 5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell <07585>.

Proverbs 7:27 Her house is the way to hell <07585>, going down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell <07585>.

Proverbs 15:11 Hell <07585> and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

Proverbs 15:24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell <07585> beneath.

Proverbs 23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell <07585>.

Proverbs 27:20 Hell <07585> and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Isaiah 5:14 Therefore hell <07585> 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.

Isaiah 14:9 Hell <07585> from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

Isaiah 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell <07585>, to the sides of the pit.

Isaiah 28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell <07585> are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

Isaiah 28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell <07585> shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

Isaiah 57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell <07585>.

Ezekiel 31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell <07585> with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

Ezekiel 31:17 They also went down into hell <07585> with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.

Ezekiel 32:21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell <07585> with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

Ezekiel 32:27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell <07585> with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

Amos 9:2 Though they dig into hell <07585>, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

Jonah 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell <07585> cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

Habakkuk 2:5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell <07585>, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

Matthew 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 <1067> fire.

Matthew 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell <1067>.

Matthew 5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell <1067>.

Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell <1067>.

Matthew 11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell <86>: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell <86> shall not prevail against it.

Matthew 18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell <1067> fire.

Matthew 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell <1067> than yourselves.

Matthew 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell <1067>?

Mark 9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell <1067>, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

Mark 9:45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell <1067>, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

Mark 9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell <1067> fire:

Luke 10:15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell <86>.

Luke 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell <1067>; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

Luke 16:23 And in hell <86> he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell <86>, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell <86>, neither his flesh did see corruption.

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 <1067>.

2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell <5020>, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

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 <86> and of death.

Revelation 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell <86> followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Revelation 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell <86> delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

Revelation 20:14 And death and hell <86> were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.



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Answer 33

1. To seek immortality must mean you don't have it



Romans 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:



2. Forever is conditional



Exodus 21:6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.



Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.



3. Dead people don't go to heaven or hell judgment, they must be resurrected



John 5:28-29



28. Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice



29. and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.



Mathew 27



52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.



Mark 12:25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.



John 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.



John 14



2. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.



3. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also



4. Hell judgment is at an appointed day



Romans 2:7



Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.



Malachi 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.



5. In hell judgment, the fire falls from heaven and it annihilates the lost



Revelation 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.



6. Jesus didn't go to paradise when he died, nor did the thief on the cross



Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee today, thou shalt be with me in paradise.



John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.



7. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus mentions the resurrection



Luke 16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.



8. Demons can pose as dead people. Saul even bowed to one claiming to be Samuel



1 Samuel 28



13. And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.



14. And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.



9. Saying you don't really die was the devil's first lie



Genesis 3



4. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:



5. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.



10. A soul is merely dust that breathes



Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul (nephesh).



Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.



Job 33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.



11. In the original Hebrew, nephesh (soul) refers to animals too.



Genesis 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature (nephesh) that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.



12. Only God is immortal



1 Timothy 6:15-17



15. Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;



16. Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.



17. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy



13. Souls are physical mortal beings



Genesis 14:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons (nephesh), and take the goods to thyself.



Numbers 9:6 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body (nephesh) of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:



Numbers 31:19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person (nephesh), and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.



Joshua 11:11 And they smote all the souls (nephesh) that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.



Psalms 25:20 O keep my soul (nephesh), and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.



Psalms 31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life (nephesh).



Matthew 10:28And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.



Revelation 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls (psuche) of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:



Revelation 16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul (psuche) died in the sea.



Psalm 6:4-5



4. Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.



5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?



Psalm 115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.



Psalm 146:3-4



3. Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.



4. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.



Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit (breath) shall return unto God who gave it.



Ecclesiastes 9



5. For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.



6. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.



Ezekiel 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.



Isaiah 38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.



14. David didn't ascend to heaven yet



Acts 2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,



15. Spirit can mean breath



Job 27



3. All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;



4. My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.



16. Hell in the bible often refers to the grave (sheol or hades). It can last refer to Gehenna, a term referring to hell judgment



source: the original laguage of the text



17. Jesus foretold his physical resurrection and left his tomb. If not, then hope in eternal life would be vain.



13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:



14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.



15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.



16For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:



17And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.



18Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.



John 2:19-21



19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.



20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?



21 But he spake of the temple of his body.



Matthew 28:5-7



5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.



6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.



7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.



Luke 24: 39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.



18. Jesus is the resurrection and life, apart from him, how can you exist?



John 11:25-26 ...I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?



19. You either perish or have everlasting life; you can't have both.





John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not PERISH, but have everlasting life.



20. The worm that doesn't die isn't the soul; IT'S A WORM and serves the SAME FUNCTION AS the FIRE (to annihilate).



Mark 9:45-46

45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell,(GEHENNA) into the fire that never shall be quenched:



46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.



Hell is derived from the Hebrew word Sheol which means grave..if you go to http://www.biblegateway.com and type hell into the keyword search engine...then pulling up mass scripture you will see this term in bold...simply mentally replace it with grave and you will see that it makes alot more sense. Hell comes from the term at the time of the middle ages for the Norse god of the underworld "Hel" as well as Hades was the Greek equivalent. These are pagan terms that don't apply to scripture literally. The Lake of Fire spoken of alagorically as Gehenna was used as an example of what the end state of the world will be...a huge burning garbage dump. Please use Wikipedia or other sources to look up these terms and the BibleGateWay site is especailly spiffy in this regard. Best wishes on your search. Love in Christ, ~J~