THIS IS NOT BIBLICAL AND CAN CREATE A LOT OF CONFUSION.
IN TODAY'S STUDY WE WILL LEARN THE CORRECT MEANING OF THE WORD "HELL".
LET'S GO TO THE WORD.
Revelations 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet (the two offices of Satan) are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.
SATAN'S SENTENCE IS TO TURN INTO ASHES FROM WITHIN (EZEKIEL 28:18-19).
ASHES = A HEBRAISM, AND IT MEANS FOREVER AND EVER.
WHEN SOMETHING TURNS INTO ASHES IT IS FOREVER.
CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE = A FIGURE OF SPEECH.
HE WILL BE BLOTTED OUT.
LET'S SKIP TO VERSES 14-15.
20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
GOD IS TELLING US HERE THAT THE LAKE OF FIRE IS THE SECOND DEATH.
WHAT IS THE SECOND DEATH ? THE DEATH OF THE SOUL.
20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE ONES THAT WERE NOT IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WERE BLOTTED OUT ; THEY CEASED TO EXIST.
LET'S GO TO REVELATION 21:8.
21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers (worshipped other gods), and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone ; which is the second death.
AND AGAIN, HE EXPLAINS WHAT FIRE AND BRIMSTONE IS.
LET'S FINISH OUR STUDY WITH MATTHEW 10:28.
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.
ABLE TO DESTROY BOTH SOUL AND BODY IN HELL = CAN CAUSE BOTH SOUL AND BODY TO PERISH (TURN INTO ASHES FROM WITHIN = BLOTTED OUT), IN THE GREEK.
"Hell" is the English rendering of two different Greek words in the New Testament.
1. Gehenna. Geena in the Greek. This is the transliteration of the Hebrew Gai Hinnom, i.e. the valley of Hinnom, where were the fires through which children were passed in the worship of Moloch.
Gehenna was the garbage pit for the sacrificial remains outside Jerusalem.
2. Hades. It is used by the Greeks for the unseen world.
The Greek Hades is is human in its origin and comes down to us laden with centuries of development, in which it has acquired new senses, meanings, and usages.
NOTE: We are serving a loving God...Heaven would not be pleasurable and happy, if we watch the ones that didn't make it in eternity suffer day in and out in a burning lake.
Besides, we are all going to be in our spiritual body (I Cor. 15:35-52), and it does not burn, feel sick, or age.
Always check things out before you believe anything you hear. God always makes sense.
GOD BLESS
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