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THE GOODNEWS ABOUT HELL (1)

As promised I want to start a mini series on Hell.
The first thing to note is the shocking fact that the word "Hell" is not in the original language of the Bible. In all honesty this a bad translation.

Now I must let you know that I grew up believing and teaching that hell was a place reserved by God to eternally torment those reject Jesus.

Whenever we used the word “hell” we meant that is eternal conscious torture with no merciful pause or end to the suffering. So when we stated that “People choose hell,” what they really mean is “People choose never-ending fiery conscious agony.”

This installment will focus on scriptures references to the use of the word translated “Hell”

In the KJV "Hell" is mentioned 54 times. "Hell" is found 31 times in the KJV Old Testament where it is translated from the Hebrew word "Sheol."

OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCES
The Old Testament uses the word "Sheol" to refer to a place in the depths of the earth. The expressions "go down" or "brought down" are used twenty times in connection with Sheol.

The "depths of Sheol" are mentioned six times (Deut. 32:22; Ps. 86:13; Prov. 9:18; 15:24; Isa. 7:11; 14:15).

Four times Sheol is described as the farthest point from Heaven (Job 11:8; Ps. 139:8; Isa. 7:11; Amos 9:2).
Often Sheol is parallel with the "pit" (Job 17:13-14; 33:18; Ps. 30:3; 88:3-4; Prov. 1:12; Isa. 14:15; 38:18; Ezek. 31:14-17).
Nine times it is parallel with death (2 Sam. 22:6; Ps. 18:4-5; 49:14; 89:48; 116:3; Prov. 5:5; Isa. 28:15,18; Hos. 13:14; Hab. 2:5).

Sheol is described in terms of overwhelming floods, water, or waves (Jonah 2:2-6).

Sometimes, Sheol is pictured as a hunter setting snares for its victim, binding them with cords, snatching them from the land of the living (2 Sam 22:6; Job 24:19; Ps. 116:3). Sheol is a prison with bars, a place of no return (Job 7:9; 10:21; 16:22; 21:13; Ps. 49:14; Isa. 38:10).

People could go to Sheol alive (Num. 16:30,33; Ps. 55:15; Prov. 1:12).

But nowhere do we see Sheol as a fiery place of torment.
In the KJV New Testament the word "Hell" is found 23 times. It is translated from the word "Hades," which is the Greek equivalent of Sheol (the place of the dead), 10 times. It is translated from the Greek word" Tartaroo" once, and 12 times from "Gehenna."

Now we must also know that Gehenna was a place that had become identified in Jewish minds as a dirty and ill-fated place where useless and evil things were destroyed.

It was a defiled place as it also became the garbage dump of Jerusalem. It was a place where fires burned continuously. Off course you would find repulsive and ugly worms ate at the garbage. That became the symbol of judgment in Jewish expression and writings.

Gehenna is used 12 times in the New Testament, 11 in the Gospels and once in James, which says the tongue is set "on fire by Gehenna." The 11 in the Gospel are not speaking of final punishment, but of the destruction of Jerusalem in AD70. Every use of Gehenna (except for the one in James) is from Jesus speaking to Jews that live in or around Jerusalem. It is never used of Gentiles and never used outside the Gospels because Gehenna was the city dump outside Jerusalem.
So none of the KJV's uses of "Hell" have anything to do with a fiery place of torment.

The NASB has the word "Hell" 13 times. ESV has it 14 times and Young's Literal Translation does not have the word "Hell" in it, not once.

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THE GOODNEWS ABOUT HELL (1)

As promised I want to start a mini series on Hell.
The first thing to note is the shocking fact that the word "Hell" is not in the original language of the Bible. In all honesty this a bad translation.

Now I must let you know that I grew up believing and teaching that hell was a place reserved by God to eternally torment those reject Jesus.

Whenever we used the word “hell” we meant that is eternal conscious torture with no merciful pause or end to the suffering. So when we stated that “People choose hell,” what they really mean is “People choose never-ending fiery conscious agony.”

This installment will focus on scriptures references to the use of the word translated “Hell”

In the KJV "Hell" is mentioned 54 times. "Hell" is found 31 times in the KJV Old Testament where it is translated from the Hebrew word "Sheol."

OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCES
The Old Testament uses the word "Sheol" to refer to a place in the depths of the earth. The expressions "go down" or "brought down" are used twenty times in connection with Sheol.

The "depths of Sheol" are mentioned six times (Deut. 32:22; Ps. 86:13; Prov. 9:18; 15:24; Isa. 7:11; 14:15).

Four times Sheol is described as the farthest point from Heaven (Job 11:8; Ps. 139:8; Isa. 7:11; Amos 9:2).
Often Sheol is parallel with the "pit" (Job 17:13-14; 33:18; Ps. 30:3; 88:3-4; Prov. 1:12; Isa. 14:15; 38:18; Ezek. 31:14-17).
Nine times it is parallel with death (2 Sam. 22:6; Ps. 18:4-5; 49:14; 89:48; 116:3; Prov. 5:5; Isa. 28:15,18; Hos. 13:14; Hab. 2:5).

Sheol is described in terms of overwhelming floods, water, or waves (Jonah 2:2-6).

Sometimes, Sheol is pictured as a hunter setting snares for its victim, binding them with cords, snatching them from the land of the living (2 Sam 22:6; Job 24:19; Ps. 116:3). Sheol is a prison with bars, a place of no return (Job 7:9; 10:21; 16:22; 21:13; Ps. 49:14; Isa. 38:10).

People could go to Sheol alive (Num. 16:30,33; Ps. 55:15; Prov. 1:12).

But nowhere do we see Sheol as a fiery place of torment.
In the KJV New Testament the word "Hell" is found 23 times. It is translated from the word "Hades," which is the Greek equivalent of Sheol (the place of the dead), 10 times. It is translated from the Greek word" Tartaroo" once, and 12 times from "Gehenna."

Now we must also know that Gehenna was a place that had become identified in Jewish minds as a dirty and ill-fated place where useless and evil things were destroyed.

It was a defiled place as it also became the garbage dump of Jerusalem. It was a place where fires burned continuously. Off course you would find repulsive and ugly worms ate at the garbage. That became the symbol of judgment in Jewish expression and writings.

Gehenna is used 12 times in the New Testament, 11 in the Gospels and once in James, which says the tongue is set "on fire by Gehenna." The 11 in the Gospel are not speaking of final punishment, but of the destruction of Jerusalem in AD70. Every use of Gehenna (except for the one in James) is from Jesus speaking to Jews that live in or around Jerusalem. It is never used of Gentiles and never used outside the Gospels because Gehenna was the city dump outside Jerusalem.
So none of the KJV's uses of "Hell" have anything to do with a fiery place of torment.

The NASB has the word "Hell" 13 times. ESV has it 14 times and Young's Literal Translation does not have the word "Hell" in it, not once.

So what's your point?

Where do sinners go when they die?
Or are you saying there is nothing like hell anymore.?

Watch out for the Part 2. Don't be in a hurry, what I posted is part 1

Stay tuned!

Hell is probably the worst mistake from the English KJV version. The mistranslation of the words Sheol, Hades and Gehenna is an example of religion holding up people in deception.

Watch out for part 2.

HELL IS NOT REAL