HELL

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On The Brink of Hell







Jesus in the "Sermon on the Mount" used the words "Hell of Fire" or depending on the translation "Fire of Hell" as being the final destination of the ungodly, so what is the Hell of which he spoke? Here is the quote: -

"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgement.' But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgement; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire." (Matthew 5:21)

Hell is the final destiny of those who have not accepted the Christ as their saviour after they have passed through the great white throne of judgement, where they will be punished for their sin after the general resurrection and last judgement.

Hell is called "Sheol" in the Old Testament and "Hades" in the New Testament and simply translated means death and the grave. When Jesus spoke of "Hell Fire" in the beatitudes he illustrated it by pointing out the well known fires in the Valley of Hinnom close to Jerusalem that had been used for human sacrifice to pagan gods. This valley of death makes the point very forcibly that after the judgement those found wanting will hear the words

"Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels." (Matthew 25:41)

On the other hand those who found favour in the sight of God as a result of the atoning work of Christ, by grace through faith, will be spared eternal death as judgement for their sins and will hear the welcome words

"Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world." (Matthew 25:32)


G86
ᾅδης
hadēs
hah'-dace
“Hades” or the place (state) of departed souls: - grave, hell.

H7585
שׁאל שׁאול
she'ôl she'ôl
sheh-ole', sheh-ole'
grave, hell, pit.

G1067
γέεννα
geenna
gheh'-en-nah
Of Hebrew origin ([H1516] and [H2011]); valley of (the son of) Hinnom; gehenna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment: - hell.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna

http://www.biblestudy.org/biblepic/hinnvall.html


I don't think there is a Hell like people think, there are a couple of reasons for that, one is that the word hell means death and the grave, as simple as that, nothing more, nothing less, and also near Jerusalem is a valley called Hell where people dump all their rubbish and there are fires burning continually and people take it literally, but basically things that are thrown into Hell have come to the end of the line and that is it, the end, and I don't think there is conciousness and as I say and I can find it out for you if you want but honestly the literal meaning of hell is "grave."

Just to add Jobee that the Bible uses metaphor a lot. For instance, Jesus referred to Himself as "the bread of life" and "the good shepherd." In the same way, God the Father is referred to as "a refuge" and "a consuming fire." But these examples do not mean that Jesus is literally a loaf of bread or a sheep farmer, or that the Father is a pile of rocks or a blasting furnace. And neither is Hell Jobee. At least I don't think so.

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