The Bibles that use the word “hell” indicate that faithful men, such as Jacob and Job, expected to go to hell. (Genesis 37:35; Job 14:13) Even Jesus Christ is spoken of as being in hell between the time of his death and his resurrection. (Acts 2:31, 32) Obviously, then, when “hell” is used in these Bibles, it simply refers to the Grave. b

It is the same as Gehenna, but it is different from hell, which is the common grave of mankind. Not a literal lake The five Bible verses that mention “the lake of fire” show it to be a symbol rather than a literal lake. (Revelation 19:20; 20:10, 14, 15; 21:8) The following are cast into the lake of …

Hell (“Sheol” and “Hades” in the Bible’s original languages) is simply the grave, not a place of fiery torment. Who go to hell? Both good people and bad people. (Job 14:13; Psalm 9: 17) The Bible says that this common grave of mankind is “the house of meeting for everyone living.” —Job 30:23. Even Jesus went to hell when he died ...

2012年10月1日 · Alejandro: Well, I’ve always believed that really bad people go to hell when they die and that they’re tormented there forever. Mauricio: That’s a common viewpoint. Let me ask you, Alejandro, have you experienced some bad things in your life? Alejandro: Yes. My sister was murdered five years ago. Mauricio: I’m so sorry to hear that. You ...

However, this is not in a fiery hell where he makes the wicked suffer, as is depicted in the artwork accompanying this article. “War in heaven” For a time, Satan the Devil moved about in the spirit realm at will, including entering directly before God alongside the faithful angels.

Many religions teach that God condemns the wicked to a hell of eternal torment after they die. Yet, the Bible tells us that ‘God is love’ and that our dead loved ones are at peace.

a Some Bible translations use the word “hell” to describe the rich man’s location after death. However, the original Greek word (Hades) used at Luke 16:23 simply means mankind’s common grave.

2015年8月1日 · Some Bible versions use the word “hell,” but the notion of a fiery place of torment for the dead is not Scriptural. EIGHT RESURRECTIONS DESCRIBED IN THE BIBLE * A widow’s son The prophet Elijah resurrected the young son of a widow who lived in Zarephath , north of Israel. — 1 Kings 17:17-24 .

(Psalm 146:4; Ecclesiastes 9: 5, 10) They do not suffer in a fiery hell of torment. God will bring billions back from death by means of a resurrection. However, those who refuse to learn God’s ways after being raised to life will be destroyed forever with no hope of a resurrection. —Revelation 20:14, 15.

Perhaps the translators inserted the word “hell” because they believed that the wicked would be tormented forever in hellfire. But that idea is not supported by the Bible. Hence, the New World Translation reads accurately: “Go in through the narrow gate, because broad is the gate and spacious is the road leading off into destruction.”