Is Hell a Literal Fire or Is It Separation from God?
- Thread starter LaurieB
- Start date
-
Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.
If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!
To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
It's described in many ways. Literal fire? Don't know. The outer darkness seems to be a waiting place until being cast into the lake of fire...But a literal fire? I don't know...it has to be described by things we can understand, like fire and darkness. But those are literal things to describe a ....spiritual state? Now I'm just rambling. 
Not rambling at all. Deep thinking
I believe the lake of fire is real and those thrown into it will die a second death. However, until you know that death means to be dead and alive means to be living there is no starting point for discussion. In order to die a second time a person needs to be raised from the dead after dying a first time.
In the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, Lazarus represents the poor and humble in spirit who will be raised from the dead immortal and enter the kingdom of God. The rich man represents the Pharisee type who imagine themselves righteous before God but will in fact be raised to suffer a second death in the lake of fire when God comes to judge the world thru Jesus.
Someone who doesn't understand that a person is dead when the person is dead will get knowhere in the study of the scriptures.
Someone who doesn't understand that a person is dead when the person is dead will get knowhere in the study of the scriptures.
D
Why can't it be both? What your asking is something like:
Is the Meadowland the Giants football stadium or have you been there? It is and I haven't.
Hell is eternal separation from God, because God won't go there. It is also fire and brimstone, because it is a place of eternal turmoil and punishment.
And it is a place we're all sentenced to go, unless Christ saves us.
Is the Meadowland the Giants football stadium or have you been there? It is and I haven't.
Hell is eternal separation from God, because God won't go there. It is also fire and brimstone, because it is a place of eternal turmoil and punishment.
And it is a place we're all sentenced to go, unless Christ saves us.
A
If you can't handle being exposed and humiliated, you won't want to go to hell. Because you'll be exposed and humiliated for eternity. Better to humble yourself to God now and repent.
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
The life is in the Blood,
God is eternal and he created man to be enternal . If dead is the end then why do we need the resurrection?: Jesus has a a real body do you beleive that? when Jesus gave up the Spirit and died are saying HE was not exsistant anymore? and if He was then what are you trying to say? If Jesus was dead and not alive what He or ever not in the context of knowing ? or all knowing ?
God is eternal and he created man to be enternal . If dead is the end then why do we need the resurrection?: Jesus has a a real body do you beleive that? when Jesus gave up the Spirit and died are saying HE was not exsistant anymore? and if He was then what are you trying to say? If Jesus was dead and not alive what He or ever not in the context of knowing ? or all knowing ?
What The Scripture teaches is that DEAD means DEAD. God did not create man with eternal life (or a never dying soul) because eternal life or immortality is the reward of the faithful. God kept Adam from the tree of life so that he could not eat of it and live forever. Remember?
Scripture teaches the resurrection of the dead, not of "immortal souls" existing when the body dies.
It's only the misguided who use parables like the rich man and Lazarus to guide others into the false doctrines they themselves have been misled by.
When Jesus gave up the spirit Jesus died. The spirit, in that case, refers to the breath of life which when Jesus breathed his last he died. To be dead is to be dead. Jesus took back his life when he was raised from the dead. If Jesus was not dead then he could not have been raised from the dead.
It's really sad what false doctrine has done to the minds of those who follow it.
Scripture teaches the resurrection of the dead, not of "immortal souls" existing when the body dies.
It's only the misguided who use parables like the rich man and Lazarus to guide others into the false doctrines they themselves have been misled by.
When Jesus gave up the spirit Jesus died. The spirit, in that case, refers to the breath of life which when Jesus breathed his last he died. To be dead is to be dead. Jesus took back his life when he was raised from the dead. If Jesus was not dead then he could not have been raised from the dead.
It's really sad what false doctrine has done to the minds of those who follow it.
"Vindictive" and "God" do not go together. So how about looking at absolute righteousness and absolute holiness?
Hell was created for the Devil and his angels, not for human being primarily. And that is why we have the Gospel and the Great Commission. IF ALL WOULD OBEY THE GOSPEL, THEN ALL WOULD BE SAVED, AND NONE WOULD BE IN HELL.
Hell was created for the Devil and his angels, not for human being primarily. And that is why we have the Gospel and the Great Commission. IF ALL WOULD OBEY THE GOSPEL, THEN ALL WOULD BE SAVED, AND NONE WOULD BE IN HELL.