A small study help for people interested in making their own study of it . I recommend a dictionary of the Bible, concordance specifically like the Strong's . Then you can do a more thorough study into more passages.
The Bible teaches at times in metaphor or figurative language ; like about Hell. The English translation of words from Greek and Hebrew in the Bible doesn't always convey the meaning or give a answer on its own . More so if you go strictly off the English in some cases it can be a negative without closer inspection .
You have to know what The bible says overall and Christ's teachings on any given subject to know what the bible says yourself .
When we're talking about the Final Judgment ; After the Lords Day in Revelation 20 :
That's a time element for when "hell" actually happens.
But currently when a person dies as Christ teaches in His parable of The rich man and Lazarus; they go to heaven on either side of a divide between them.
The Rich man asked for water to cool his tongue from his torment in the flames ; should call to mind that fact Water symbolizes Eternal life Christ gives : That is what The rich man was in fact asking for , what at that point was too late to obtain .
This would torment any person faced with that reality .
The word Torment in Greek means to to test metal for its worth . By analogy its torment .
The rich man's life was found lacking whats required to be on that side of victory with Lazarus . Eternal Life .
What happens after The Lords Day written of in Revelation 20? This is really called the Lake of Fire.
The final judgment of God Judges for those who don't make it at the end .
The lake of fire is called the Second Death. If we die now we go to heaven or paradise as Christ would call it in another place.
But what happens when you die a second time ? You don't go to another place. You stop existing .
At the Eternity : You either have eternal life. Or you don't . The bible teaches this If you can wrap your mind around how figures of speech are used in the Bible.
So the struggle many have is with understanding language .Example the torment forever and ever. weeping and gnashing of teeth ; etc .
Mistakenly perceiving a meteor ; read as literal word for word; is how new doctrines spread and become mainstream traditions .
While missing the entire original thought God gave .
The Greek meaning for the word Torment is " touch stone " . This would be foreign to someone Not taught that the apostles didnt reference English when they studied the OT or when they wrote down what they have been taught and witnessed.
The Lake of Fire is a blotting out of ones soul from existence . That is the second death.
And there can't be any recovery from it because its forever .
One really good verse to understand all the figurative language used about hell or the lake of fire ; is Psalms 37.
This while using a figure, is more plain to understand .
Psalms 37:18
The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
So the whats the opposite of Perish ?
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
Mat 10:26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
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.
These verses establish what Christ is teaching and talking about . So when read the other passages you should more readily recognize the figures of speech being used in the Greek or Hebrew .
The Bible teaches at times in metaphor or figurative language ; like about Hell. The English translation of words from Greek and Hebrew in the Bible doesn't always convey the meaning or give a answer on its own . More so if you go strictly off the English in some cases it can be a negative without closer inspection .
You have to know what The bible says overall and Christ's teachings on any given subject to know what the bible says yourself .
When we're talking about the Final Judgment ; After the Lords Day in Revelation 20 :
That's a time element for when "hell" actually happens.
But currently when a person dies as Christ teaches in His parable of The rich man and Lazarus; they go to heaven on either side of a divide between them.
The Rich man asked for water to cool his tongue from his torment in the flames ; should call to mind that fact Water symbolizes Eternal life Christ gives : That is what The rich man was in fact asking for , what at that point was too late to obtain .
This would torment any person faced with that reality .
The word Torment in Greek means to to test metal for its worth . By analogy its torment .
The rich man's life was found lacking whats required to be on that side of victory with Lazarus . Eternal Life .
What happens after The Lords Day written of in Revelation 20? This is really called the Lake of Fire.
The final judgment of God Judges for those who don't make it at the end .
The lake of fire is called the Second Death. If we die now we go to heaven or paradise as Christ would call it in another place.
But what happens when you die a second time ? You don't go to another place. You stop existing .
At the Eternity : You either have eternal life. Or you don't . The bible teaches this If you can wrap your mind around how figures of speech are used in the Bible.
So the struggle many have is with understanding language .Example the torment forever and ever. weeping and gnashing of teeth ; etc .
Mistakenly perceiving a meteor ; read as literal word for word; is how new doctrines spread and become mainstream traditions .
While missing the entire original thought God gave .
The Greek meaning for the word Torment is " touch stone " . This would be foreign to someone Not taught that the apostles didnt reference English when they studied the OT or when they wrote down what they have been taught and witnessed.
The Lake of Fire is a blotting out of ones soul from existence . That is the second death.
And there can't be any recovery from it because its forever .
One really good verse to understand all the figurative language used about hell or the lake of fire ; is Psalms 37.
This while using a figure, is more plain to understand .
Psalms 37:18
The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
So the whats the opposite of Perish ?
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
Mat 10:26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
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.
These verses establish what Christ is teaching and talking about . So when read the other passages you should more readily recognize the figures of speech being used in the Greek or Hebrew .
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