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Post by eternalmatters on Jan 26, 2009 11:50:53 GMT -5
Hell's description in the OT is different than in the new. I was wondering that since coming to understand Heaven differently (kingdom of heaven as compared to heavenly places)...is Hell different too?
Wasn't Jesus on earth the first to describe Hell as everlasting?
What is the distinction about the Lake of Fire?
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Post by eternalmatters on Jan 28, 2009 12:00:17 GMT -5
I'm trying to do this study from scratch...WOW...there is a lot of information to consider and go over. If anyone knows of a link that takes this from a dispensational framework...so I don't need to reinvent the wheel or can get a jump start into this subject , I'd appreciate it!
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Post by faithplusnothing on Jan 28, 2009 13:31:37 GMT -5
I never really thought abot that just as I didn't know that they didn't talk about dying and going to heaven. It's just fascinating to learn these things. I saw this article about hell in the old testament:
Hell in the Old Testament
Moses describes the Lord of heaven as the judge of all the earth. Like the New Testament that follows, he even describes God as a consuming fire of judgment (Deuteronomy 4:24; 9:3; Hebrews 12:29). Together with the rest of the prophets, he warns about the dangers of death and “the grave.” Beyond such warnings, however, the Hebrew Scriptures say little if anything about suffering after death. Daniel gives the most information when he predicts, “Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt” (Daniel 12:2).
In a specific example of judgment, Isaiah uses the language of unquenchable fire to describe the fate of those who die on the battlefield at the end of the age. Speaking in apocalyptic language, the prophet says, “For their worm does not die, and their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh” (Isaiah 66:24). The revulsion Isaiah speaks of has a physical setting. It occurs as living people look on the dead bodies of those who have fallen under the judgment of God. A Jewish reader in Isaiah’s day would probably not have seen anything in these words about conscious suffering after death
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Post by eternalmatters on Jan 28, 2009 15:34:01 GMT -5
Fantastic ~ that Daniel verse was exactly what I was wondering about.
I'd like to find a trusted place for definitions of words like sheol, gehanna, tartarus, etc...
Everyone has an agenda...I just want to stick with the truth. Sometimes it's hard to sift through the evil, the well-intentioned yet misled, and finding those in the know.
I know my best bet is to stick with the KJV and God's guidance, yet I'm prone to my own ignorance and need others to help me sharpen my sword.
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