Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
~Mark 9:48 KJV
What everybody knows is that "hell" comes from the Jewish term for burning trash outside of their abodes. What everybody may not know is that after the fires died down, worms could be found amongst the ash. This quote of Jesus comes from Isaiah, and is based upon imaginative speculation - what if the fire never stopped burning (likely brought about from consideration of the sun), what if the worms were lived through the flames.
In the Old Testament, the wages of sin were definitely death. Tie your shoes on the Sabbath, yer done; probably horribly... but that's it. From Ecclesiastes, the dead know nothing. The line from Mark, above, is notable as it is the only transitional tie-in between Old and New Testaments concerning "after." Like many other places in the NT, it shows "the agenda of the Christ" in relating OT scripture. This is important as to the agenda of the scriptures themselves. OT scripture was penned to keep a tribe of nomads (the Jews) toeing the line of their god, YHWH. The NT, however, had a new agenda - spread the word among the gentiles. Think of how far that would have went with 617 commandments that must be followed, or else... not far. Thus, "sanctity in the Lord" was removed from worldly concern into the "after." Be good now, or be burnt later; with the advantage that the sinner has his whole lifetime to "see the light."
So, get it right.
Never was god with the burning. God is too cool for that crap. It was agenda.
