Sheol, in most eras and sects, is a place where both the righteous and unrighteous go after bodily death. It's somewhat the Jewish version of Roman Catholic Purgatory. Of course there are many variations.
IMO, Ecc 9:10 refers to that when you reach this point of the salvation journey, there is...
@Spice Hi again. I looked up a couple of things about what you said, and here's (in part) what I found:
Ecclesiastes9:10 in the New Revised Standard Version (couldn't find exactly the Revised Standard Version online, maybe I missed it), says this:
"Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your...
Ecclesiastes 3:18-20
I said in my heart with regard to the sons of men that God is testing them to show them that they are but beasts.
For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other.
They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over...
Christians take the word of God as inspired. the point of your statement is not event relevant...a childish i dont like that spat doesnt even apply here.
do you have a dictionary???
In Christianity, annihilationism is the belief that after the Last Judgment, all damned humans and fallen angels...
That would be a very valid reason in my opinion. Jesus never said He was making stuff up... but He easily could be recounting things the He saw around Him.
None of those references are words from God. Those are words of man and Luke 16 says there is no way back from their side to the mortal...
That's not a valid reason to say it is not an illustration, or parable.
There are several illustrations, or parable which Jesus did not say were parables, but we know they were. All recounted by Luke. Including the Prodigal son.
We do. That's how we know, the dead cannot communicate...
Nothing suggests the situation correctly described in Ecclesiastes has changed.
Ecclesiastes 3:18-20
I said in my heart with regard to the sons of men that God is testing them to show them that they are but beasts.
For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same; as one...
Do not interpretations belong to God? (Genesis 40:8)
No prophecy of Scripture springs from any private interpretation. For prophecy was at no time brought by man’s will, but men spoke from God as they were moved by holy spirit. (2 Peter 1:20, 21)
There are no private interpretations here.
There...
The scriptures are mythological tales all rewriting Mark using Persian, Greek and some Roman myth in a Jewish context.
We can get into the scholarship of this, it's consensus.
But a simple overview by a Pastor /historian covers the basics:
The Invention of Hell
7:30
Aristotle was...
What do Jehovah’s Witnesses say about hell?
Do you know I believe that my Dad’s in hell? And he was a decent individual.
I believe that most all of Jehovah’s Witnesses who’ve died, are in hell / Sheol / hades.
That’s what the Bible states. (Ecclesiastes9:10) Even Jesus was in hell, for 3...
Yes, both atheists and theists have the same fate after they die.
Ecclesiastes9:10 says:
“Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening.”
Douay-Rheims Bible (a Catholic
translation)...
Ah. I understand how you are seeing it.
Hmm.
Does hell also collect gray hairs? ...let his gray hairs go down in peace to Sheʹol. :D
Do you agree with Solomon? (Ecclesiastes9:10) . . .All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor...
Okay. Thanks.
So I am mistaken, in that a lie the adversary told through his ministers, I took up, and ran with it, and also promotes it.
All I am asking is am I a disciple of Christ, and on the side of truth, in your view? That's all I am trying to ascertain from you, on this.
Thanks.
You say...
It's not changing what it says Ken. What will you tell me next, that no parable, mentions prodigal.
Where does it indicate that the story of the prodigal son is a parable?
I don't understand what you are saying.
The Bible does not say spirits are asleep somewhere.
The Bible speaks of God and...
Wow blu :openmouth: I never imagined... :dizzy:
Excellent illustration... and use of scriptures.
Imagine that. An atheists gets right what so many religious people get wrong.
"Where does the light go when you switch the light off?"
"Light" in that sense doesn't go anywhere. It simply ceases to be generated by the light source.
Same with life. Death is the irreversible failure / cessation of the body's life support systems.
Ecclesiastes 3:18-20 (RSV)
I said in my...
That view contradicts the scriptures themselves.
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-5.htm
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-10.htm
https://biblehub.com/psalms/146-4.htm