This is NOT a opinion, its a question, directed to people who belive in heaven and hell, christians, and/or people who has a large knowledge about the bible.
My question is, is hell in the bible? I mean, where does the concept of hell come from? The original bibles, or is it a idea that came out in the middle ages?
Please enlighten me.
-Xander
The word "hell" is not in the original languages and even in some translations, but is translated from 3 or 4 words that usually mean God's (Holy) fire.
The doctrine of "hell" as Christianity teaches as "hell is forever punishment and separation from God" is completely false. All one needs to do is understand the TRUE meaning of the word "Fire" as in God's holy "fire" or "lake of fire".
God's fire is a SPIRITUAL fire and NOT a natural (destructive) fire like we are used to. His fire cleanses and purifies all that it comes into contact with. He is actually a cleaner of natural things. He calls it "destruction" and "perishing" but that is only from our side of a view under law. On his side, it is cleansing, refining and purifying... making that thing like himself. Check out the actual Strong's concordance entry for "fire" as in "they will be tossed into the lake of
fire". Rev 20:14-15 The Greek word translated as "fire" is the word "pur" where we get the English words "purify" and "purity" from. It can be more likened to the "trials of life".
Strong's Concordance #4442
pur: fire
Original Word: πῦρ, πυρός, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: pur
Phonetic Spelling: (poor)
Short Definition: fire, trials
Definition: fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire.
HELPS Word-studies
4442 pýr –
fire. In Scripture, fire is often used figuratively – like with the "fire of God"
which transforms all it touches into light and likeness with itself
God's Spirit, like a holy fire,
enlightens and purifies so that believers (
not true, it's for all people) can share more and more
in His likeness. Indeed the
fire of God brings the
uninterrupted privilege of
being transformed which happens by experiencing
faith from Him. Our lives can become true
offerings to Him as we obey this imparted faith from God by His power.
Strong's Greek: 4442. πῦρ (pur) -- fire
Here is the solemn truth I see in God's Word. All of our lives whether we "believe" or not are a "fire offering" to him. In this current version of creation, we are all part of "the woman" (with Jesus the groom). See the original Hebrew word translated as "the woman" in Genesis 3:2. It is a slight variation of the word translated as "fire offering" in Numbers 28:3. We ARE God's fire (and grain) offering that will end up full purification and spiritual birth.
For
everyone will be
salted with fire Mark 9:49
You are to offer them before the LORD, and the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD Ez 43:24
Watch what happens when he appears in his Holy (refining and purifying) fire:
"But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For
He is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap Malachi 3:6
Man teaches hell because:
1) he his blind to what God's Word really says (he just teaches what he THINKS it says not what it really says).
2) Fear is a strong motivator. It makes people go to church for the lie of "fire insurance". It keeps them giving their money too.
The truth is there WILL be a stronger, tougher
age of darkness, law and holy fire after this one called "gloom". But, it will be for those who believe and teach God sends people to hell and keep them under law (old covenant) trying to earn something they can't. This age will burn them up and cause them to repent and will have an end to it. All will repent and all will believe.
