"Hades" = "Sheol" "Hades" = "Death"
The Greek word "hades" (unseen) is used to translate the Hebrew word "sheol"(out of sight, covered). Acts 2:27 states, "Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, [hades -unseen]neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption." This passage is a quote of Psalms 16:10 which says, "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; [sheol - out of sight, covered] neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption." This shows that the two words - one from Old Testament and the other from the New, are the same in meaning and usage.
These examples clearly show that the Greek word "hades" (like the Hebrew "sheol") represents death as opposed to life. Those in "hades" (hell), therefore, are dead, not alive as the false teaching of the churches depict. |
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If you look in Webster's Twentieth Century Dictionary, Unabridged the English word "hell" comes from the Anglo-Saxon word "helan" which means "to cover, conceal." The word "hell" originally conveyed no thought of fire or torment, but simply a "covered or "concealed" place. In Old English dialect, the expression "helling potatoes" meant, not to roast them, but simply to cover the potatoes in the ground or in a cellar. |
Recent photo of the Valley of Gehenna
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In the Hebrew Bible, Tophet or Topheth was a location in Jerusalem in the Gehinnom (Gehenna) valley where worshipers influenced by the ancient Canaanite religion engaged in the human sacrifice of their children to the gods Moloch and Baal by burning them alive from 10th - 6th century BC. Later this same valley was made into a dump where garbage and dead bodies were taken for disposal and destruction by burning.
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"And he [King Josiah of Judah] defiled [destroyed] Topheth which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire of Molech". II Kings 23:10
Other References to "Gehenna":
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Let us use our reasoning powers that God gave us to think this out. Is there ANY THING you can think of that your child could ever do to make you want to punish him for eternity in a fiery pit AND make it so he would feel all the torment forever? Me neither. So how is it that we could believe, even for a moment, that our God, who is a God of Love (1 John 4:8) made us with more compassion than what He possesses? I know I am not more forgiving, loving and compassionate than Him. Are YOU? |