[armydoc]

Jesus uses the word "Gehenna" which was translated as Hell. Gehenna is the name of the valley to the south of the city of Jerusalem. It was the city's garbage dump. They burned dead animals and garbage there and what was left was eaten by worms. When you go to Hell your body is thrown in the dump.

So, Jesus is just explaining what is done to our physical bodies here on earth when we die?

Let's look at Mark 9:43-48 again:

43And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 44Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 45And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 46Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 47And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: 48Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.


Tell me, do you know of any "dumps" on earth where the fires are not quenched, and the worms never die?

[mugs99]

Tell me, do you know of any "dumps" on earth where the fires are not quenched, and the worms never die?

That pretty well describes every ancient dump on the planet. Cities created a lot of garbage. The fires burned constantly and worms fed on animal and human corpses. Corpses could be seen by passers by on their way into town. Those sentenced to death were crucified in the dump...That's why some claim that Jesus was in Hell before He went to Heaven. Why did He say Gehenna?

What about "Golgotha"?
Golgotha means a pile of skulls not a mountain top.
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[Bob J]

Sounds like most men should be cutting off their penis's.