[robroys woman]

Actually, Jesus never mentioned Hell. He DID, however, mention Gehenna quite a bit. That word is translated, in SOME bibles, as the catch-all phrase, “hell”, but it is a made up English word.

The second chapter of acts sums up the gospel (good news) and the book of romans talks a lot about the fate of the saved vs the fate of the lost. It is all about eternal life vs death.

And Jesus talked about Gehenna (a real place) and unquenchable fire. In that day, the way you destroyed something was with fire. Anyone living at Jesus time would have clearly understood Jesus’ references to the lost and Gehenna to mean the lost were destroyed.

Jewishnotgreek.com covers it very well, including Lazarus and the rich man. BTW, Lazarus is “named” because of the meaning of the name.

Other good resources:

http://www.jeremyandchristine.com/articles/lazarus.html

http://rethinkinghell.com/explore/

In the above, click on the scriptures tab and see the scriptures that support “hell” and those that support “death” regarding the lost.

There is a lot more out there from both sides. For me, once I studied BOTH sides within the context of the whole bible, it became pretty clear. :-)

[Sontagged]

The soul is immortal and eternal, are you saying those who go to Hell or Gehanna are somehow spared eternal punishment?

[Elsie]

Anyone living at Jesus time would have clearly understood Jesus’ references to the lost and Gehenna to mean the lost were destroyed.

Daniel 12:2
Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
 

 

 

I wonder if Daniel knew that the bad guys get destroyed?