<DIV>Not an Opinion...it's the truth. I did my research from a website. I also looked in books and so forth. </DIV>
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<DIV>The Bible speaks for itself. If you want to know more, just ask?</DIV>
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<DIV>POSH</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Posh, excellent OPINION... But where did you dredge that opinion up?<BR>You didn't even sight your source, come now, you know better than<BR>that. Where did you get this?<BR><BR>Wouldn't this be considered radical opinion? Not accepted opinion?<BR><BR>God bless,<BR>Dajasgelendam Mauschu<BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net <GCFL-DISCUSS@GCFL.NET><BR>Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 09:38:49 -0700 (PDT)<BR>Subject: Re: [GCFL-discuss] (no subject)<BR>To: Lance Kirkman <ROMANS832@GMAIL.COM><BR>Cc: "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List" <GCFL-DISCUSS@GCFL.NET><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Since the dead have no conscious existence, hell cannot be a fiery<BR>place of torment where the wicked suffer after death. What, then, is<BR>hell? Examining what happened to Jesus after he died helps to answer<BR>that question. The Bible writer Luke recounts: "Neither was
[Jesus]<BR>forsaken in Hades [hell, King James Version] nor did his flesh see<BR>corruption."* (Acts 2:31) Where was the hell to which even Jesus went?<BR>The apostle Paul wrote: "I handed on to you . . . that Christ died for<BR>our sins according to the Scriptures; and that he was buried, yes,<BR>that he has been raised up the third day according to the Scriptures."<BR>(1 Corinthians 15:3, 4) So Jesus was in hell, the grave, but he was<BR>not abandoned there, for he was raised up, or resurrected.<BR><BR><BR>Job prayed for protection in hell<BR><BR>Consider also the case of the righteous man Job, who suffered much.<BR>Wishing to escape his plight, he pleaded: "Who will grant me this,<BR>that thou mayest protect me in hell [Sheol], and hide me till thy<BR>wrath pass?"# (Job 14:13, Douay Version) How unreasonable to think<BR>that Job desired to go to a fiery-hot place for protection! To Job,<BR>"hell" was simply the grave, where his suffering would end. The Bible<BR>hell, then, is the
common grave of mankind where good people as well<BR>as bad ones go.<BR><BR>Could it be that the fire of hell is symbolic of all-consuming, or<BR>thorough, destruction? Separating fire from Hades, or hell, the<BR>Scriptures say: "Death and Hades were hurled into the lake of fire."<BR>"The lake" mentioned here is symbolic, since death and hell (Hades)<BR>that are thrown into it cannot literally be burned. "This [lake of<BR>fire] means the second death"�death from which there is no hope of<BR>coming back to life.�Revelation 20:14.<BR><BR><BR>Fiery Gehenna�a symbol of eternal destruction<BR><BR>The lake of fire has a meaning similar to that of "the fiery Gehenna<BR>[hell fire, King James Version]" that Jesus spoke of. (Matthew 5:22;<BR>Mark 9:47, 48) Gehenna occurs 12 times in the Christian Greek<BR>Scriptures, and it refers to the valley of Hinnom, outside the walls<BR>of Jerusalem. When Jesus was on earth, this valley was used as a<BR>garbage dump, "where the dead bodies of
criminals, and the carcasses<BR>of animals, and every other kind of filth was cast." (Smith's<BR>Dictionary of the Bible) The fires were kept burning by adding sulfur<BR>to burn up the refuse. Jesus used that valley as a proper symbol of<BR>everlasting destruction.<BR><BR>As does Gehenna, the lake of fire symbolizes eternal destruction.<BR>Death and Hades are "hurled into" it in that they will be done away<BR>with when mankind is freed from sin and the condemnation of death.<BR>Willful, unrepentant sinners will also have their "portion" in that<BR>lake. (Revelation 21:8) They too will be annihilated forever. On the<BR>other hand, those in God's memory who are in hell�the common grave of<BR>mankind�have a marvelous future.<BR>Hell Emptied!<BR><BR>Revelation 20:13 states: "The sea gave up those dead in it, and death<BR>and Hades gave up those dead in them." Yes, the Bible hell will be<BR>emptied. As Jesus promised, "the hour is coming in which all those in<BR>the memorial tombs
will hear [Jesus'] voice and come out." (John 5:28,<BR>29) Although no longer presently existing in any form, millions of<BR>dead ones who are in Jehovah God's memory will be resurrected, or<BR>brought back to life, in a restored earthly paradise.�Luke 23:43; Acts<BR>24:15.<BR><BR>In the new world of God's making, resurrected humans who comply with<BR>his righteous laws will never need to die again. (Isaiah 25:8) Jehovah<BR>"will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more,<BR>neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore." In fact, "the<BR>former things [will] have passed away." (Revelation 21:4) What a<BR>blessing is in store for those in hell�"the memorial tombs"! This<BR>blessing indeed is reason enough for us to take in more knowledge of<BR>Jehovah God and his Son, Jesus Christ.�John 17:3.<BR><BR>'Those in the memorial tombs will come out'<BR>In the King James Version, the Greek word Hades is rendered "hell" in<BR>each of its ten occurrences in
the Christian Greek Scriptures. The<BR>rendering at Luke 16:19-31 mentions torment, but the entire account is<BR>symbolic in meaning.<BR>The Hebrew word Sheol occurs 65 times in the Hebrew Scriptures and is<BR>rendered "hell," "grave," and "pit" in the King James Version.<BR><BR>POSH<BR><BR><BR>gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net wrote:<BR>Posh, <BR>Ok I disagree with you. First off God will destroy anyone who does<BR>not have a personal walk with him. Second of all the many times hell<BR>is written about in the Bible is so often I did not bother to count<BR>them because it would take too long. In 2Pe 2:4 God cast the angels<BR>that sinned into hell until the judgement.2Pe 2:4 For if God spared<BR>not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered<BR>them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;<BR>In Revelation ( which is a book written about the future) all people<BR>who's name were not written in the book of life were cast into the<BR>lake of fire ( hell)<BR>Re
20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was<BR>cast into the lake of fire.<BR>If you study the Bible closely ( not meaning you havn't) you will<BR>find Gods plan is like this"<BR>God made man.Man lived in the garden. Man sinned. God sent his only<BR>begotton Son JESUS into the world so that we may be saved through him.<BR>If man ( this is meaning women too :) does not accept Christ & truely<BR>walk with him before he dies he goes to<BR>hell. No matter how much anyone ever wants to change that, it is the<BR>way it is because that is what the Bible says.<BR>Jeff_______________________________________________<BR>GCFL-discuss mailing list<BR>GCFL-discuss@gcfl.net<BR>http://gcfl.net/mailman/listinfo/gcfl-discuss<BR><BR><BR>________________________________<BR>Do you Yahoo!?<BR>Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70/year<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>GCFL-discuss mailing
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