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It’s
a word that few really understand, yet most people will go there. It
is usually considered the location for the incorrigibly wicked. It might
be used to express anger or frustration. It may be used as a destination
to assign to those you do not like. However, the hell that is described
in the pages of the Bible is a very real place. You may be surprised
to learn who goes to that location!
Some Christians believe hell is the place for the souls of the wicked. Others think hell is a state of mind. Some don’t believe hell exists at all. As we’ll see, there are three hells described in the Bible. One of these is hot enough to consume the "soul." We’ll also see that there is a hell for the fallen angels or demons.
Have you ever attended a funeral and been unsure of where the deceased was headed? Most preachers, out of kindness, do not assign a deceased person to hell. However, many in the audience may wonder about the deceased’s future considering his or her lack of genuine spirituality while alive.
What is hell? In the Bible the word hell is mentioned 54 times. It is translated from four different words. The only one in the Old Testament—sheol in the Hebrew—and one in the New Testament—hades in Greek—have the meaning of the grave, a pit or the abode of the dead. Sheol is the only word in the Old Testament from which hell is translated in the King James Version of the Bible. It is translated "hell" 31 times. Hades is translated "hell" 10 times in the New Testament.
In Psalms 6:5 and 30:3 the psalmist speaks of sheol as the grave. Amos the prophet uses sheol to state that one may dig into "hell"—indicating the grave that was in the earth (Amos 9:2, King James Version throughout). When Jonah was in the belly of the great fish (or whale as wrongly translated), he was said to be in "hell" (Jonah 2:2). All of those words for hell are translated from the Hebrew word sheol.
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