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Gehenna is hell. Not purgatory.
◄ 1067. geenna ►
Strong's Concordance
geenna: Gehenna, a valley W. and South of Jer., also a symbolic name for the final place of punishment of the ungodly
Original Word: γέεννα, ης, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: geenna
Phonetic Spelling: (gheh'-en-nah)
Short Definition: Gehenna
Definition: Gehenna, and originally the name of a valley or cavity near Jerusalem, a place underneath the earth, a place of punishment for evil.
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1067 géenna (a transliteration of the Hebrew term, Gêhinnōm, "the valley of Hinnom") – Gehenna, i.e. hell (also referred to as the "lake of fire" in Revelation).
Gehenna ("hell"), the place of post-resurrection torment (judgment), refers strictly to the everlasting abode of the unredeemed where they experience divine judgment in their individual resurrection-bodies. Each of the unredeemed receives one at the Great White Throne Judgment (Rev 20:11-15), i.e. a body that "matches" their capacity for torment relating to their (unique) judgment.
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Word Origin
of Hebrew origin gay and Hinnom
Definition
Gehenna, a valley W. and S. of Jer., also a symbolic name for the final place of punishment of the ungodly
NASB Translation
hell (12).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1067: γηννα
γηννα (others would accent γηννα, deriving it through the Chaldee. In Mark 9:45 Rec.st γηνα), γηνης (Buttmann, 17 (15)), ἡ, (from הִנֹּם גֵּי, Nehemiah 11:30; more fully בֶּן־הִנֹּם גֵּיא, Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16; 2 Chronicles 28:3; Jeremiah 7:32; בְּנֵי־הִנֹּם גֵּי, 2 Kings 23:10 Kethibh; Chaldean גְּהִנָם, the valley of the son of lamentation, or of the sons of lamentation, the valley of lamentation, הִנֹּם being used for נִהֹם lamentation; see Hiller, Onomasticum; cf. Hitzig (and Graf) on Jeremiah 7:31; (Böttcher, De Inferis, i., p. 82ff); accusative to the common opinion הִנֹּם is the name of a man), Gehenna, the name of a valley on the south and east of Jerusalem (yet apparently beginning on the Winer's Grammar, cf. Joshua 15:8; Pressel in Herzog, under the word), which was so called from the cries of the little children who were thrown into the fiery arms of Moloch (which see), i. e. of an idol having the form of a bull. The Jews so abhorred the place after these horrible sacrifices had been abolished by king Josiah (2 Kings 23:10), that they cast into it not only all manner of refuse, but even the dead bodies of animals and of unburied criminals who had been executed. And since fires were always needed to consume the dead bodies, that the air might not become tainted by the putrefaction, it came to pass that the place was called γηννα τοῦ πυρός (this common explanation of the descriptive genitive τοῦ πυρός is found in Rabbi David Kimchi (fl. circa A.D. 1200) on Psalm 27:13. Some suppose the genitive to refer not to purifying fires but to the fires of Moloch; others regard it as the natural symbol of penalty (cf. Leviticus 10:2; Numbers 16:35; 2 Kings 1; Psalm 11:6; also Matthew 3:11; Matthew 13:42; 2 Thessalonians 1:8, etc.). See Böttcher, as above, p. 84; Meyer (Thol.) Wetstein (1752) on Matthew 5:22); and then this name was transferred to that place in Hades where the wicked after death will suffer punishment: Matthew 5:22, 29; Matthew 10:28; Luke 12:5; Mark 9:43, 45; James 3:6; γηννα τοῦ πυρός, Matthew 5:22; Matthew 18:9; Mark 9:47 (R G Tr marginal reading brackets); κρίσις τῆς γηννης, Matthew 23:33; υἱός τῆς γηννης, worthy of punishment in Gehenna, Matthew 23:15.
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According to this source.
But according to the Jews, to whom Jesus was speaking, it's Purgatory.
There is no "Hell". There is Gehenna, before the Resurrection, and then there is the Lake of Fire, after the Resurrection.
If you're a Scandinavian, Hell is the opposite of Valhalla, but it does not appear in the Bible.
In the Bible there is Sheol/Hades (the world of the dead), Gehenna (Purgatory), Gan Eden (Paradise). Then at the end of the world there is the City of God, which comes out of the sky ("heaven" is the sky), and the Lake of Fire for those who fail final judgment.
Nobody goes to either Heaven or Hell in the Bible. They only do that in Christian tradition.
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ACHHHHHHHHH!!!! Ladies and Gents,let it be known— I Officially give up....Congrats to all my worthy foes out there....you have worn me out.....now, does anybody have a gun so I can go shoot myself? Lol
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There really are churches out there where the people aren't nasty and intolerable, that's all I was saying. Nobody should put up with that sort of behavior out of people in the name of having the right doctrines.
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What do you think it means and who do you think prompted Paul to include this in Holy Scripture? Thanks for your answer
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Immaculate conception....I can easily accept that Mary had not known a man when she bore Jesus.....But Lourdes? Really? That was not Mary...The picture you see painted or drawn of the woman is not even accurate...Do some digging and you will find that the woman wore a short dress...Mini skirt? That type of garment was worn, at the time, only by hookers. The woman, simply put, was a demon. The entire thing was demonic. It used and fooled three children, and deceived thousands of adults as well.
A friend of mine just finished some deep research into the subject...Read 'Fatima' By L.A. Marzulli...
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LOL! So I'll see you at Mass next Sunday?
Assuming I can’t get my hands on a pistol....I will be there, rosary beads in hand.....lol
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Vicomte13, this is the first time I've heard a professed catholic state with such simple truth and clarity, the issue of many of our theological differences among the denominations today.
My question to you however, is you say that no apostle can make laws or change the teachings of Christ.. and I completely agree with you. How does that statement square with your church's belief that the leadership is from apostolic succession, yet they have changed God's law and taught contrary to His teachings?
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1 Corinthians 1: KJV
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
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