Rom 11:26 and all Israel shall be saved,
This verse must be understood in light of what Paul already said in the previous verses, or he contradicts himself. Who is the ALL that will be saved?
Rom 10:3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
The "all" that will be saved is the remnant, those who have not bowed down to other Gods, etc.
The guys who read write and speak Hebrew (The Jewish Encyclopedia) write that all Jewish sinners repent at the gate of hell and the fire of Gehenna "does not touch the Jewish sinners."
The fire of Gehenna "DOES NOT TOUCH THE JEWISH SINNERS." All Jewish sinners "repent at the gates of hell."
The Jewish Encyclopedia
Gehenna
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/v...;search=gehenna
The loopholes are amazing from the guys who read, write and speaketh Hebrew!
Spiderrr....this is indeed a remarkable document. Fortunately I gave up taking the advice of Mrs. Linen many moons ago. These "guys" that read and write and speak Hebrew must be right!
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=115&letter=G&search=gehenna
You will note the following....
1. Our Lord before He made man created heaven and hell and declared it is very good. "The words "very good" in Gen. 1:31 refer to hell. Take your choice when this glorious event occurred: the sixth day, the second day or before the world. Of course opinions on this vary.
2. The fiery furnace of Mek. xx.18b and 71b and Enoch xcviii.c and ciii.8 is identified as the gate of Gehenna. Opinions also vary as to the situation, extent and nature of hell.
3. Gehenna extends indefinitely (Men.99.b) and according to one opinion is "above the firmament" and according to another "behind the dark mountains." (Ta'an 32.b)
4. Gehenna is "situated deep down in the earth" and is immeasureably large. The whole world is "like a lid for Gehenna" and "the earth is one-sixtieth of the garden, the garden one-sixtieth of Eden (Paradise)..."Eden one sixtieth of Gehenna." Some say Gehenna cannot be measured (Pes. 94a)
5. Gehenna is divided into seven compartments...."A similar view was held by the Babylonians. (Ancient Iraq)
6. Because of the extent of Gehenna, the sun on setting in the evening passes by it, and receives its own fire or evening glow from it.
7. The Persians (ancient Iran/ the Peacock Throne) believed that "glowing molten metal flowed under the feet of sinners"
8. The "warm springs of Tiberias are heated while flowing past Gehenna." (Shab. 39.a)
9. The fire of Gehenna never goes out. "There is always plenty of wood there." (Men. 100a)
10. The fire is sixty times as hot as any earthly fire. (Ber. 6.7)
11. The Tiberian medicinal springs was ascribed to their connection with Gehenna. Do a word study on Brimstone some day Spiderr...Brimstone is the Breath of Jehovah)
12. "It is said God judges by means of fire." Declared most definitely from the Ancient Words!
13. "Gehenna is dark in spite of immense masses of fire." "It is like night."
14. "It is assumed there is an angel-prince in charge of Gehenna."
15. "It is assumed in general sinners go to hell immediately after their death." Except the sinners of Zion, of course, who repent at the gates of hell.
16. The pious go to paradise, and sinners go to hell (B.M.83.b) Except the sinners of Zion, of course, who repent at the gates of hell.
17. "Every individual is apportioned two shares, one in hell and one in paradise." At death "the righteous man's portion in hell is exchanged, so that he has two in heaven, while the reverse is true in the case of sinners." This does not apply to Jewish sinners in Zion, they repent at the gates of hell."
18. It would be better if sinners had not been born. "It would be better for the latter (sinners) if they had not lived at all." (Yeb. 63.b) Amen and amen!"
19. Those who would have been better off if they had never lived at all will be happy to know their miserable existence in this present evil world will be enhanced by the God who receives their words..."Lord of the world, thou has done well; paradise for the pious, gehenna for the wicked." ('Er. 19.a) Jewish sinners are exempt, the sinners in Zion repent at the gates of hell.
20. There are three catagories of men; 1.the wholly pious 2. the arch-sinners, not purified 3. those between these two classes. The depths of Gehenna are in levels commensurate with the sinfulness of the sinner being admitted.
21. Number 20 is similarily expressed by the heathen of Babylon. "A similar view is expressed in the Babylonian Talmud, which adds that those who have sinned themselves but have not led others into sin remain for twelve months in Gehenna." Note: The doctrine of hell is not of heathen origin!
22. "After 12 months their bodies are destroyed, their souls are burned, and the wind strews the ashes under the feet of the pious."
23. Regarding heretics: "hell shall pass away" BUT "they shall not pass away."
24. "All that descend into Gehenna shall come up again, with the exception of three classes of men."....1. those who have committed adultery 2. or shamed their neighbors 3. or vilified them.
25. The felicity of the pious in paradise excites the wrath of the sinners who behold it when they come to hell.
26. Abraham takes the d a m n e d to his bosom. "the fire of Gehenna does not touch the Jewish sinners because they confess their sins before the gates of hell and return to God." (Er.19a)
27. Heretics and Roman oppressors go to Gehenna. "the same fate awaits the Persians." (Note:Iran/ The Peacock Throne)
28. It is chiefly the heathen who are cast into the fiery pool on the Day of Judgment. The Lord, the Almighty, will punish the heathen on the Day of Judgment by "putting fire and worms into their flesh, so that they cry out with pain unto all eternity." (Judith xvi.17)
29. God puts souls back into dead bodies on the Day of Judgment.
30. Sinners will disappear like chaff before the faces of the elect.
31. "There will be no Gehenna in the future world, however, for God will take the sun out of its case, and it will heal the pious with its rays and will punish the sinners." Note: Remember #19
32. "It is frequently said that certain sins will lead man into Gehenna." ( Unchastity/ adultery/ pride/ mockery/ hypocrisy/ anger etc.)
33. "Hell awaits one who indulges in unseemly speech."
34. Hell awaits one who "always follows the advice of his wife."
35. Hell awaits those "who instruct an unworthy pupil." Note: "Never try and teach a pig to sing, you will waste your time and annoy the pig."
36. "Hell awaits those who turn away from the Torah."Does that include the Jewish sinners who repent at the gates of hell? For further details see...'Er.18, 101a etc.
37. There are merits that preserve a man from going to hell.
Merits
Philanthropy/ fasting/ visiting the sick/ reading the Shema' and Hallel/ eating the three meals on the Sabbath Note: Saturday
Israelites in general are less endangered than heretics, or the heathen.
"Scholars, the poor, and the pious are especially protected."
38. "Three Classes of Men do not see the face of hell:"
1. Those who live in penury. Make that extreme poverty and want.
2. Those suffering from intestinal catarrh. Please do not make me define it!
3. Those that are pressed by their creditors.
39. "It would seem that the expressions 'doomed to hell' and 'to be saved from hell' must be interpreted hyperbolically." Make that mile high ice-cream cones.
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