This is a VERY crazy and stupid question but… does Hell exist yet?
Revelation 20:14-15
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Does Hell not exist until the end of the world? These verses seem to imply that people do not go to Hell until the time in Revelation.
Even CRAZIER question:
Could ghosts be damned souls that will one day go to Hell?
As a First Point we need to examine the difference between the Lake of Fire and Hell, there is some confusion amongst Christians these days who mistakenly believe that they are one and the same place. This matter can quickly be cleared up by looking at the Greek definition of Hell and a couple verses from the bible.
The First use of Hell we will look at is the one that causes the most confusion and that word is Gehenna(strongs 1067) this word has possibly three different meanings(depending on which version of the Strong's you are using) and they are:
” Gehenna, and originally the name of a valley or cavity near Jerusalem, a place underneath the earth, a place of punishment for evil. Of Hebrew origin (gay' and Hinnom); valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment -- hell. “
So looking at the definition of the word we find that it can mean: A place underneath the earth, a place that was once outside of Jerusalem, or the final place of torment. In the NT we only ever see it used as the Last definition which is the Final place of torment or in other words the Lake of fire.
The second use of Hell we see in Scripture(NT) is Hades(Strongs 86) which refers to the Grave/Abode in Hell the definition is:
“grave, hell. From a (as negative particle) and eido; properly, unseen, i.e. "Hades" or the place (state) of departed souls -- grave, hell.”
When hades is used in each instance we find that it is never a place of torment but rather the Abode of those who have died in the grave/the lower parts of the earth(Luke 16:23; Acts 2:27)
Now the easiest way to show the division between the final place of Torment and Hell is to quote Scripture(Revelation 20:14), death and hell are both cast INTO the lake of Fire showing clearly that they are two separate places and not one and the same place. Here are some other Greek and Hebrews words used in the Bible whose definitions and usage shows that Hell is the Grave/the Abode of Departed Souls and Not the final place of Torment: Sheol 7585, Tartaro 5020, Paradeisos 3857, Shachath 7845 .
The next question we will answer is where is Hell located and where is the Lake of fire. Hell is said to be the grave or pit into which those who are dead go(Acts 2:27; Psalm 16:10) and exists for an abode of the Dead until judgment when they will be given up(Daniel 12:1-2). Looking at the Lake of fire we are never told it’s exact location, what we are told is that it was prepared or set up for the Angels and Lucifer(Matt 25:41) that it exists while this heavens and earth still stand(Revelation 19:20) and that it will exist after the Lord’s return with fire(Revelation 20:9-10) . Outside of that it does not state when exactly it was made or where exactly it is in relation to earth except that it can be viewed from the New heavens and New Earth(Isaiah 66:22-24)
2. Ghosts, as in human souls or spirits of the dead that walk the land of the living interacting with people, do not exist. The reason for this is that all of those who are dead are currently sleeping in the grave until either the first or second resurrection.
When a man dies the first death he rests in the grave( Matt 9:18-24, Mark 5:35-41, Luke 8:49-54; John 5:25-29; John 6:39-40; John 11:11-14,23-26; Acts 2:24-31; Acts 7:60; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Peter 3:18-19; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 14:13; 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 11:43; 1 Kings 14:20; Job 7:21; Job 14:10-12, 21-22; Psalms 13:3; Psalm 16:10; Isaiah 26:19-21; Daniel 12:2) and his thoughts cease, and he has no more part in anything done under the sun. (Psalm 146:4, Ecclesiastes 9:5-6,10, Psalms 6:5). Everyone who has died, both the righteous and the unrighteous, sleep in Sheol/Hades/hell/the grave until Christ’s return, Paul, John, and Peter all tell us that those who have died in Christ have not yet gone to heaven yet but still rest/sleep(Acts 2:29; 1 Cor 11:30; 1 Cor 15:6,18,23,29; 1 Thess 4:13; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 14:13) we are told that only at Christ’s return will the dead in Christ be raised(Isaiah 26:19-21; Daniel 12:1-2; Matt 25:31-32; Luke 22:26-28; Acts 24:15; Romans 2:16; 1 Cor 15:51-52; 2 Cor 5:1-11; Philippians 3:8-11; 2 Timothy 4:1;1 Thess 4:16; Revelation 2:11; Revelation 20:4-6) being judged by their works(Matt 12:36-37; Romans 14:12; Revelation 14:13).
We are told that the wicked will receive the rewards for their deeds in the second resurrection(Daniel 12:2; Revelation 20:9,11-15) where the dead small and great will stand before the Lord(Romans 14:10; 2 Timothy 4:1; Revelation 20:12) giving account of themselves(Matt 12:36-37; Romans 14:12; 1 Peter 4:5) and being judged out of the books that are opened(Daniel 12:1; Revelation 20:12-13,15) everyone not found in the book of life will be cast into the Lake of Fire to suffer the second death(Ezekiel 18:20; Romans 6:23; James 1:15; Revelation 20:12-15; Revelation 21:8).
So going off of scripture "Ghosts" cannot be dead humans because all who are dead are sleeping in the grave. These Ghosts are nothing more than demons playing tricks on people or possessing them.
Matthew 12:43-45 
