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I just wanted to say that it my tradition the words "sheol" translates into "hades" in Greek and "purgatorio" in Latin and we believe it to be purgatory. "Gehenna" is considered to be the eternal hell or lake of fire.
"Then death and the world of the dead were thrown into the lake of fire."
or "Then death and Hades (sheol, purgatorio) were thrown into Gehenna," Rev 20:14 (because there were no more need of them)
Tradition holds in our church that Christ descended to the dead for three days which holds with the Jewish belief in sheol which was where people who didn't deserve hell waited until Christ came. So Christ went to sheol or purgatory and collected all those from Old Testament times who could now enter heaven because Christ had offered the atoning sacrifice.
"Jesus again gave a loud cry and breathed his last. Then the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split apart, the graves broke open, and many of God's people who had died were raised to life. They left the graves, and after Jesus rose from death, they went into the Holy City, where many people saw them." Matt 27:50-53
I suppose that doesn't answer your question. My church teaches that the worst thing about hell, above all, is the absence of God which means an absence of love, good, happiness, joy. All that is there is hatred and ugliness and stench and pain and absolute desolation. Of course one must consider that the fires don't burn unless God sustains them. Good question. I've never thought of it.
I've heard of a funny little thought which is kind of like a riddle. It goes like this:
God cannot move!
(I bet your thinking that's crazy!)
God cannot move because in order to move you must be in one place and not the other and since God is everywhere, then he can't move! Keep in mind that it's just an interesting thought!
Sorry to interupt, I'm new!
Thanks, Luv,
Theresa
I just wanted to say that it my tradition the words "sheol" translates into "hades" in Greek and "purgatorio" in Latin and we believe it to be purgatory. "Gehenna" is considered to be the eternal hell or lake of fire.
"Then death and the world of the dead were thrown into the lake of fire."
or "Then death and Hades (sheol, purgatorio) were thrown into Gehenna," Rev 20:14 (because there were no more need of them)
Tradition holds in our church that Christ descended to the dead for three days which holds with the Jewish belief in sheol which was where people who didn't deserve hell waited until Christ came. So Christ went to sheol or purgatory and collected all those from Old Testament times who could now enter heaven because Christ had offered the atoning sacrifice.
"Jesus again gave a loud cry and breathed his last. Then the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split apart, the graves broke open, and many of God's people who had died were raised to life. They left the graves, and after Jesus rose from death, they went into the Holy City, where many people saw them." Matt 27:50-53
I suppose that doesn't answer your question. My church teaches that the worst thing about hell, above all, is the absence of God which means an absence of love, good, happiness, joy. All that is there is hatred and ugliness and stench and pain and absolute desolation. Of course one must consider that the fires don't burn unless God sustains them. Good question. I've never thought of it.
I've heard of a funny little thought which is kind of like a riddle. It goes like this:
God cannot move!
(I bet your thinking that's crazy!)
God cannot move because in order to move you must be in one place and not the other and since God is everywhere, then he can't move! Keep in mind that it's just an interesting thought!
Sorry to interupt, I'm new!
Thanks, Luv,
Theresa
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