Greetings
You need more information there are lots of gaps that could be filled in and give a more solid answer for your self.There are a few things to understand to know the answer to that kind of question. I can shed some light on the answer, but be open minded since all this is new for you.
There use to be 3 sections to the underworld area. The first we call hell which is call hades.
The second is the bottomless pit found in (Revelation 9:2) The bottomless pit is were the worst and most evil angels that followed satan out of heaven are Chained until the Great Judgement Day (Jude 1:6)
The third was paradise, this was the temporary place(heaven) that the rightious souls who had faith in God and those who were under that years blood scarifice went to after there life on earth was done, this place was taking away when Jesus arose from the dead and took them all to heaven were they are to this day. Ephesians 4:8-10. Those who were taken to heaven with Christ are all the old testament people in the paradise.
So lets review, the 3 places of the underworld, paradise-gone now, the bottomless pit-those angels that to wicked to be free, Hell(hades) is the place that the souls of the lost go until the final day of Judgement. Now that you understand what was down there, it will help you see what Hell is, and how God is clear of the charges you made against him and his Holy Name.
Hell (hades) is not the place the lost is judged that place would be known as Gehenna
Does a guy that breaks the Law go straight to prison right after being arrested, NO this would be a unjust action and this is not how it works he go first to a holding cell at the local jail to await all charges to be file against him. Just like in hell(hades), all are equal, no crime greater then another until Judgement day, all await there day in court. This is what Hell is being used for.
Gods mercy is in this fact, the only sin God holds all mankind accountable for right now is rejecting the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ and that's it. He see's every sin we do as being done thru ignorance this allows him to have complete forgivness on every man, women, boy and girl.
No matter what sins you ever did God knows you done them not understanding that they were wrong.
Hell is not the final place that the lost soul will stay, it is were the soul is held after the body dies because the body goes back to the dust. Everyone who dies lost will receives the same torments as all in this temporary place, there is not different degrees personal punishment in hell( hades) right now because it is just the Holding place not the final place.
There is a Day God has set aside to judge every evil work and to pass down the exact required payment that must be paid. This is were God will bring justice to each and every crime and sin ever commited.
When a person dies lost there soul will stay in the holding cell called Hell, it's only until Gods final day of Judgement. At this Judgement every evil, every secret, every deed, every thought, every cuss word, is added to each account. The Bible calls this Judgement, the Great White Throne judgement. When the lost appear at this judgement they will receive there bodies but this time there bodies that aremade just to be able to handle the terrible judgement that will be given.
Christians will have a glorified body to face there judgement, but they receive rewards at there judgement not punishment. The lost will have a soul and body to be cast in alive taking every price and tourment received in judgement into the Lake of Fire.
Just think of how hot it could be if a person get's 1 degree of fire per offence. How many cuss words have you said, then add up the dirty thought, the jokes, all the people that have been affected by every bad thing you did to them, what about for every lie told, It makes me tremble to think of the received punishments.
Here is the Judgement Day recorded in Scripture
Revelation 20:11-15
Everything we do is recorded into our minds, your eyes are recording lens God records your whole life from, some who have died explain there whole life flashed before there eyes, your whole life is recorded inside your mind.Man has created great machines some can even trace every phone conversation, great records are stored on a small computer and at the push of a button, entire history of a person can be traced.
Each person as they walk through this life they are recording there own actions for a witness on that day of judgement. If a person denies they did a act that there accused of God will show it to you, he can show the exact second you did it live right before your own eyes and there will be no excuse for you to use, every small thing you have done, on that day it will be shown to all the hosts of heaven and many are going to add on to there punishment that day, because of all the lies they are going to tell him, he will be just because there will not be one thing left in the universe unpunished after this great judgement day.
Jesus said in Matthew 12:36-37;" I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned".
After this great judgement day trial is over, all there will be cast into the Eternal prison known as The Lake of Fire.(Revelation 20:15)
Who is the Judge on that day? It will be none other then Jesus Christ Himself.
John 5:22;" For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:"
Jesus made the way to be saved and because he is the salvation the only way, God commited all judgement to him. He knows all who are his and he knows all who are not his. There will be no mistakes on the Day he judges.
John 10:24-30
24. Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
25. Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
26. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
27. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
30. I and my Father are one.
Being saved is free, all we have to do is ask to be forgiven, no works to be done to get it, it's all paid for and it is Gods free gift. How could God make it anymore simple for us to receive. If anyone searched all the rest of the worlds religions they will have to do this work or that work to go into there so called heaven, but in every other religion there is no assurance, no promises that you will go this way, the truth is you don't, without Jesus you go to the holding cell. That is why Jesus told us nobody can come to heaven except by him.
If I owned a house and I told everybody who wants to enter it they must come thru the front door only or be arrested . Suppose then people said he's not serious and started trying to come through my roof or window, would I be wrong to called the law, no.
Is it my fault they went to jail, NO! Why not? I tried to help let them in, I warned them theres one way in. I made the way to get in invitation, and it wouldn't cost them one thing , but by choosing there own way to get in , they lost it all, but it all came down to there choice on how to get in. This is the same way God has done for all of man kind, he made salvation to be free and every person gets it the same way, asking Jesus.He has told us to come in thru the door and the only door is Jesus, read it.
John 10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Is God just in what he is doing, yes when we see the big picture there is nothing left for him to do, it's up to us to decide to get in, his way or pay our own way, which will you choose.
John 14:6 6. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
What was so special about the Death of Jesus really?
Everyone who has ever been born since Adam and Eve's sin in the garden, they have been born without a choice about it, we don't decide when we were born, nor anything about it, it was made by our parents.All because of that first sin of the parents of Human race we are all born into the sinline and death. We are without the conscience knowledge we have been born a sinner. So all sins a man commits is done in ignorance,or understanding until he meet's up with the knowledge of his own sinfulness, and this is were in the old testament the Laws and the Sacrifices came into play.
In the Scriptures this is revealed in the Statement Romans chapter 7 about the purpose of the Law of Moses we call the 10 Commandments.
Also Paul explains what the real purpose of the law was to be for us,
Romans 7: 7-14;"
7. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
9. For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10. And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
11.For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
12.Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
13. Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
14. For we know that the law is spiritual:
The Scriptures tell us in Romans 5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
I notice at the beginning you have quoted the sacrifices from the old testament these are beautiful pictures that tell about the different character qualities of the work of the Cross, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, it was pictures locked up until the New Testament time's.
God revealed thru these Offerings the hiden qualities that were in Christ Jesus that only he had known from the beginning about His own Son,What is concealed in the Old Testament is Revealed to us now in the New Testament, but I'll try to reveal some of thoses meaning to help you both get Started on the right footing to see the rest of Christ Jesus in them.
The Offerings may be divided up into various ways. First there are four of the Offerings have to do with the Shedding of Blood-The burnt Offering, The Peace Offering, The Sin Offering and The Tresspass Offering, all these were done at the same place.
As you get into the first 7 chapters of Leviticus we can see things from divin standpoint revealed to us in the New Testament Scriptures, it is, God gives that which meant the most to him first
. So I begin with the burt Offering, this is the highest type of the work of the Cross, that we have in the mosaic economy,
This is revealed in the first few verses of Chapter of Leviticus When The Lord called unto Moses to speak to the children of Israel when moses instructed them they would be personally involved in this Offering, this offering was a freewill offering, it also shows more of the Work that the Cross stood for, this is a very rich book when it come to showing the hidden things.
1. And the Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
2. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the Lord, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
3. If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord.
4. And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
5. And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord:
All of this Sacrifice is , the Shadow of the Cross of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. This was his Call when he Came, "If any Man" The next is it has to be a Male without Blemish, Jesus Christ is the Only one who has ever been born of a Virgin, so his blood was Spotless and he was perfect in every way anyone look at him even unto this Day he is without Fault or sin.
We have in John 3:16 God So Loved the World that He Gave. He gave the Sacrifice of his Son as you know. The next thing is to notice the Offerer had to place there hand on Top of the burnt Offering, this is a Picture of the Transfer of the Offerer sin's on to the burnt Sacrifice, to make atonement for his sin's, and the payment for those sins was death.
This was who the Sacrifices were telling about, he was to be that Sweet Savor Sacrifice that would bring all Sacrifices into one Great Sacrifice for all Time. This is Jesus Christ, The Son of God.Ephesians 5:1-2Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
All 4 of the Blood Sacrifices was a Complete hidden Picture and Knowledge about Jesus the Messiah. When He Shed that Pure Blood and God Placed the Sin's of all Time on him and he Carried them into the Grave then to Rise from the Grave and this Defeated the curse from the Garden and made Faith the Way to God and Not Works, all because of us.If you need deeper explaining I will, but there all about Our Lord Jesus.
Peace in Jesus Christ to all
Rev Malone
