Questions about the soul

[Reptoid]

Do you believe the physical description given of hell in the Bible, of it being a place of fire and brimstone, is merely some kind of metaphor that reflects on the suffering the forsaken soul experiences? Does the soul actually suffer from physical pain and discomfort? Does it have pain receptors? When I imagine hell I always envision a frigid place of total darkness, a place where the soul exists in perfect isolation for all time. A place where no communication takes place. I guess unconsciously this sounds more scary to me than roasting in a place that otherwise is filled with spirits to chat with for an eternity. Please discuss anything you wish to relate regarding the soul (doesn't have to be about hell necessarily even though that subject interests me.)

 

[Rafael]

The soul is the mind and the self-aware part of man that displays the human will and negotiates between the spirit and the flesh (body) among all other things. God made man a living soul, breathing life into Adam, as given account in Genesis. The battle in this life is between the spirit and the flesh for the soul of man, and this flesh that men inhabit as bodies is infected with sin and death because of mankinds fall through Adam when he was deceived by the devil in the garden of Eden. Death now comes to all men because of that one choice, and all inherit the sin nature and death from Adam. However, God took opportunity to dislay His love for man by making another choice available by also becoming a man, Jesus, the manfestation of God in flesh, and bringing once again the opportunity to regain eternal life for mankind as family to God. Jesus took the penalty of death upon Himself for all by takng mankinds place of judgment at the cross.
All people are given bodies by God, and those who choose to accept and follow after God's gift and Spirit receive new eternal bodies that Jesus referred to as "mansions" - compared to the temporary bodies the souls of men would inhabit in this dimension of life that are "tents" or tabenacles. A man can also receive a spirit, becoming "born again" of God, spiritually; becoming able to once again commune with God.
What bodies the unredeemed will have other than those like they had before resurrection is not really revealed in scripture that I know of, although the Bible does say that the dead will rise from the grave and that God has the power to retreive that which is vaporized or scattered in the ocean. So the resurrected body of the unredeemed will probably have the same abilities to know pain and pleasure as it did before.
Hell and eternal torture are subjects in doctrine not clear in my mind as of yet, but I continue to study. I just know I do not want or plan to have any part in the lake of fire that is reserved to consume the old earth, hell, death, satan, and his angels.

 

[xtreN]

Do you believe the physical description given of hell in the Bible, of it being a place of fire and brimstone, is merely some kind of metaphor that reflects on the suffering the forsaken soul experiences? Does the soul actually suffer from physical pain and discomfort? Does it have pain receptors? When I imagine hell I always envision a frigid place of total darkness, a place where the soul exists in perfect isolation for all time. A place where no communication takes place. I guess unconsciously this sounds more scary to me than roasting in a place that otherwise is filled with spirits to chat with for an eternity. Please discuss anything you wish to relate regarding the soul (doesn't have to be about hell necessarily even though that subject interests me.)

Hello Reptoid,

Thank you for your question.

Yes Hell indeed is a real place where the fires never cease. It's there only for the disobedient, those who never want to come into the light.

God put two options in our grasp:

Number One to Choose Eternal Life through His Son

Or

Number two to Remain in Darkness and Reap all the negativity that goes with it.

I choose number one.

Again thank you

& Have a great week

xtreN

 

[MikeMcK]

Do you believe the physical description given of hell in the Bible, of it being a place of fire and brimstone, is merely some kind of metaphor that reflects on the suffering the forsaken soul experiences?

Jesus taught that Hell is both literal and eternal and, since Jesus is the one who created Hell in the first place, I'm going to take His word for it.

Does the soul actually suffer from physical pain and discomfort? Does it have pain receptors? When I imagine hell I always envision a frigid place of total darkness, a place where the soul exists in perfect isolation for all time. A place where no communication takes place. I guess unconsciously this sounds more scary to me than roasting in a place that otherwise is filled with spirits to chat with for an eternity. Please discuss anything you wish to relate regarding the soul (doesn't have to be about hell necessarily even though that subject interests me.)

I don't know. I really don't know what the soul feels or not.

However, it's the body you should be worried about. The Bible says that the dead will be resurrected bodily, the righteous to eternal life, the unrighteous to Hell.

This is why Jesus said that "it's better to enter Hell with one hand/one eye..."

 

[Reptoid]

Raphael wrote:

A man can also receive a spirit, becoming "born again" of God, spiritually; becoming able to once again commune with God.

I'm wondering if you can elaborate further on this concept. The way I interpret what you are saying is that we have multiple souls or spirits within us. When you say that someone who is "born again" receives a spirit, is this a spirt that inhabits their body separate of their soul, or is this spirit actually some quality that is infused in the already existing soul? My understanding of Christianity is rudimentary, so I know some of these questions might sound strange.

Xtren wrote:

God put two options in our grasp:

Number One to Choose Eternal Life through His Son

Or

Number two to Remain in Darkness and Reap all the negativity that goes with it.

I choose number one.

The problem I have is that deep down I do want to believe that there is a place in the universe better than that which I currently inhabit, but I have a difficult time believing. For instance, I've had people tell me that I should just believe because I have nothing to lose by doing so. But I can't just choose to believe. In some ways, if I do find myself facing hell, I'm going to be angry that God made it so hard for me to believe by staying so concealed.

MikeMcK wrote:

However, it's the body you should be worried about. The Bible says that the dead will be resurrected bodily, the righteous to eternal life, the unrighteous to Hell.

This physical body I inhabit right now will be the one thrown into hell? What happens to the soul in the time between death and resurrection of the physical body, does it still go to hell? Do souls bound for Heaven only go to Heaven after judgement day?

 

[sandman]

This parallels somewhat with Rafaels post on soul


The idiom “immortality of the soul” is a subjective term whose definition can vary with, and within those individuals of either a philosophical or religious stance. Seeing as the term carries more religious connotations it would seem prudent to seek the definition from where it derived.
According to most religious beliefs the soul is immortal and lives on after death to await the judgment of God; this in religious terms is called somatic death.
The definition from the Bible gives a very different explanation, thus making the soul mortal not immortal. If you follow the scriptures and the Hebrew words used to define soul, its conclusion according to the Bible will show that there is no immortality to the soul, but rather our immortality lies within spirit. I Peter 1:23 “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”

Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. {Nepesh chai}

Soul is what gives the body life, our breath life.
The natural man the {five senses man} is comprised of body and soul.
Both man, as well as animals, have soul life.

Genesis 1

:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing
that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

The words life are the words nepesh = soul

:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good

:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Genesis 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

the word creature is the word nepesh = soul

The word living is the word chai meaning moving soul or moving life. Nepesh chai is always used as living life or living soul.

Where is the soul?

As Leviticus 17:11 states “the life of the flesh is in the blood”...

The word lifein Leviticus 17:11 is the same word for soul {nepesh}



There is no immortality, or transmigration of the soul. Soul simply means alive people; that which gives life to the body. When one dies…….. ceases to exist………. takes his last breath……….. the soul itself being breath life, also ceases. Neither does soul give reference to a believer, as Acts states.

Acts 27:37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.

With the exception of Paul and Luke, the rest of the people on board this ship were unbelievers; so soul cannot be making reference to one who is a Christian


In conclusion immortality of the soul does not exist according to biblical terminology it only exists only as an idiom within Philosophy and an false belief with some in Christendom.

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H e double hockey sticks………….

“The word hell. …………Somehow we have adapted the meaning, which the Greeks have put upon this word and we have been synonymous in our definition with sheol, hades, gehenna, katakaio, and tartaros as that of eternal torment. They are not the same, and as much as people have told me quite often to go visit that place, …. the word sheol/hades is more accurately defined as a state rather then a place. Gravedom is a word coined I believe by E W Bullinger, and is a great word for hell; it is the state or the reign (dom = reign) of being in the grave, I am not talking about the grave itself. (qeber)
Disregarding the meaning that is placed on the word hell today, the Bibles definition is; “the state of being when one dies,” it’s a continuing state until the resurrection.”


Sheol {Hebrew} and Hades {Greek} are basically the two words we will be looking at, both meaning grave or gravedom. Sheol is translated grave 31 times, hell 31 times, and pit 3 times. Hades is translated hell 10, times and grave 1 time. The standard for truth in defining words has got to come from the Word itself, not from the meaning (s) attached to it, which is where the confusion comes in.
In Greek mythology Hades was the god of the underworld and his name came to represent this fictitious place that we understand as Hell. The Septuagint was a second century B.C. Greek translation of the Old Testament and in it the word Hades was chosen as the counterpart to the Hebrew Sheol.
As is done with Sheol, many English versions of the Bible erroneously translate the Greek word Hades as hell rather than grave. As E. W. Bullinger states “The Old Testament is the fountain-head of the Hebrew language. It has no literature behind it. But the case is entirely different with the Greek language. The Hebrew word Sheol is divine in its origin and usage. The Greek Hades is human in its nature and come down laden with centuries of development, in which it has acquired new senses, meaning and usages.”
The English word hell has taken on the mythological Greek meaning associated with the pagan idea of an underworld where the dead continue to live on in torment.
The Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible {1962 vol. 1 p788} states “Nowhere in the Old Testament is the abode of the dead regarded as a place of punishment or torment. The concept of an infernal “hell” developed in Israel only during the Hellenistic period.
In following up with Bullinger’s statement lets look at the scriptures that prove his point.

Acts 2:27-31

27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell (hades), neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One {Christ} to see corruption.
28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of thepatriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, thatof the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell (hades), neither his flesh did see corruption.

Psalms 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell (sheol); neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
As biblical students we must use the Words interpretation of itself to define words within the Word. Clearly there is no justification to the eternal torment, which has been propounded throughout Christendom today. Whether we translate it or transliterate it, we have to give it the meaning that God purposed; everything else outside the Word of God must be discarded.
God has chosen to use words in the Word to communicate to us, it is not up to us, or literature to define those words, the only meaning we should attach to words {in the written word of God} is that which God allows; that in part is what II Timothy 2:15 speaks of. “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
Sheol exists only as a concept, it is a figurative, not an actual place. Bodies buried in a quber (a literal grave) will decay and eventually disappear. The dead exist only in the mind of God who remembers every person who has died. He will send His Son the firstborn from the dead (Colossians 1:18; Revelation 1:5) to raise the rest of the dead from this “place” (John 5:28 &29)
So going back to my statement …..the Bibles definition of sheol/hades is; “the state of being when one dies,” it’s a continuing state until the resurrection.”
This leaves us with the other words gehenna, katakaio, and tartaros translated hell, along with other questions like: what happens to the soul, what is the soul, where does the spirit go, and do people go to heaven directly after death which may be obvious from the definition of the word sheol, but it is an area to examine due to the popular beliefs.

 

[MikeMcK]

This physical body I inhabit right now will be the one thrown into hell? What happens to the soul in the time between death and resurrection of the physical body, does it still go to hell? Do souls bound for Heaven only go to Heaven after judgement day?

The soul isn't so much the issue as the spirit.

When we die, our spirit will stand before God, while our bodies stay in the grave. We will be judged guilty or innocent before Him and be sent to Heaven or Hell.

One day, the Bible tells us, God will resurrect both the just and the unjust bodily and those bodies will join once again with he spirit in Heaven or Hell.

There is a poster who has told you that Hell is not an eternal Hell. This is both untrue and Uniblical.

The Bible tells us over and over that Hell is eternal.

Jesus tells us in several verses that Hell is eternal:

Mt 18:8 Mt 25:41 Mt 25:46 He tells us in more verses that we have eternal life.

The problem for those who claim that Jesus didn't really mean what He said is that the same word used to describe the eternality of Hell is used to describe the eternality of Heaven.

So, if they're going to say that Hell is not eternal, then they must also say that Heaven isn't eternal, either.

To make matters worse, the same word that is used to describe the eternality of Hell is used to describe the eternality of God, so they must also say that God is not eternal.

Eternal is eternal.

 

[Bondman]

Raphael wrote:


I'm wondering if you can elaborate further on this concept. The way I interpret what you are saying is that we have multiple souls or spirits within us. When you say that someone who is "born again" receives a spirit, is this a spirt that inhabits their body separate of their soul, or is this spirit actually some quality that is infused in the already existing soul? My understanding of Christianity is rudimentary, so I know some of these questions might sound strange.

Xtren wrote:


The problem I have is that deep down I do want to believe that there is a place in the universe better than that which I currently inhabit, but I have a difficult time believing. For instance, I've had people tell me that I should just believe because I have nothing to lose by doing so. But I can't just choose to believe. In some ways, if I do find myself facing hell, I'm going to be angry that God made it so hard for me to believe by staying so concealed.

MikeMcK wrote:


This physical body I inhabit right now will be the one thrown into hell? What happens to the soul in the time between death and resurrection of the physical body, does it still go to hell? Do souls bound for Heaven only go to Heaven after judgement day?

Good questions, Rep.


A. We all have a spirit. Our mind, our soul, our spirit - not a lot of differentiation as I see it in the New Testament. It's the 'real you' if you like - as opposed to and different from the purely physical.

When we accept Jesus as Saviour then all of our sin and rebellion against God (we ALL rebel) is totally forgiven, forever. We also receive Him as Lord of our life.

At that moment we are spoken of by Jesus a being 'born again', born a second time. The Spirit of God brings this about and takes up residence in our lives. He is spirit, remember, so we don't have to ask things like 'where' or 'how' He does this. He just does. He's in me now and helps me to have an absolutely amazing life (because I've been at this for 50 years now).




B. You don't have to believe just to believe. But you cannot 'prove' God and the things of God. We're talking the spirit realm here, not the physical realm, and the two do work differently. However there's a PILE of evidence for you.And I can explain the whole deal to you completely with beautiful LOGIC if that's what you'd like (just ask, anytime). (Just no 'scientific test-tube proof' - because it's NOT the physical realm we're talking about.)

Everyone lives in that realm of course. But Christians also live in the spiritual realm. If you're not a Christian you know nothing of this realm. The ONLY entrance to it is through accepting Jesus. But the two realms (the physical/natural world or realm and the spiritual world) are one for us. We can talk about them separately, but we experience them as one realm.




C. God is not concealed! No way!! But please take careful note that you DO have to be serious about seeking Him, okay! Or it just won't happen. That's exactly how He intends it, and why you're querying things, which is good. If you want to find God, then you can. It's up to you. (And we will help.)

Alright, God clearly showed us Who He is in the Person of Jesus, the only and unique Son of God, Who came from heaven where He'd been for always WITH God His Father, was born as a baby, grew, preached, was crucified on the cross for our sins so they could ALL be forgiven, died, rose again the third day, and some weeks later ascended back into heaven where He's with His Father.

He said: "If you've seen Me, then you've seen the Father" (God). So if you read about Jesus in the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John in the New Testament they you're seeing God.

So how can we be saved from hell's punishment? (total separation from God and all GOOD, with nothing but BAD and bad people left... now THAT'S horrific!!!) - the only answer is through Jesus, by ACCEPTING Him as I've said above. Please read a fuller account of this that I wrote in a thread HERE. It chould help you considerably.

Very best wishes, Rep!


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[Merlin]

I haven't given hell much thought.
I'll never go there, so why dwell on it?

 

[PhilosopherD]

Do you believe the physical description given of hell in the Bible, of it being a place of fire and brimstone, is merely some kind of metaphor that reflects on the suffering the forsaken soul experiences? Does the soul actually suffer from physical pain and discomfort? Does it have pain receptors? When I imagine hell I always envision a frigid place of total darkness, a place where the soul exists in perfect isolation for all time. A place where no communication takes place. I guess unconsciously this sounds more scary to me than roasting in a place that otherwise is filled with spirits to chat with for an eternity. Please discuss anything you wish to relate regarding the soul (doesn't have to be about hell necessarily even though that subject interests me.)

I personally think that Hell (Gehenna) is more of a severe metaphor alluding to complete destruction.

 

[Bondman]

I haven't given hell much thought.
I'll never go there, so why dwell on it?

Yes indeed, Merlin!

For those of us who are true CHRISTIANS, and have assurance that we are from the Holy Spirit:

NO HELL FOR US, EVER!!! ​

So we don't have to give it a single thought!

Thankyou, Jesus!

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[hlaltimus]

Do you believe the physical description given of hell in the Bible, of it being a place of fire and brimstone, is merely some kind of metaphor that reflects on the suffering the forsaken soul experiences? Does the soul actually suffer from physical pain and discomfort? Does it have pain receptors? When I imagine hell I always envision a frigid place of total darkness, a place where the soul exists in perfect isolation for all time. A place where no communication takes place. I guess unconsciously this sounds more scary to me than roasting in a place that otherwise is filled with spirits to chat with for an eternity. Please discuss anything you wish to relate regarding the soul (doesn't have to be about hell necessarily even though that subject interests me.)

I was once involved in the occult and as a result of that unwise experience I learned something about just what the soulish pain of hell is. The pain that is inflicted upon the soul in hell is not exactly like the pain which is inflicted upon the physical body...It is much worse. Words cannot describe the horrors of hell. It is impossible for anyone who has ever felt those terrors to properly communicate their past feelings to others and this is in itself a sort of mercy. Jesus did use, though, the terms "weeping and gnashing of teeth" which seems to teach that the pain which the damned "feel" is both emotional and physical, even they don't have physical bodies in hell prior to the general resurrection. This seeming contradiction is explained for by the fact that the damned habitate hell in both their souls and their spirits. The soul, in hell, is what will feel the torment of emotional pain that I have just tried to describe, but their unredeemed, fallen human spirits will then become spiritual bodies which bodies will feel a physical-like pain there as well. This I never experienced. The rich man in Hell mentioned in Luke chapter 16 said that he had a "tongue"!! How could he have a tongue since it was said that he was buried upon his death? Obviously he had a body, but since it couldn't have been his physical body it had to be some sort of spiritual body and this is what truly does "feel" the fire and the gnawing of the "worm that dies not". It is all there...Do everything possible to escape this terrible and lasting fate.

 

[Bondman]

I was once involved in the occult and as a result of that unwise experience I learned something about just what the soulish pain of hell is. The pain that is inflicted upon the soul in hell is not exactly like the pain which is inflicted upon the physical body...It is much worse. Words cannot describe the horrors of hell. It is impossible for anyone who has ever felt those terrors to properly communicate their past feelings to others and this is in itself a sort of mercy. Jesus did use, though, the terms "weeping and gnashing of teeth" which seems to teach that the pain which the damned "feel" is both emotional and physical, even they don't have physical bodies in hell prior to the general resurrection. This seeming contradiction is explained for by the fact that the damned habitate hell in both their souls and their spirits. The soul, in hell, is what will feel the torment of emotional pain that I have just tried to describe, but their unredeemed, fallen human spirits will then become spiritual bodies which bodies will feel a physical-like pain there as well. This I never experienced. The rich man in Hell mentioned in Luke chapter 16 said that he had a "tongue"!! How could he have a tongue since it was said that he was buried upon his death? Obviously he had a body, but since it couldn't have been his physical body it had to be some sort of spiritual body and this is what truly does "feel" the fire and the gnawing of the "worm that dies not". It is all there...Do everything possible to escape this terrible and lasting fate.

I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH "Do everything possible to escape this terrible and lasting fate."


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[Tavita]

Hi Reptoid,

I believe Rafael and Sandman have a better grip on these issues than most. Sandmans post about the soul has given me food for thought. We are never too old to learn something new from God's word.

For nearly thirty years I believed hell was a literal place of fire and torment, pain and agony. A place of punishment. At the same time I wondered why God would throw people into this place before the Great White Throne judgement had taken place????


(Rev 20:11 NASB) Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.

(Rev 20:12 NASB) And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.

(Rev 20:13 NASB) And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds.

Hades definition

n.1. Greek Mythology a. The god of the netherworld and dispenser of earthly riches.
b. This netherworld kingdom, the abode of the shades of the dead.

2. also hades Hell.

Hades also means: Invisible. The invisible realm of the dead.

As you can see in hell there is no fire and brimstone, no pain or torture. It's simply being in death. A type of sleep, until the judgement.

After looking into this subject for the last two years I can see that my former beliefs were something I picked up from others rather than what God's word actually says.

I do believe that when a christian dies they will be in the presence of Jesus. We are told we are NOW seated with Christ in heavenly places, and when we die it is simply our body that dies, spiritually we are already in His presence.


(Eph 2:6 NASB) and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

 

[sk8Joyful]

I haven't given hell much thought.
I'll never go there, so why dwell on it?

U are soo Funny, Merlin
You crack me UP , everytime I read this.

*True* as it is

A CHRIST Blessed EASTER *enjoy*, our dear Friend Annie

 

[Stinker]

Do you believe the physical description given of hell in the Bible, of it being a place of fire and brimstone, is merely some kind of metaphor that reflects on the suffering the forsaken soul experiences? Does the soul actually suffer from physical pain and discomfort? Does it have pain receptors? When I imagine hell I always envision a frigid place of total darkness, a place where the soul exists in perfect isolation for all time. A place where no communication takes place. I guess unconsciously this sounds more scary to me than roasting in a place that otherwise is filled with spirits to chat with for an eternity. Please discuss anything you wish to relate regarding the soul (doesn't have to be about hell necessarily even though that subject interests me.)

You ask if hell (Gehenna) is physical and the answer to that has to be yes. It has to be answered as (yes) because the later writings of the New Testament (60 A.D-90 A.D.) say that there must be a physically (changed to immortal) body that has either been resurrected or a body that was alive and just changed to be immortal, in which people will be judged in at the Great White Throne judgment. Those whose names not found in the Book of Life are to be cast into a literal place that lasts forever.

Before the Great White Throne judgment, many believe the New Testament teaches that believers are just 'asleep' while the spirit of the non-believer is transferred to a place of torment. (1Thess.4:13-14) (Lk.16:19-31).


I think it an inconsistency to maintain that the non-believer's 'spirit' is left in a conscience state to receive pre-Great White Throne Judgment punishment, while the believer's spirit is 'put to sleep' to await the Great White Throne Judgment.

 

[Dr. Holly]

Great questions, and great thread. This is obviously a topic where people debate quite a bit. Our own imaginations tend to lead us in to thinking a certain way about what and where Hell really is. Instead of typing out all of the Scriptures that immediately come to my mind about Hell, I will include this link. In my heart, I truly believe that Hell is a physical place where one experiences both physical pain & emotional "pain" due to eternal separation from God. Here is an excerpt I've copied & the link to the actual source. I highly recommend reading the whole page.

• Hell is a place of physical agony, mental suffering, loneliness and emotional sorrow. Yeshua described it as a place where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.(Jude 6; Matt 8:12; Matt 13:42, 50; Matt 25:30).
  
  
• Hell is a place of insecurity and fear. The Bible describes it as a bottomless pit, an abyss. (Revelation 20:1).
  
  
• Hell is a place of instability. It is described as a lake of fire. Hell is a place where every moment is lived in uncertainty (Matthew 5:21-23; Revelation 20:15).
  
  
• Hell is a pit of darkness; totally devoid of light. It is pitch black in hell; there's nothing to distract people from their suffering, sorrow, fears, insecurities, and instability. (2 Peter 3-5).
  
  
• Hell is a place of dissatisfaction. Yeshua described it as a fire; a fiery furnace. It may be a literal fire that creates a physical sensation of burning or just an overwhelming yearning for God, for love, for joy, for peace, for life that will never be. (Matthew 5:22; Matt 13:42 and 50; Matt 18:8-9; Matt 25:41; Mark 9:43, 47-48) .
  
  
• Hell is a place of eternal separation from God. Each person who goes to hell will be separated forever from the source of life, the heart of love, the very One for Whom they were created. Hell is a place where your soul will be destroyed (Matthew 7:23 and 10:27-29).

According to Scripture, Hell is eternal. Hell will be thrown into the Lake of Fire at the end judgment, along with its inhabitants. It is important to understand that Hell exists and is present at this very moment. The Bible even says that Hell enlarges itself daily. It is a sort of "holding chamber" (II Peter 2:4,9) for those who have died without accepting Yeshua (This is not the same as the purgatory heresy). Until the final judgment in the Lake of Fire is consummated, those who fail to accept Christ and die unsaved, must be held in the torture of Hell until the final judgment of the end, at which point Hell will give up the dead it has held prisoner, to be judged and thrown into the Lake of Fire (Rev 20:13). It is also at this time that Hell is thrown into the Lake of Fire. Please note that Hell is not necessarily destroyed, but being within the Lake of Fire, it will not be as it was before. It will be much worse, as the Lake of Fire consumes all, yet destroys or kills none. But if Hell is destined to be taken from its current place and thrown into the Lake of Fire in the end, then where is Hell, right now? Does the Bible tell us where the location of Hell is now? Indeed it does. (See source page below for rest)

What & Where Is Hell?