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The problem of hell derives from four key propositions: Hell exists; it is for the punishment of people whose lives on Earth are judged to have been sinful; some people go there; and there is no escape.
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- Hell is a place to be united with unbelievers. There is widespread belief among non-Christians that hell is a place where they will be united with their unbelieving friends and drink beer all the time in an endless party.
- Hell is a place where Satan and his demons reign. Another false belief is that hell is the place where Satan and his demons exercise their authority to rule and reign.
- Satan and his demons will torment human beings in hell. Directly related to the previous myth, there is the notion among many that in hell Satan and his demons torment human beings who also are there.
- There are people in hell who want to reconcile with God. Yet another misconception is that there are people in hell crying out for mercy who want to reconcile with God.
- Does The Bible Mention Hell?
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- What Does The Bible Say About Hell?
- Why Is It Important That Christians Understand Hell?
The short answer is “yes, but perhaps not the way you think.” The Bible talks many times about hell and the fact that we are all sinners (Romans 3:23), and that there will be a Judgment Day where God will judge all humans who have not repented. For example, Matthew 12:36says that every person will have to give an account of themselves on Judgment D...
Sheol is the term used in the Old Testament to describe where all people go after death. The Old Testament describes it as a place deep in the ground, and sometimes it is translated as “the grave” or “the pit.” Sometimes it is used to describe where people punished by God go, such as in Ezekiel 32 where it’s prophesied God will punish the Egyptians...
Something needs to be made clear before we move into this: the Bible does not give us full details of every single thing we’d like to know. For example, we aren’t told how many total children Adam and Eve had. This is also true of how the Bible talks about Hell. We get many references to it, but we don’t get a whole book of the Bible about someone ...
Scholars like James Spiegel have noted that hell is a “secondary doctrine,” meaning it’s not as important as the primary doctrines like the Trinity or Jesus’ human and divine natures. For some, that may raise the question of why should we care about hell. There are various reasons why we should care about hell, the simplest ones are as follows: It’...
Belief in hell by country (2017–2020) In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as punishment after death.
Apr 21, 2018 · The recent dispute over whether Pope Francis denied the existence of hell in an interview attracted wide attention. This isn't surprising, since the belief in an afterlife, where the virtuous...
Christian Universalism teaches that an eternal Hell does not exist and is a later creation of the church with no biblical support.
Apr 18, 2019 · The theology behind it is that even the realm of the dead (hell) and death itself have been transformed by God. It begs the question - does hell continue to exist? Many Christians today would say...
