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#57 SUMMARY OF ETERNAL PUNISHMENT
Within Christianity, there are several scenarios or perspectives from where "after-life punishment" must be considered.
- First, from the Old Testament perspective.
- Second, from the New Testament to 70AD perspective, and
- Third, after 70 AD and the destruction of Jerusalem
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In order to grasp the third scenario (which applies to us in our day), the first and second must be understood. Let's look at each of them respectively.- Second, from the New Testament to 70AD perspective, and
- Third, after 70 AD and the destruction of Jerusalem
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The First Scenario of Afterlife-Punishment
- From everything the Old Testament seems to suggest, the afterlife destination for every departed soul was sheol, known as "the covered place."
- Sheol (which was later translated hell by the King James translators) consisted of a dark holding cell (so to speak) which was also known as a prison and a place likened unto a beautiful place of rest, called paradise.
- While the two different names tend to describe very different environments, we must note that they were both part, or under the roof, of the covered place. In other words, sheol (the covered place) had two compartments - prison and paradise - but both places were separated from the presence of God.
- Based on the parabolic teachings of Jesus there was an impassable chasm or gulf between prison and paradise (also called Abraham's bosom) which was separated them from each other.
- It is of note that all Old Testament Characters - from Cain to Abraham, and from Moses to Isaiah - went to Sheol when they died. Some (the faithless) went to prison and others (the faithful went to paradise) But all remained separated from God until Christ's Antoine work.
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