Aunty Jane
Well-Known Member
Sorry this is so long, but I believe that there was a lot to address....
So lets go there and examine what Jesus said about this terrible place described in horrible terms that you think "they" spoke about....
I am assuming you mean "Gehenna"....so what is it? Where is it? and is anyone alive in that place?
What else does the Bible say about "fire" and its symbolism? How much of what it says is literal?
How can examining the scriptures be a waste of time. These were the very scriptures that Jesus himself and the apostles quoted from.I am not sure if you are going to be able to grasp this.
I have already explained the fact that Heaven and Hell as destinations are not part of the Jewish religion. So wanting to prove your belief in the Old Testament is a waste of time.
I wasn't asking you to help me, I was asking you to understand that you have put all your beliefs into a box that is way too small to contain them unless you take all of scripture into account. You cannot ignore a major part of God's word and then treat it as if it is irrelevant.....who said it was irrelevant? Not Jesus...not the apostles...do you know better than they do?So if you wanting to harp on things that are irrelevant, I cannot help you.
I have already given you enough information to prove that the people...LOL...one of them being a God, believed in an eternal place of punishment and they described it with the most horrible terms that they knew....fire. It is all through the New Testament.
So lets go there and examine what Jesus said about this terrible place described in horrible terms that you think "they" spoke about....
I am assuming you mean "Gehenna"....so what is it? Where is it? and is anyone alive in that place?
What else does the Bible say about "fire" and its symbolism? How much of what it says is literal?
Its not a case of grasping anything....but it is about understanding what the Bible says....plain and simple.The New Testament was mostly written in Koine Greek with some Aramaic mixed in.
And a lot this I have already explained to you and if you cannot grasp it...that is it.
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