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The lake of fire and brimstone is symbolic (as is virtually all of the book of Revelation - "A Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to Him to declare to His servants things which must shortly come to pass. And He signified it by sending His angel to His servant John", Rev 1:1). Brimstone...

That is a parable, and should not be taken as a literal description of hell. Jesus always spoke to the crowd in parables - "Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable" (Mat 13:34). Note in the parable of Lazarus and the rich man...

Ah, sorry. As usual I get confused by lord, Lord and LORD! When you're reading it and you know the rules, it's not too bad, but if someone is reading it or audibly quoting it (and you are unable to follow in your own Bible), then it gets quite confusing as to who it's referring to!

I've just come across this verse, which reminded me of my above comment. I think it supports what I wrote: Hebrews 3:14, "For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end".

I don't want to spoil it for you, but eSword Bible software says that Strong's Concordance for God's name says there are 6,521 occurences (although the Online Bible says there are 6,519). A search in the WEB translation finds 6,840 occurrences of Yahweh (in 5,795 verses) and 47 of Yah...

Another example of an error in the KJV translation is Philippians 2:6, which says of Jesus, "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God". However, that gives the exact opposite meaning of what the Greek manuscipts say, which is, "who, existing in the form of...

Yes, I agree, the Trinity is not supported by the Bible. However, some translations do translate Deu 6:4 slghtly differently, giving it a slightly different meaning, e.g. (International Standard Version) "Listen, Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone." The ASV has a footnote giving...

I know what you mean. When I first decided to read the Bible (KJV) from cover to cover, I got stuck at "And Jacob sod pottage" (Genesis 25:29). I didn't have a clue what that meant, and looking up the words in an English dictionary didn't help. So at that point I decided to buy a modern...

Hi Wrangler. Following on from my previous post, note that in Mark 12:29, that you quote in your signature message, that Jesus was quoting Deuteronomy 6:4 which says, "Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one" (WEB), but the Greek manuscripts were altered to use kurios (translated as Lord...

Note that in that verse it is also Gehenna, not hades.

Ok, I'll try one more time. ;) No, I say sheol in the Old Testament is sometimes translated as hell (and sometimes as "the pit" or "the grave"), and hades (the equivalent of sheol) in the New Testament is also translated as hell. (Peter in Acts 2:27 quotes "you will not leave my soul in Hades...

Indeed. However, we have to deal with translations into English of God's word, and the majority, if not all, of those translations have errors or 'corrections' in them. For example, Jesus said in prayer to God, near the end of his ministry on the night of the Last Supper, “I have made your...

I have more than one Bible translation. BTW, it's Gehenna, not Gehanna. I was quoting the World English Bible. Examples of other translations that say Gehenna are the Tree Of Life (translation by Messianic Jews), literal translations such as the Literal Standard Version and Young's Literal...

The passage says (Mat 5:27-29): “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’ but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away...

Note it wasn't the key that was given to Peter, but "keys". In fact there were two keys for two doors. The first key, on the day of Pentecost, to open the door to the Kingdom of Heaven for all Jews; three and one-half years later he used the other key and threw open the door to the Gentiles...

Hell (sheol in Hebrew, hades in Greek) is where everyone goes when they die. It is the grave, or the state of death. Jesus compared it to a deep sleep (John 11:11-14): ... and after that, he said to them, “Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of...

Christ's church was not founded on Peter. The passage (Matthew 16:13-18) says: 13) Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” 14) They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others...

Correct. You don't seem to have understood Jesus' explanation for why you need to be born again. He said, "Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God". He did not say "unless you are born again you will not have eternal life". No it's not! No Christian, nor any...

I'm not sure what the Mormons believe, but the Jehovah's Witnesses probably believe something similar (because they are very keen on Bible study!). However, I am not, nor have I ever been a Jehovah's Witness. I have already elaborated! John 3:36 says, "He that believeth on the Son hath...

I did not state that Christians don't need to be born again, so I don't need to reconsider it. I had stated that that we don't need to be born again in order to escape death, i.e. we don't need to be born again to be resurrected. You had implied that only Christians can have eternal life and...