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There are two koiné Greek words in the New Testament commonly translated hell. One is haides (hah'-dace). An example of its use is located at Luke 16:19-31. The thing to note about haides is that the rich man's corpse didn't accompany him there. The other Greek word is geena (gheh'-en-nah)...

The question isn't how to get to heaven; the question is how to stay in heaven because according to Ps 15:1-5 nobody can stay there as a sinful being. No; only those may stay whose walk is blameless; those who do what is righteous, those who speak truth from their heart, those who do their...

According to Matt 12:40, Jesus went to the heart of the earth when he died. Well; his grave wasn't in the heart of the earth; it was on the surface of the earth; and in point of fact, his grave wasn't even in the earth's soil, it was above the earth's soil in a rock. At some point during...

- Getting to heaven is hard enough. Here's what I mean. †. Matt 19:16-19 . . Now a man came up to Jesus and asked: Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life? Jesus replied: If you want to enter life, obey the commandments. Which ones? the man inquired. Jesus replied: Do not murder...

The koiné Greek word haides (hah'-dace) is somewhat ambiguous. The rich man of Luke 16:19-31 went to haides; but then according to Acts 2:25-32 Jesus went to haides too. The rich man's haides was fiery and painful (Luke 16:24), while Jesus' haides was quite comfortable (Luke 23:43). The reason...

. Abraham's location isn't such a bad alternative to heaven; I mean: he described it as comfortable (Luke 16:25) and Jesus described it as paradise (Luke 23:43). The koiné Greek word for "paradise" is paradeisos (par-ad'-i-sos) which means: a park, i.e. (specifically) an Eden. Most of the kids...

. †. Acts 9:1-6 . . . Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord's disciples. He went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to The Way, whether men or women, he might take them as...

. Though natural-born minor children cannot enter the kingdom of God without first undergoing the unique supernatural birth about which Jesus spoke at John 3:3-8; that doesn't preclude the possibility of their being taken to the paradise to which Jesus and his fellow prisoner went when they died...

. †. Matt 18:1-5 . . At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? Then Jesus called a little child to him, set him in the midst of them, and said: Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no...

. The wrath of God is interesting. For example: †. Isa 13:9 . . Behold, the day of The Lord comes-- cruel; with both wrath and fierce anger The Hebrew word for "wrath" in that statement is `ebrah (eb-raw') which indicates an outburst of passion. In other words: the wrath of God won't weeping...

. The infant stage of human life is only the beginning; nobody stays that way. No, they grow up and mature into adults. An immutable Biblical axiom is that human babies don't grow up to become sinless, no, they grow up to be full-fledged sinners, just like their parents; so that everything the...

. Many of the Lord's parables are so realistic, and depict such a variety of human experiences, that I used to wonder how a young man who never went to school, and lived in the same small town all his life prior to going on the road as an itinerant preacher, could have such a volume of realistic...

It would be much better for everyone if the Jewish community didn't want the world to forget what Yhvh is capable of doing to the Jews as per Lev 26:1438, Deut 27:15-26, and Deut 28:15-69. It's frequently asked that if true that the Jews, as a people, brought the Holocaust upon themselves in...

. †. Prv 1:24-33 . . I called you so often, but you didn't come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention. You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered. So I will laugh when you are in trouble! I will mock you when disaster overtakes you-- when calamity overcomes you like a...

That may not be a comforting thought for people on the road to hell; but for those of us who have bought into the cross for safety from the wrath of God, it's the best news ever. †. John 3:14-15 . . And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up...

. FAQ: Is the world supposed to believe it was the Jews' own fault that they were rounded up like cattle, stripped of their dignity, their property, their wealth, and their possessions, enslaved, starved, deprived of basic human necessities, tortured, subjected to Frankensteinian medical...

. The word "holocaust" is derived from a combination of Greek words indicating, some say, a ritual animal sacrifice. That's an appropriate meaning seeing as how a number of Jews sincerely believe that the deaths of six million of their fellows via German atrocities during the second world war...

I fully agree; because if God would lower the boom on "My people" then it's to be expected that He would lower the boom on Christ's people too. †. Rom 11:20-22 . . Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear; for if God did...

. Were I a Jew, I would not want the world to remind me of the way my people were treated in the middle of last century because it's such a national embarrassment. It's a matter of historical record that Nazi death camps were populated not only with Jews; but also with Poles, Romani, Soviet...

. Note the grammatical tense of the "have" verb in the statements below. It's in the present tense rather than future; indicating that believers have eternal life right now-- no delay and no waiting period. †. John 3:36 . .He who believes in the Son has eternal life. †. John 5:24 . .I assure...