Level- pit indicates deeper - must be hotter ?
Division- great gulf - some great body of water ?
Separation- Comfort/Torments - hell is bad no matter what, unless you think its the grave, RIP
In Brief:
Grave- caves, earth 6ft, seas; burial place of of dead bodies.
Gen 25:
[
9] And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him (Abraham)
in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
Deepest part of Hell: pit/ Fire, Flame, Rising Smoke.
Isaiah 14:
[
15] Yet thou shalt be brought
down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Rev 9:
[2] And he opened the bottomless
pit; and there arose a smoke out of the
pit, as the smoke of a great furnace;
• Description OF Hell (via Jesus, while Jesus was present ON Earth)
• WHO was IN Hell. (Saved & Unsaved Souls of men whose Bodies had died and were buried)
Luke 16
[
22] And it came to pass, that
the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the
rich man also died, and was buried;
[
23] And
in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and
seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
[
24] And he cried and
said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and
cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
[
25] But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in
thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now
he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
[
26] And beside all this,
between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
•(Division, between Saved and unsaved Souls in Hell.
• body's Dead (thy lifetime) buried.
• Living souls, out of Body's Occupying Hell.
• Saved souls in comfort
• unsaved souls in discomfort/ Torments.
• all Living souls IN Hell-
...see, smell, feel, speak, hear <-- senses
^ ^ reveals: mystery (a soul is a man's senses)
Get 2:
[
7] And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground,
^ (Man- form/Body
created from Dust OF Earth)
and
^ breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man
became a living soul.
Body - Created
Soul into a Body - Body
MADE Living, via Senses (soul)
CREATED and MADE ...
Gen 5:
[1] This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God
created man, in the likeness of God
made he him;
^ Reveals, it is the SOUL, that IS the Likeness of God.
• Gen 1:31 Reveals all God CREATED and MADE He called VERY GOOD.
^ Reveals Gods importance emphasis on Saving of the SOUL.
• Scripture reveals man's Body & soul have become Corrupt.
• 23 Psalm reveals God Saving a Soul, IS God Restoring the Soul (Back TO VERY GOOD).
• Jesus is Before/ first in all things.
...Col. 1:17
• Jesus' soul (for 3 days) went to hell as His Body lay in a cave (grave). Jesus Preached.
...Matt 12:40
...1 Pet 3:19
• Jesus revealed, one hanging next to Him, would be with Jesus that day, Jesus called the place,
Paradise. That Thief confessed belief, (Indicates, that thief's soul was saved. Saved souls, in Comfort, are in Paradise.)
...Luke 23: 42,43
• Jesus' (The Son of man) Body, Soul, Spirit ascended Back UP to Heaven (returning to FROM whence He came).
John 6:62
Before Jesus, (The Son of man), Was sent TO Earth-
• Souls of the Saved, were held (prison of sorts, they could not Leave, until After Jesus' soul had come AND LEFT) in the comfort side of Hell.
• Saved souls, departed out of Dead Bodies ARE Escorted TO "Paradise" by Angels.
• Unsaved souls, departed out of Dead Bodies are SENT to the Torments (discomfort) OF Hell.
(Both Await Judgement Day).
After Jesus' (Son of man) body, SOUL, spirit, ascended UP TO Heaven:
Scripture reveals: PARADISE: (place where Saved departed SOULS, go), is Henseforth;
IN HEAVEN.
2 Cor 12:
[
4] How that he was caught
up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Rev.2
[
7] He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of [/B] the tree of life, [/B] which is in the midst of the
paradise of God.
^ Reveals..."The Tree of Life", in Gods Garden, in the Beginning, Offered for Adam to Eat (but didn't at that Time), IS the TREE that sustains, the Life of the Soul....
( indicative: seeing, hearing, touching, speaking, tasting)...Jesus...IS the Tree of Life, that Sustains, keeps alive, the Soul.
Gen 3
[
22] And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now,
lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
All men are OFFERED, to Eat from the Tree of Eternal Life. It is there For Them, For their TAKING.
Men WHO reach out and TAKE and "taste"... and Then Reject Eating...
ARE called having TASTED, of the Spirit of God, TASTED Gods Gift of Faith, rejected it, called Fallen FROM Faith.
Men WHO reach out and EAT, Are Called Saved Unto God.
They THEN receive a Quickening of "their spirit", Reborn, BY the SEED of God, called Christ. And Receive the Spirit of God within them, TO KEEP Them Sealed Unto God Only.
The Spirit of God, IS Gods Power, called Light, Called Christ. They Become Accounted, (adopted), sons of God.
Gal 3:16
1 Cor 1:24
Eph 1:5
Those having EATEN, Are Called "IN" Christ.
And that carries "ON" to those who have GIVEN their bodily Life to Death, Crucified, with Jesus. Become Saved Souls, Quickened (Born Again spirits), NOT Subject to Wrath, avoid being ON Earth during the Tribulation.
Raptured, Risen up to the Clouds/Lord.
The Lord- descends to the Clouds...
While the dead Bodys, of souls saved during the Tribulation, wait for the "Son of man" (with Power) to return to Earth and raise their body's up in Glory.
(Primarily ISRAEL/Tribes, accepting Jesus, their Christ Messiah, during the Trib)
Inanutshell-
Paradise/Tree of Life...now IN Heaven
Body's Die, are buried.
Departed Saved souls go to Heaven.
Saved souls are sustained, by the Tree of Life.
The Lord gathers all God has Given "TO Him," (John 17:24),
(IN Christ), "up above" the Disaster On Earth during Trib. ( 1 Thes 5:9 , 1 Thes 4:17)
Trib...Wrath of Lamb, (Rev 6: 16), wrath of the Devil, (Rev 12:12), wrath of God : (Rev 16) ... for rejection.
Souls- Senses
Soul Salvation, Prominate, Necessary for Eternal Life, Restoration to Gods Likeness.
"Son of man" Returns TO Earth, with Power.
Matt 24: 30
Luke 21:27
Glory to God,
Taken