Here's a video about
Transcript below.
This comes from the view of Annihilationism,
which challenges the forever burning hell doctrine of eternal conscious torment.
My personal view is that of Ultimate Redemption of all humankind.
But this video makes a lot of good points and is worth viewing.
Or read the transcript below if you prefer.
What does the bible say about hell?
Is hell biblical?
Do you want to know the truth about hell?
Then it's time to UNLEARN the lies.
UNLEARN
Hey, welcome to UNLEARN.
My name is Lex, and I'd like to invite you to join us each week as we search out Biblical
truth together and UNLEARN the lies we have inherited.
Now, let's get started.
Many people claim that Hell is the absence of God, but this can't be true because the
Bible says, “If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.”
King David wrote this psalm, so it should cause us to wonder why he would be speaking
about making his bed in hell.
It should also make us wonder why God would be there with him.
Perhaps we need to re-evaluate our beliefs about Hell?
The word translated “hell” in this verse is the Hebrew word “Sheol”.
David had no problem with the idea that he would make his bed in Sheol, because he understood
that everyone eventually dies, and they rest in Sheol until the resurrection.
We know this because David also wrote, "For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will
You allow Your Holy One to see corruption."
He knew he would go to sheol, but he also knew that his soul would not be left there,
because he believed in the resurrection.
If you look up the word Sheol in many Bible translations, you will find that it's often
translated as “hell”, however, the modern concept of “hell” does not line up with
the Biblical descriptions of Sheol.
The word Sheol occurs sixty-five times in the Hebrew Bible.
The King James Bible translates thirty-one of those occurrences as ‘hell’; another
thirty-one as ‘grave’, and three occurrences as ‘pit’.
Why would Bible translators use two different concepts to translate the same word?
This causes a lot of confusion about death.
If every instance of the word Sheol were translated “Hell”, then we would conclude that both
Joseph and Jacob went to hell.
“Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many
days.
And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted,
and he said, ‘For I shall go down into Hell to my son in mourning.’
Thus his father wept for him.”
- Genesis 37:34-35
Many people don't realize the Bible actually explains that all people go to Sheol when
they die, which means if Sheol is Hell, then everyone goes to hell when they die.
“What man can live and not see death?
Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave [Sheol]?
Selah” - Psalm 89:48
The word “hell” is used approximately fifty-four times in most Bibles, and is translated
from several different words including "Sheol," "Hades," "Gehenna," and "Tartarus".
All of these words have different meanings and usage in the Scriptures, and their collective
translation as "hell" has caused major confusion about death.
The word Hell was derived from the Old English word "helle," and is related to the Old Norse
goddess named "Hel".
In its original use and etymology, the word Hell literally means "to cover, or conceal,"
and may have simply referred to the ground covering over the dead person.
However, in many pagan cultures, it was believed that Hell (or Hades) was the underworld, and
was ruled by the god of the dead.
The more popular modern version of this concept refers to a place of fiery torment, and is
understood by many to be the home of Satan and his demons.
It's believed that the unrighteous dead go immediately to hell to be tortured in flames
for eternity.
Many people also believe that Satan and his demons are in charge of actively torturing
those damned souls.
However, in spite of the fact that none of these ideas can be traced back to the Bible,
they remain the popular mainstream view of hell today.
The Bible never says that Satan is in charge of Hell or even that he is currently living
there, in fact, the Bible says that Satan will be cast into the lake of fire after the
thousand year reign of the Messiah.
The idea that Satan oversees Hell is rooted in the Greek belief in Hades as the god of
the underworld.
When people say that Satan is in charge of Hell, they are rehearsing pagan mythology,
and confessing Satan to be the god of the underworld, and participating in a modern
“Christianized” version of the pantheon.
The Bible says that Satan will be bound in the bottomless pit during the thousand year
reign of the Messiah, and that he will be released for a short time to deceive the nations
before being cast into the lake of fire.
The Bible also speaks about fallen angels who were imprisoned in Tartarus to be held
for judgment.
"For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell [Tartarus] and
delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment"
- 2 Peter 2:4
This is the only place in the entire Bible that the word Tartarus is used, and it refers
exclusively to a prison for fallen angels.
The word “Tartarus” is also found in Greek mythology, and it means an abyss or a bottomless
pit.
Although it's not mentioned by name, it's most likely the same “bottomless pit”
where Satan will be imprisoned for a thousand years, as well as the “abyss” into which
the legion of demons begged Yeshua not to send them.
In Greek mythology, Tartarus is a deep abyss that was used as a dungeon of torment, and
served as a prison for the Titans.
Plato said that Tartarus was the place where souls were judged and punished after death,
which might be where we get the idea that humans could end up there.
However, the Bible never says that humans will go there, and it's presumptuous to jump
to such a conclusion without any Scriptural warrant.
It's obvious that not all fallen angels were sent to Tartarus, because during Yeshua’s
ministry, He encountered a number of demons and unclean spirits who were not imprisoned.
The context of what Peter said indicates that he was referring to the fallen angels who
sinned around the time of Noah.
He was most likely referring to what the Bible calls “the sons of God” who took human
wives and produced half-human offspring.
"the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives
for themselves of all whom they chose...
There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came
in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them.
Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown."
- Genesis 6:2, 4
The Genesis record mentions both giants and mighty “men of renown," which sounds similar
to Greek mythology about giants known as Titans, and the demigods who were said to be the half-human
offspring of gods mating with humans.
The Greeks believed the Titans were cast into Tartarus, and Paul explains that the gods
of the pagans are actually demons.
So, in this particular case, there seems to be some connection between the Greek and Biblical
concepts of Tartarus as a prison for fallen angels.
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The Biblical Truth About Hell
Transcript below.
This comes from the view of Annihilationism,
which challenges the forever burning hell doctrine of eternal conscious torment.
My personal view is that of Ultimate Redemption of all humankind.
But this video makes a lot of good points and is worth viewing.
Or read the transcript below if you prefer.
Transcript
What does the bible say about hell?
Is hell biblical?
Do you want to know the truth about hell?
Then it's time to UNLEARN the lies.
UNLEARN
Hey, welcome to UNLEARN.
My name is Lex, and I'd like to invite you to join us each week as we search out Biblical
truth together and UNLEARN the lies we have inherited.
Now, let's get started.
Many people claim that Hell is the absence of God, but this can't be true because the
Bible says, “If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.”
King David wrote this psalm, so it should cause us to wonder why he would be speaking
about making his bed in hell.
It should also make us wonder why God would be there with him.
Perhaps we need to re-evaluate our beliefs about Hell?
The word translated “hell” in this verse is the Hebrew word “Sheol”.
David had no problem with the idea that he would make his bed in Sheol, because he understood
that everyone eventually dies, and they rest in Sheol until the resurrection.
We know this because David also wrote, "For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will
You allow Your Holy One to see corruption."
He knew he would go to sheol, but he also knew that his soul would not be left there,
because he believed in the resurrection.
If you look up the word Sheol in many Bible translations, you will find that it's often
translated as “hell”, however, the modern concept of “hell” does not line up with
the Biblical descriptions of Sheol.
The word Sheol occurs sixty-five times in the Hebrew Bible.
The King James Bible translates thirty-one of those occurrences as ‘hell’; another
thirty-one as ‘grave’, and three occurrences as ‘pit’.
Why would Bible translators use two different concepts to translate the same word?
This causes a lot of confusion about death.
If every instance of the word Sheol were translated “Hell”, then we would conclude that both
Joseph and Jacob went to hell.
“Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many
days.
And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted,
and he said, ‘For I shall go down into Hell to my son in mourning.’
Thus his father wept for him.”
- Genesis 37:34-35
Many people don't realize the Bible actually explains that all people go to Sheol when
they die, which means if Sheol is Hell, then everyone goes to hell when they die.
“What man can live and not see death?
Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave [Sheol]?
Selah” - Psalm 89:48
The word “hell” is used approximately fifty-four times in most Bibles, and is translated
from several different words including "Sheol," "Hades," "Gehenna," and "Tartarus".
All of these words have different meanings and usage in the Scriptures, and their collective
translation as "hell" has caused major confusion about death.
The word Hell was derived from the Old English word "helle," and is related to the Old Norse
goddess named "Hel".
In its original use and etymology, the word Hell literally means "to cover, or conceal,"
and may have simply referred to the ground covering over the dead person.
However, in many pagan cultures, it was believed that Hell (or Hades) was the underworld, and
was ruled by the god of the dead.
The more popular modern version of this concept refers to a place of fiery torment, and is
understood by many to be the home of Satan and his demons.
It's believed that the unrighteous dead go immediately to hell to be tortured in flames
for eternity.
Many people also believe that Satan and his demons are in charge of actively torturing
those damned souls.
However, in spite of the fact that none of these ideas can be traced back to the Bible,
they remain the popular mainstream view of hell today.
The Bible never says that Satan is in charge of Hell or even that he is currently living
there, in fact, the Bible says that Satan will be cast into the lake of fire after the
thousand year reign of the Messiah.
The idea that Satan oversees Hell is rooted in the Greek belief in Hades as the god of
the underworld.
When people say that Satan is in charge of Hell, they are rehearsing pagan mythology,
and confessing Satan to be the god of the underworld, and participating in a modern
“Christianized” version of the pantheon.
The Bible says that Satan will be bound in the bottomless pit during the thousand year
reign of the Messiah, and that he will be released for a short time to deceive the nations
before being cast into the lake of fire.
The Bible also speaks about fallen angels who were imprisoned in Tartarus to be held
for judgment.
"For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell [Tartarus] and
delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment"
- 2 Peter 2:4
This is the only place in the entire Bible that the word Tartarus is used, and it refers
exclusively to a prison for fallen angels.
The word “Tartarus” is also found in Greek mythology, and it means an abyss or a bottomless
pit.
Although it's not mentioned by name, it's most likely the same “bottomless pit”
where Satan will be imprisoned for a thousand years, as well as the “abyss” into which
the legion of demons begged Yeshua not to send them.
In Greek mythology, Tartarus is a deep abyss that was used as a dungeon of torment, and
served as a prison for the Titans.
Plato said that Tartarus was the place where souls were judged and punished after death,
which might be where we get the idea that humans could end up there.
However, the Bible never says that humans will go there, and it's presumptuous to jump
to such a conclusion without any Scriptural warrant.
It's obvious that not all fallen angels were sent to Tartarus, because during Yeshua’s
ministry, He encountered a number of demons and unclean spirits who were not imprisoned.
The context of what Peter said indicates that he was referring to the fallen angels who
sinned around the time of Noah.
He was most likely referring to what the Bible calls “the sons of God” who took human
wives and produced half-human offspring.
"the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives
for themselves of all whom they chose...
There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came
in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them.
Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown."
- Genesis 6:2, 4
The Genesis record mentions both giants and mighty “men of renown," which sounds similar
to Greek mythology about giants known as Titans, and the demigods who were said to be the half-human
offspring of gods mating with humans.
The Greeks believed the Titans were cast into Tartarus, and Paul explains that the gods
of the pagans are actually demons.
So, in this particular case, there seems to be some connection between the Greek and Biblical
concepts of Tartarus as a prison for fallen angels.
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