There Is No Hell (part 1)
There is no hell. Period. The bible never once mentions it. It’s simply not there. Instead, we have clear indications of what DOES exist, and it’s not at all like hell. Now, by “hell”, I mean the idea…
There is No Hell
There Is No Hell (part 2) - The Scriptures, Waiting Around
The Scriptures Let’s take a quick but complete look at the scriptures that people use to prove hell. Since translations sometimes like to blur the distinctions between the words the original writers …
There Is No Hell (part 3), The Scriptures, Getting Destructed
GEHENNA Gehenna is the greek word for the Valley of Hinnom, a burning rubbish pit outside of Jerusalem. It was used to burn up trash and refuse. Jesus uses the metaphor of Gehenna to talk about the ho…
There Is No Hell (part 4), The Scriptures, Outer Darkness
WEEPING AND GNASHING, or WHO TURNED THE LIGHTS OUT? Matthew 8:11-12 (also Mt 22:13; Mt 25:30; see Mt 13:42,50; Mt 24:51 and Luke 13:28) 11 “I say to you that many will come from east and west, and rec…
There Is No Hell (part 5), The Use of Language
THE LANGUAGE OF THE BIBLE The lens through which I would naturally view the bible, and the lens through which the original audience viewed the bible, are very different. We have statements like “Melch…
There Is No Hell (part 6), Conclusion
CONCLUSION That’s my viewpoint. I’ve established that Hades and Sheol and Tartarus were places for the dead to wait for judgment. I’ve established that Hades is only temporary, and so the Rich man’s t…