11-23-2003, 02:39 PM
My name is Dave.This is my first post in this group as I joined last week.
The NT words for Hell in Aramaic are ,"Sheol" and "Gehenna". Sheol in the Hebrew Bible is depicted as the realm of all the dead and not strictly a place of punishment, though many experience torment in Sheol.
All the Greek concepts attached to mythological "Hades" and "Tartarus" should probably be thrown out the window.The GNT ,"Hades", usually translates the word "Sheol " in The NT as also in The LXX. There is a lot of mythology behind the Greek word Hades and a lot of that mythology has carried over into New Testament Theology by the osmosis of believing The Greek word "Hades" is God's divinely inspired and chosen word to convey eternal truth.
This is a lie.
Jesus is not The son of Zeus either, though one might get that impression from the Greek New testament; (see Acts 14:12 for a Greek impression of The Apostle Paul). Subtly, the Greek language has imported with it much of Greek culture and thought into Christian Theology.
We must separate the wheat from the chaff and return to the Aramaic original for the pure original; more importantly, we must discern the spirit of a doctrine; does it convey the Spirit of our Master's person, heart and mind? Does it set Him forth as he really is and as He really was?
If not, it is a false doctrine.
"Hell", according to Jesus, was not primarily a place but a condition: " You are from beneath"(Jn. 8:23),"You are children of hell"(Mat. 23:15),etc. Certainly He did not mean the Pharisees lived in the center of the earth and came up on some sort of elevator.
James wrote that "the tongue is set on fire by Hell".(James 3:6)- Surely he does not have a literal place in mind, nor a literal fire.
Hope this helps.
Dave
The NT words for Hell in Aramaic are ,"Sheol" and "Gehenna". Sheol in the Hebrew Bible is depicted as the realm of all the dead and not strictly a place of punishment, though many experience torment in Sheol.
All the Greek concepts attached to mythological "Hades" and "Tartarus" should probably be thrown out the window.The GNT ,"Hades", usually translates the word "Sheol " in The NT as also in The LXX. There is a lot of mythology behind the Greek word Hades and a lot of that mythology has carried over into New Testament Theology by the osmosis of believing The Greek word "Hades" is God's divinely inspired and chosen word to convey eternal truth.
This is a lie.
Jesus is not The son of Zeus either, though one might get that impression from the Greek New testament; (see Acts 14:12 for a Greek impression of The Apostle Paul). Subtly, the Greek language has imported with it much of Greek culture and thought into Christian Theology.
We must separate the wheat from the chaff and return to the Aramaic original for the pure original; more importantly, we must discern the spirit of a doctrine; does it convey the Spirit of our Master's person, heart and mind? Does it set Him forth as he really is and as He really was?
If not, it is a false doctrine.
"Hell", according to Jesus, was not primarily a place but a condition: " You are from beneath"(Jn. 8:23),"You are children of hell"(Mat. 23:15),etc. Certainly He did not mean the Pharisees lived in the center of the earth and came up on some sort of elevator.
James wrote that "the tongue is set on fire by Hell".(James 3:6)- Surely he does not have a literal place in mind, nor a literal fire.
Hope this helps.
Dave