Another major Old Testament ethical issue commonly brought up by skeptics is slavery. The Bible may, indeed does, contain a warrant for trafficking in humans, for ethnic cleansing, for slavery, for bride-price, and for indiscriminate massacre, but we are not bound by any of it because it was put together by crude, uncultured human mammals. …
The phrase “weeping/wailing and gnashing of teeth” occurs 7 times in the NT. 6 times in Matthew and 1 time in Luke. [Mat 8:12 KJV] 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. [Mat 13:42 KJV] 42 And shall cast them …
The word “hell” is believed to originate from the Norse word “Hel”. the word “Hell” in the English language comes from “Hel.” https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Hel The Old Norse feminine proper noun Hel is identical to the name of the location over which she rules, Old Norse Hel. The word has cognates in all branches of the Germanic …
As I’ve gone through what the NT does say about hell, I’ve noted the things not said in the Bible about hell: Paul does not say anything about hell Jesus never threatened sinners about going to hell Does not say Satan is ruling over hell Does not say demons are torturing people in hell Does …
JehovahsWitness wrote: Fair enough, do let us know when you figure something it out. I’ll sometime post my concluding thoughts and summary, but I doubt I’ll have figured it out. There are some things we can say with certainty, but there are many things that are just an extrapolation/interpretation. Because there is little we can …
AgnosticBoy wrote: the concept of eternal punishment is still mentioned in the Bible in my opinion. I could only find one reference to eternal punishment in the Bible (KJV). And the context of it applies to those who do not take care of the hungry, thirsty, strangers, naked, sick, and prisoners. [Mat 25:44-46 KJV] 44 …
Outer darkness is mentioned 3 times in Matthew. Weeping and gnashing of teeth is also mentioned in the 3 verses. [Mat 8:12 KJV] 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. [Mat 22:13 KJV] 13 Then said the king to the …
Bottomless pit is mentioned 7 times in the book of Revelation. It mentions key of the bottomless pit twice. [Rev 9:1 KJV] 1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. [Rev 20:1 KJV] 1 And …
There are some other terms related to hell, but are not translated as hell – lake of fire, bottomless pit, abyss, and outer darkness. Lake of fire is mentioned 5 times in the book of Revelation. The beast and the false prophet are cast into it. [Rev 19:20 KJV] 20 And the beast was taken, …
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onewithhim wrote: otseng wrote: I think we can all agree Sheol is not similar to the New Testament concept of hell, whether you believe in the afterlife or not. People may agree on all or some of the following: – All people go to Sheol – There is no judgment of the dead – There …
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