Mar
9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to
enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the
fire that never shall be quenched:
Mar 9:44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mar 9:45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee
to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into
the fire that never shall be quenched:
Gen
2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Eze
18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the
soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Mar 9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for
thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell,
into the fire that never shall be quenched:.
Rev
20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the
second death.
Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection:
on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of
God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Rev 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed
out of his prison,
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four
quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle:
the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed
the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down
from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of
fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall
be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Rev 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and
murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars,
shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:
which is the second death.
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"THE LAKE OF FIRE"
In Mark
9:43-45, hell IS mentioned as the "unquenchable fire",
meaning a fire that never goes out. Does this mean, then, that hell
really is a place of everlasting torment? No, for the Greek word
there is "gehenna". Since it doesn't mean hell, it should
have been left untranslated
"Gehenna" is the Greek name of the Valley of Hinnom, which
was just south of Jerusalem at the time of our Lord's first advent.
It was where trash, carcasses of dead animals, and even dead bodies
of criminals were thrown to be destroyed by the fires that were kept
burning day and night. But only DEAD things were thrown into it.
Yet some say that the body is destroyed but not the
soul. However, in
Genesis 2:7 we read that God breathed into man the breath
of life, and he became a living soul. That word "soul",
from the Hebrew, means "a living being".
How do we know this? Ezekiel
18:4 tells us, "the soul who sins is the one who will
die." So man IS a soul. When he dies, the breath goes back to
God from where it came, and he is nothing without it; he is just a
dead body or carcass.
Why is the word "gehenna" the proper one to use in Mark
9:43? Because it pictures complete destruction, whereas the
Greek word "hades" and the Hebrew word "sheol"
picture the temporary condition of the dead, or simply the death condition.
In Revelation
20:14, "hell" is called the Lake of Fire. But notice
there how it's explained to be the "Second Death". Why?
Because when we die it is the first, or Adamic death. But we shall
all be raised from it because of Jesus and his sacrifice on the cross.
But, if one goes into the Second Death, there is no hope of a resurrection.
When does Second Death take place? Well, first of all,
Satan has to be bound at the start of Christ's reign on earth at His
second coming. At the end of that 1,000 year period, he will be loosed
again for a little season. At that time, those who have been taught
righteousness in an upright land by Christ and His Bride will be tested.
If they follow Satan and still choose to do evil again, the Word of
God teaches how they, with Satan, will go into the Second Death. (Rev.
20:6-10 and 21:8).
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