Not a question!!! Let's get this ever burnning hell, a place of torment for ever out of the way.......?

God also said to Adam, "See this fire kindled by Satan around your cave; see this wonder that surrounds you; and know that it will encompass about both you and your descendants, when you obey his command; that he will plague you with fire; and that you will go down into hell after you are dead.

Then you will see the burning of his fire, that will be burning around you and likewise your descendants. You will not be delivered from it until My coming; just like you cannot go into your cave right now because of the great fire around it; not until My Word comes and makes a way for you on the day My covenant is fulfilled.

There are actually three words translated hell in the bible, the third being tartaros, the prison.

However, the lake of fire is symbolic not literal. The fires of Gehenna were used originally to sacrifice to pagan Gods. Then the Jews captured them and kept them burning by throwing refuse on them. They were kept going as a symbolic remeberance. The fires of the lake of fire represent cleansing (fire purifies), victory (fire represents victory) over the enemy, and the self destruction of evil (the enemy will burn himself out).

And Jesus Christ was actually born on September the 11th 3BC at about 6-7pm EST. The 'star' was a conjunction of planets and the magi were first alerted by a series of 'signs' in the heavens includin another conjunction of planets.

The whole story of the birth of christ has been written in the stars since the universe was created.

Jesus was describing a burning hell, and your own scripture passages prove it.

The "second death" is exactly that - death. It's meant to describe the difference between life in heaven and life in hell. To live in hell is the same as living in death, which is why it was described that way. Most people only think of hell as fire and heat, which is partly correct. When we talk about hell, we first must understand that this is an eternal realm of the spirit. It has nothing to do with the flesh. We are talking straight soul here. What happens to your soul is eternal punishment and torture. You are cut off from the love and light of God, suffering in pure hate and disgust and vileness. This is a weak attempt at describing it but it's close.

Why would God do this?

The better question is, why would we CHOOSE this.

Yes, WE choose hell (or heaven). We either damn ourselves or we free ourselves. How? Those who choose to love God and obey His commandments and love one another have made a decision. That decision is to follow Him and surrender ourselves to Him. Those who choose to reject Him have also made a decision. The consequences of that decision are of their own making, not God's.

So once you understand what the deal is, then you know what you need to do if you want to go to heaven.

God bless.

Hell is much more then a firey pit. It is an absense of God's love. If you want to, imagine heaven as a party you want to get into. Hell is you standing at the gates, looking up at the long driveway. You can see the house, hear the music, but you will never be there. Torment beyond anything your soul can imagine. I had a priest explain it to me, and that's what he said.

What about Mark 9:43-48 "Where their worm dieth NOT, and the the fire is NOT quenched."

Matthew 25:41 "Then He will say to those on His left, Depart from me, you who are cursed, into THE ETERNAL FIRE, prepared forthe devil and his angels."

Matthew 25:46..Then they will go away to ETERNAL PUNISHMENT, but the righteous to eternal life."

I'm sorry. If you don't want to ask questions then you are at the wrong site.

Peace

and have a nice day

Well, I happen to like to be consumed in fire. We call it passion here on earth my freind. 2 points

You didn't think something might be wrong when you clicked "Ask a Question" and the first thing you wrote in the "Enter your question" field was "Not a question!!!"? Really? Ya didn't?

"Then He will answer them, `Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me. These will go away into ETERNAL PUNISHMENT, but the righteous into eternal life." (Matt 25:45-46)