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Is the location of hell the sun? I mean the bible speaks of never ending fire?
I've always wondered about that.
I do know it has been said that St. Micheal Threw the devil into the earth but it speaks of never-ending fire and brimstone.
Thoughts?
7 Answers
- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
The original Greek word translated “hell” at Mark 9:47 is Ge′en‧na. This word comes from the Hebrew Geh Hin‧nom′, meaning “Valley of Hinnom.” The Valley of Hinnom hugged the outskirts of ancient Jerusalem. In the days of the Israelite kings, it was used for child sacrifice—a disgusting practice that God condemned. God said that he would execute those who performed such an act of false worship. The Valley of Hinnom would then be called “the valley of slaughter,” where the carcases of this people would lie unburied. God thus foretold that the Valley of Hinnom would become a place, not for the torture of live victims, but for the mass disposal of dead bodies. In Jesus’ day, the inhabitants of Jerusalem used the Valley of Hinnom as a garbage dump. They threw the bodies of some vile criminals into this dump and kept a fire constantly burning there to dispose of the refuse and the carcasses. Therefore, Jesus used the Valley of Hinnom, or Gehenna, as a fitting symbol of death without hope of a resurrection. He drove this point home when he warned that God “can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.” (Matthew 10:28) Gehenna is a symbol of eternal death, not eternal torture.
James 1:13 - "For with evil things God cannot be tried nor does he himself try anyone."
- JeanLv 59 years ago
Revelations 20 v10 & 14 speaks of the lake of fire and brimstone which was made for the devil and his angels. This is the final dwelling place for the wicked and is not an actual fire but a place of everlasting desolation and anguish, the dreadful experience of the wrath of God without end. Jesus describes this place in the story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16.
Just as heaven is forever so hell is forever - and the choice is for everyone.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
The lake of fire is symbolic, describing total destruction. for that reason it refers us to the top of issues like undesirable government, devil and his demons. Hell and dying. very almost ALL of Satans works would be undone. No! there is not any easily place of abode all and sundry can phisically flow to to be sure those issues as they exist in user-friendly terms in a spiritual sence, and are controlled by potential of God, Jehovah and Jesus.
- Anonymous9 years ago
There is no brimstone in the sun.
The sun will eventually die, which hardly makes it eternal.
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- ?Lv 79 years ago
Come on man! The location of hell is in the deluded minds of Christians and Muslims.
Or, as Fireball continuously rants..."HELL IS GRAVES!!!"
- John SmithLv 59 years ago
The sun is made up of gases, plasmas and various energy sources. Fire is not in the sun.
- ?Lv 69 years ago
Why would a God of love torture people in "hellfire"? He doesn't according to his own words below.
(Genesis 3:19) In the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are and to DUST you will return.”
(Romans 6:23) For the wages sin pays is DEATH, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.
(notice the word death, not TORMENT).