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There are new books about hell

There are new books about hell. There are publications by Edward Fudge, LaGard Smith, Homer Hailey, Stephen Clark Goad and others that are gaining popularity. What has Jesus seen?.

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There are new books about hell

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  1. There are new books about hell • There are publications by Edward Fudge, LaGard Smith, Homer Hailey, Stephen Clark Goad and others that are gaining popularity.

  2. What has Jesus seen? John 3:11 - 13 (NKJV) - Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.

  3. What has Jesus seen? • John 8:38 (NKJV) - I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have seen with your father.”

  4. What has Jesus seen? • John 8:42 (NKJV) - Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.

  5. Can You See the Unseen? “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Heb. 11:1 - NKJV) “By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.” (Heb. 11:27 - NKJV)

  6. Can you overcome your prejudices? • “John Clayton, a popular speaker among churches, gave Fudge’s book an enthusiastic recommendation, while himself confessing: “I have never been able to be comfortable with the position that a person who rejected God should suffer forever and ever and ever””

  7. What is Hell? • Hades –(Acts 2:27) – Hades (lit. an unseen place); (1) the place of the dead underworld (Acts 2:27); (2) usually in the NT as the temporary underworld prison where the souls of the ungodly await the judgment (Lk 16.23)

  8. What is Hell? • Hades –(Acts 2:27) – Hades (lit. an unseen place); (1) the place of the dead underworld (Acts 2:27); (2) usually in the NT as the temporary underworld prison where the souls of the ungodly await the judgment (Lk 16.23) • Gehenna – lit. the Valley of the Sons of Hinnom, ….figuratively in the Gospels for hell, a fiery place of eternal punishment for the ungodly dead (Mt 5.22).

  9. What is Hell? 3. Tartarus – (2 Pt 2:4) - the name of a subterranean region, doleful and dark, regarded by the ancient Greeks as the abode of the wicked dead, where they suffer punishment for their evil deeds; it answers to the Gehenna of the Jews.

  10. What is Hell? 4. In the OT there is the word “Sheol” - (Psa 16:10) - 1) Sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit 1a) the underworld 1b) Sheol - the OT designation for the abode of the dead.

  11. What is Hell? • Jesus after His death went to "Hades." (Acts 2:27, 31)

  12. What is Hell? • Acts 2:27 (NKJV) - For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to seecorruption.

  13. What is Hell? • Acts 2:31 (NKJV) - he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.

  14. What is Hell? • This is the same "hell" that will not prevail against the church. How? (Mt 16:18)

  15. What is Hell? • Matthew 16:18 (NKJV) - And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

  16. What is Hell? • This abode of the dead is temporary and will yield all of its occupants at the judgment

  17. What is Hell? • The Bible word "gehenna" describes the final abode of the wicked and of Satan himself. (Mt 25:41; Mk 9:43-47)

  18. What is Hell? • Matthew 25:41 (NKJV) - “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:

  19. What is Hell? • Mark 9:43-47 (NKJV) - If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched— 44 where ‘Their worm does not die And the fire is not quenched.’

  20. What is Hell? • 45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame, rather than having two feet, to be cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched— 46 where ‘Their worm does not die And the fire is not quenched.’ 47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire—

  21. There is a conscious existence after death. • Some have failed to see the context of some verses. (Ecc 9:10,11)

  22. There is a conscious existence after death. • Ecclesiastes 9:10-11 (NKJV) - Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going. 11 I returned and saw under the sun that — The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all.

  23. There is a conscious existence after death. • Do we go out of existence at death or in the final judgment when we are cast into hell?

  24. There is a conscious existence after death. • Do we go out of existence at death or in the final judgment when we are cast into hell? • How could this verse be true? (Mt 18:6)

  25. There is a conscious existence after death. • Matthew 18:6 (NKJV) - " But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

  26. There is a conscious existence after death. • Notice that there is something else besides our bodies. (Mt 10:28)

  27. There is a conscious existence after death. • Matthew 10:28 (NKJV) - And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

  28. What does “destroy” mean in this verse? • W.E. Vine comments: “The idea is not extinction but ruin, loss, not of being, but of well-being”

  29. What does “destroy” mean in this verse? • W.E. Vine comments: “The idea is not extinction but ruin, loss, not of being, but of well-being” • J.H. Thayer defined apollumi, with reference to Matthew 10:28, in the following fashion: “metaphorically, to devote or give over to eternal misery”

  30. What does “destroy” mean in this verse? • The Greek word for “destroy” is apolesai, which derives from the verb form apollumi. The verb occurs about 90 times, and a noun form is found some 18 times. I do not know of a single reputable English translation that renders the term in any instance, “to go out of existence.” It is translated by such common English words as “perish,” “destroy,” “lose,” or “lost.”

  31. What does “destroy” mean in this verse? • “The term is employed of physical items that lose their usefulness. A wine-skin that cracks open, and is no longer usable, is said to “perish” (Lk. 5:37). A sheep that wanders away from the safety of the fold is described as “lost” (Lk. 15:4,6), i.e., separated from the shepherd. The wayward prodigal son was “lost” to his father (Lk. 15:24), though certainly not annihilated. Food that spoils is said to have “perished” (Jn. 6:27).” - Will Wicked People Be Annihilated in Hell? - Wayne Jackson

  32. What does “destroy” mean in this verse? • During the April, 1988 Pepperdine University Lectureship, F. LaGard Smith argued that God “will destroy [the soul]. Not punish it. Not dangle it. Not torture it. Destroy it.”

  33. There is a conscious existence after death. • The argument Jesus made on the resurrection demands that there is presently a continued existence of dead men. (Mk 12:24-27)

  34. There is a conscious existence after death. • This was later proven to the three apostles on the mount of transfiguration. (Mt 17:3-5)

  35. There is a conscious existence after death. • Peter has no doubt about these truths. (2 Pet 1:17-18)

  36. There is a conscious existence after death. • 2 Peter 1:17-18 (NKJV) - For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” 18 And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

  37. There is a conscious existence after death. • Consider the case of the rich man and Lazarus. (Lk 16:19-31)

  38. There is a conscious existence after death. • 22 So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 “Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’ • 25 But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’

  39. There is a conscious existence after death. • 25 But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’

  40. There is a conscious existence after death. • Both died and went to a conscious place of existence. Depending on their spiritual preparation they either were tormented or comforted.

  41. There is a conscious existence after death. • Both died and went to a conscious place of existence. Depending on their spiritual preparation they either were tormented or comforted. • There was an ability to think and communicate.

  42. There is a conscious existence after death. • Both died and went to a conscious place of existence. Depending on their spiritual preparation they either were tormented or comforted. • There was an ability to think and communicate. • How do these men handle this verse?

  43. There is a conscious existence after death. • “The case of the rich man and Lazarus (Lk. 16:19-30), which demonstrates the contrary, is dismissed as a “parable” due to certain figures of speech employed in the narrative, e.g., Lazarus’ “finger,” and the rich man’s “tongue” (that are necessary symbols in conveying ideas related to the spirit realm).”

  44. There is a conscious existence after death. • “However, this narrative does not bear the characteristic marks of a parable. Note that the persons are identified by name; that format never occurs in a parable elsewhere in the Bible.” - LaGard Smith’s New Book: ‘After Life’ - Wayne Jackson

  45. What is hell like? • It is torment. (Luke 16:28)

  46. What is hell like? • It is torment. (Luke 16:28) • What will it be like to taste the full wrath of God?

  47. What is hell like? • It is torment. (Luke 16:28) • What will it be like to taste the full wrath of God? • We know that weeping and wailing will be within the souls of those in hell. (Matt 13:40-42, 49-50)

  48. What is hell like? • It involves an eternal fire. (Matt 5:22, 18:8-9, Mark 9:43, 45, 47)

  49. What is hell like? • Matthew 5:22 (NKJV) - But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire.

  50. What is hell like? • Matthew 18:8-9 (NKJV) - “If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the everlasting fire. 9 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire.

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