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13163, clarification
Posted by osoclasi, Fri Jun-22-01 10:50 AM
>Okay, here goes . . .
>
>
>Based on whether or not you've
>accepted Christ, you will go
>to either heaven or hell.
>But there are two things
>that you must remember, particularly
>with hell. 1. Hell is
>temporary and 2. Not everyone
>will suffer the same in
>hell. Let me explain:

Responce: I agree with the second one, but not the first. Hell is eternal.(By the way christians can disagree on a topic but this does not mean we are divided). Are you saying the lake of fire is temperary or are you referring to sheol being temperary?
>
>Hell is temporary:
>Revelation 20:11-15 talks about the final
>"Great White Throne Judgment" Verse
>12 has John observing the
>dead, both small and great.
>Now, there are a few
>different words for dead in
>the greek, and this one
>is the word Nekros, signifying
>a spiritual death and seperation
>from God (where we get
>teh english word Necromancy). These
>are in essence people that
>were in hell due to
>being seperated from Christ
>by not accepting him when
>they were alive. Verse 12
>continues . . .
>" . . . and the
>books were opened, and another
>book, which is the book
>of life and the dead
>were judged out of those
>things that were written in
>THE BOOKS, according to their
>works."
>Verse 13: And the sea gave
>up the dead which were
>in it, and death and
>hell delivered up the dead
>that were in them: and
>they were judged every man
>according to their works.
>Verse 14: And death and hell
>were cast into the lake
>of fire. This is the
>second death.
>Verse 15: Amd whosoever was not
>found in the book of
>life was cast into the
>lake of fire.
>
>Understand this, judgment comes from a
>greek word Krino, which is
>translated in this scripture, "to
>pass a sentence". In short,
>the works listed in the
>books will determine just how
>much a person will suffer
>when in the lake of
>fire. In laymens terms, get
>the imagery, hell is a
>holding cell while you await
>sentencing.

Responce: But the holding cell is sheol. And this is temporary, but Gehanna the lake of fire is eternal. Now I might be confused as to which one your talking about, but the lake of fire is eternal. So give me some clarification on this before we discuss this topic.

Hell is cast into
>the lake and so are
>those that were their, but
>their suffering is based on
>how bad the things were
>they did in life. Make
>sense?
>

Responce: the term forever can mean a long time in some context Matt 25 but God cannot be temporal he is eternal.