SEVERAL DIFFERENT WORDS FOR HELL: SHEOL (HEBREW)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Hell
1. Hell
a) Is Hell a real place? If Hell is real, how can a loving God send people there? Is there escape from Hell even for people who have committed unconscionable crimes?
b) These are all questions that can be answered in the Bible. Hell is not only described as a literal place, but the concept of Hell – eternal separation from God — is also explained as the wages of sin (Romans 6:23).
c) The Old Testament alludes to Hell but it is really Jesus’ teaching in the New Testament that gives a clearer picture of its reality. Actually, when Jesus taught on earth He taught more about Hell than Heaven. Hell is a place that many, even some Christians, refuse to believe, however because the Bible teaches about Hell we must believe it to be real and true.
2. Several Different Words For Hell: Sheol (Hebrew)
a) Translated “Pit” (3 times).
Numbers 16:33
So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
Job 17:16
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?”
b) Translated “Grave” (31 times).
Genesis 37:34-35
Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.
1 Samuel 2:6
The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
c) Translated “Hell” (31 times).
2 Samuel 22:5-6
“For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of destruction assailed me;6 the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
Proverbs 23:13-14
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.14 If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.
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b) These are all questions that can be answered in the Bible. Hell is not only described as a literal place, but the concept of Hell – eternal separation from God — is also explained as the wages of sin (Romans 6:23).
c) The Old Testament alludes to Hell but it is really Jesus’ teaching in the New Testament that gives a clearer picture of its reality. Actually, when Jesus taught on earth He taught more about Hell than Heaven. Hell is a place that many, even some Christians, refuse to believe, however because the Bible teaches about Hell we must believe it to be real and true.
2. Several Different Words For Hell: Sheol (Hebrew)
a) Translated “Pit” (3 times).
Numbers 16:33
So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
Job 17:16
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?”
b) Translated “Grave” (31 times).
Genesis 37:34-35
Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.
1 Samuel 2:6
The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
c) Translated “Hell” (31 times).
2 Samuel 22:5-6
“For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of destruction assailed me;6 the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
Proverbs 23:13-14
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.14 If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.
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