[God's Providence] 33. Where is hell?

33. Where is hell?

Last time, I told you that there is no millennial kingdom and that the millennium is a period of training for
the soldiers in heaven. This time, let's talk about hell.

People think that hell is under the ground.
But there is actually no expression of hell being under the ground in the original Bible.
Later, when the Bible was translated into other languages, the expression used in the pagan religions was adopted.

The Greek word translated to hell is "Gehenna", which is a transliteration of the Hebrew word "Ge Hinnom". (Matthew 5:22)
Ge Hinnom means “the valley of Hinnom” which is southwest of Jerusalem.
In the Old Testament, the Israelites burned their children there and offered them to idols. (2 Chronicles 28: 3, 33: 6)
God cursed them and said that slaughter would take place there in the future. (Jeremiah 7:32)
Jesus said he would punish the wicked there with fire. (Mat 5:22)

What people think of as hell is the lake of fire.
The lake of fire is where God punishes the Devil. (Revelation 19:20, 20:10)
Also, Death and Hades will be thrown into it. (Revelation 20:14)
And those who are not saved at judgment also enter into it. (Revelation 20:15)
So, the lake of fire will be in the world of God.
God will cast the Devil and the wicked into the lake of fire for others to witness them suffer forever and ever, and He will never let people do evil again. (Isaiah 66:24)

This time I told you that hell will be made in God's world as a place to punish the Devil and the wicked.

This concludes God's providence course. Thank you.





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