(September 6, 2016 at 12:30 am)dyresand Wrote:Hell, as I understand it, is both a place and a state of being. Pslams 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.(September 5, 2016 at 2:32 am)Arkilogue Wrote: And what would change in your life if some how "scientifically" you proved to yourself that hell actually exists?
Okay get this... sure you have hell... how big is it and does it get full or expand and when hell is empty
what is exactly burning or when it is some people in it what is the source or fuel for the fire. Even then eternal damnation
would get simply boring but were as a eternity in heaven in paradise would be worse than hell.
Food for thought.
My take away from that is people become hellish before they are "sent" there. It may be as simple as like attracting like and no direct sending by a God is necessary.
It is not eternal and it is not torture. http://www.tentmaker.org/articles/Eterna...Greek.html
By Tony Nungesser and Gary Amirault
The entire concept of eternal or everlasting punishment hinges primarily on a single verse of Scripture-- Matthew 25:46. This is the only place in the entire Bible where we find these two words together AND only in some Bibles. There are over a dozen English translations which do NOT contain the concept of "eternal punishment" on ANY of their pages, NOR the pagan concept of Hell.
The Greek form for "everlasting punishment" in Matthew 25:46 is ”kolasin aionion." Kolasin is a noun in the accusative form, singular voice, feminine gender and means "punishment, chastening, correction, to cut-off as in pruning a tree to bare more fruit." "Aionion" is the adjective form of "aion," in the singular form and means "pertaining to an eon or age, an indeterminate period of time." (Note: the two words in many, not all translations become reversed when bringing the Greek into English, that is, "kolasin aionion" literally punishment everlasting is reversed to everlasting punishment so as to make better sense in English.)
A more correct translation would be "corrective chastisement for an age."
According to the King David the Spirit of God is in hell/sheol as well.
Psalms 139:77 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.…
So the "buring" in hell I see as a built up resistance to Consciousness. In body we are shielded from full consciouness, but upon death that veil is gone, the power of consciousness goes up and all internal inconsistencies get resolved. Hell is like an unrefined filament (caked with dross and impurities) of a light bulb burning up when the power turns on. Heaven is a refined filament that shines light without burning when the power turn on.
"Leave it to me to find a way to be,
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder