And Hells come back to haunt me

[Bob Kelso]

Yes, I am serious. I see many references to hell being "separation from god" but no specifics as to what it means. Are the souls of those people in a particular place, and what is that place like? And what is the basis for the claim?

Okay I was just wondering, first those souls you speak of will have physical bodies, even the lost will be raised from the grave. After their judgment they will be sent to hell, the place of eternal punishment. We are not told where hell will be, we are told it will not be reachable, no one will even be able to see hell, it will be completely isolated by God. Sealed away forever even from God Himself, those in hell will never experience the presents of God again, they will see Him at judgement and see what they forfeited and can only rant and rave about the lost love of God forever. Hope this helps, if not ask more questions, I'll try to answer them.

GC

What of the parable of the rich man and Lazarus? For arguments sake let's suppose one takes a literal standpoint of the bible, and all these stories are actual historical fact.

The rich man died and was sent to hell, but he was able to see Heavens gates and even spoke to Abraham.

Supposedly a story from the lips of Christ himself blowing holes through the complete separation of heaven and hell.