by Dolphinitefantasy
I'm in charge of last week's notes...there was a lot to write down...but I'll simplify and just do a quick summary!
We watched a "movie" about Hell starring Perry Stone.
The Gist:
1. God did not create Hell for people. God created Hell for Lucifer (= Satan in Hollywood) and other fallen angels.
2. Hebrew and Greek words for "chambers"
a. Sheol - Old Testament Hebrew Word
= hell, grey, pit
= underneath the Earth
b. Hades - Old Testament Hebrew Word
= hell
= unseen world of departed
= King spirit over the underworld (Spirit of destruction & death, Spirit over hell)
c. Gehennah - New Testament Greek Word
= hell
= trash dump of Jerusalem
= Basically used to be a trash dump where people threw all their trashes; there was a continue fire (perpetual fire) burning to burn the trash. The trash dump was very steep--once in it, you couldn't physically climb out.
= A place of trash, smelled, fire, smoke--basically a place where no one wants to go
= Judas, one of the 12 apostles and the one who betrayed Jesus, hung himself near the edge of Gehennah when he realized the sin he had committed could not be undone. (The place was known as Potters Field, where bad potteries were taken and trampled / stamped under horses feet. It was an area of ancient potteries - of potteries that could not be repaired. Judas knew what he has done is "unrepairable", cannot be undone.)
d. Tartarus - New Testament Greek Word
= hell
= pits of darkness
= lowest chamber of Hades for worst spirits and rebels (thus there are different levels in Hades)
e. Abyss - New Testament Greek Word
= bottomless pit, eternal darkness
= deep, where the worst fallen angles are taken and bound
Important: pit, deep, chambers all linked to the sea!!!
We ended with discussion of Adam & Eve and the apple.
Adam & Eve sinned when they did not listen to God and ate the apple. Though they had no knowledge of right and wrong, they still had a freedom of choice. And by choosing to listen to the snake (Lucifer in disguise) instead of trusting God, they had sinned. And now all the descendants of Adam & Eve carry the sin as well. Believing and trusting God will allow you to be forgiven...
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