Is Hell eternal according to Revelation 20:13?
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The English word "hell" is not a biblically precise term.\n\nSome bibles use "hell" to translate the Hebrew word "Sheol", the Greek word "Hades", and the Greek word "Gehenna"; other bibles consider these three terms to be proper nouns and so leave the capitalized original-language names untranslated in their English translations. \n\nBoth "Sheol" and "Hades" clearly refer to the common grave of mankind, the condition of being dead from which resurrection is possible. "Gehenna" refers to death without the possibility of resurrection; "Gehenna" is synonymous with the bible expressions "lake of fire" and "the second death".\n\nNone of these terms, and nothing in the bible, teaches that "hell" is a fiery place of torment.\n\n(Ecclesiastes 9:10) there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol ["hell"]\n\n(Revelation 20:14) And death and Hades ["hell"] were hurled into the lake of fire\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20020715/article_02.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20020601/article_02.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/lmn/article_07.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20010901/article_02.htm
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Hell is a truth revealed by God.  It is both a place and a state and will not go away despite our thoughts or opinions.  So learn about it, see Jesus story of Lazarus and the rich man.  Quite scary.
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Difficult to answer this question because "Hell" is either (a) a very specific mythic system from Christian religion, or (b) a general type of negative afterlife experience from many religions.\n\nThe Christian idea of Hell, to be brief, evolved out of the older Jewish idea of Gehenna, which in turn evolved out of Zoroastrian beliefs of the afterlife.  The first religions to develop the idea of a place of terrible punishment for actions committed in life into which we are transported after physical death were the Zoroastrians of Persia (present day Iran) and the Jains of India.  The Jewish Gehenna was more of a temporary holding place with punishment, closer in spirit in fact to the contemporary Catholic idea of Purgatory.\n\nThe ancient Egyptians have the first recorded idea of after-death punishment, but not so much for crimes committed in life as for other questions.  This was the terrible afterlife to which your soul (technically, since we are talking ancient Egyptian religion, one of your seven souls, but the immortal and personal one, that corresponds to the contemporary Christian idea of the soul) would be consigned by Anubis after weighing your heart against a feather.  If you were found lacking, into the abyss with you, to be devoured by the Crocodile Goddess Maat (this wasn't eternal punishment, though, for once you were devoured extinction followed, whereas the keystone of the Christian hell is permanence).  If you were judged worthy, the Egyptian afterlife guardians sent you to the Western Lands to await immortality.\n\nMost early religious history does not emphasize punishment after death.  That was partly a historical development, believe it or not, of the idea of civil law.  Once the earthly idea of judgment and punishment based on a code of conduct appeared (that would be starting with Hammurabi, of course, but it was under the Greco-Roman legal system that it became so much more central), a spiritual equivalent emerged also.
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According to my bible it is to be war fought between Satan's demons and the Holy ones.\nOne that will almost anihalate mankind. "If god did not intervene, non would be saved"\nSurvival depends on your knowing and worshipping the true God / Jehovah...\nYes it's true, much of Revelation is symbolic, BUT NOT ALL.
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actually Heaven always existed, that's where God lived, and he has always existed.  Hell was created when Lucifer (The Devil) was not content with his position (it went God - Jesus - Lucifer).  Lucifer wanted more, God said no, Lucifer got mad, God created Hell and said "You wan't to rule?  Rule that" or something to that effect ('that' being Hell, a pit of fire and damnation).
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by definition, heaven, means eternal life. hell, means eternal death.
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nope. if hell DOES exist then god is not all loving. if god i no lal loving then he isnt worthy of the title "god".
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Yes eternity has already begun.\n\nMake sure it doesn't end for you.\n\nWe had a beginning and we can have an end, the second death.
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There isn't a hell. The bible speaks of going to hades or sheol, which are both terms for mankinds natural grave without any afterlife. Belief in God can come by reading bible books like Job and Psalms and taking a look at our surroundings. Someone must have made all this. Next, turn to Matthew chapters 5-7 and read Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and use his "outline" of how to pray to do that; to pray to God. Ask for support and forgiveness in an honest and true way. This is where faith then comes in. Works without faith is dead, so have faith in your creator to guide you. May God be with you.
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The creation of Hell was never meant to contain any of mankind.  To go there is strictly your choice. \nThe question is always this..\nWhy would a loving God send me to hell?\nBut rather the question should be...\nWhy would you be a fool to reject something so simple as to condemn yourself and allow yourself to go there because of your rebelliousness.
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not true, read the Bible especially Revelation. God made Hell and Dante
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Yes. There is a literally burning hell. It was prepared for the devil and his angels. Anyone that has never been saved that has rejected Jesus as their savior, will go to hell.You must believed that jesus died for you and was burried, and rose again on the third day. Ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins, and come into your heart and save your soul. It is by grace thru faith, that you are saved. By doing this, You then have a home awaiting in heaven for you.
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There is no such thing as hell except for the hell you create for yourself through your beliefs.  You can make hell for yourself right here on earth, but it does not exist as a physical place.  \n\nChange your beliefs and you will change your experience.
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Right God is eternal with no beginning nor end.  Rev 22:13:\n"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.  "\n\nThe same thing is said in the "Bhagavad Gita":\n\nChapter 10, verse 20:\n"I am the beginning, the middle and the end aswell of all living entities."
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I dont think hell is eternal I cannot fathom a loving G-d that will eternally damn a person for a few bad choices in life. \n\nthat being said I think most of us end up in hell for a bit if only to clear out any sin we have until we receive are reward for what ever good we have done.
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Some Christians actually believe that burning in hell is God's idea. They have accepted a perversion of the scriptures without ever wondering if the translations have been mis-translated.I have been a Christian 32 years and this year I actually researched the horrible untruth "Hell." The Holy Spirit will bring us into more and more truth and expose lies and false doctrines.As with lots of Christian stuff we forget parts of the Bible whilst emphasising others. This gospel is good news! I believe all die. All rise from the grave when Jesus returns and everyones life is opened up and bare before God.. Those who have a relationship with God are resurrected and receive new bodies that will never die. And those who have decided to ignore salvation and deliberately continue to do wrong things are forever lost. Unbelievers simply pass from existence. They perish. The dead know nothing. Jesus and God would never punish forever with unquenchable fire and torment. That's a pagan, heathan, wicked perversion. However upon saying that it is very hard to change your beliefs. Especially when people go years believing a doctrine and millions of others disagree and threaten curses etc.upon those who declare hell is a false doctrine. Little by little people will come to know the truth and be set free. Seek the truth and you will find it.
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Something is really wrong with the heaven and hell teaching.\nAccording to Psalm 115:16, has God provided earth, or heaven for mankind?\nAccording to Psalm 37:29, where are we suppose to spend our eternity?\nReasoning:\nGod said Adam would lose the gift of life if he ate of the forbidden fruit.\nHe ate, he died.\nIF he never ate of it, if he never touched it ....where would he be today?\nOur future is on a cleansed earth.\nThat is what God's original purpose is .....and nothing will change his mind.