But there is little historical evidence for this theory. Read more: Jesus wasn't white: he was a brown-skinned, Middle Eastern Jew. Here's why that matters. Hence, Gehenna became synonymous with wickedness, fire, and death. The term Hades comes from Greek culture. Initially used as a name for the god who had dominion over the realm of the dead and then later for the place itself, it was a place where all dead people resided. In the Iliad, it is a murky, damp place.
In Greek poetry, Tartarus is simply another name for Hades. The writers of the New Testament, influenced by both Greek and Jewish cultures, incorporated Hades, Gehenna, Sheol, ideas of the Abyss, and other traditions into their conceptions of the realm of the dead. They write in a time when literary tours of hell and stories about the fate of lives after death were common. The innovation of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity was belief in a resurrection and with it the idea that after death some go to a place of reward and rest, while others are assigned a place of punishment for their bad deeds.
The religious text 1 Enoch 22 describes a Hades-like, watery place where the dead rest until they can be evaluated and judged. He and his wife, Mary Alice, have two children. Skip to content Search RTS. Apply Now Donate Today. Michael McKelvey Dr. I am having doubts…. Is God forcing us to obey him by telling us about heaven and hell?
Why does hell even exist? How can there be no pain in heaven Rev if our loved ones are suffering in hell? Is Hell Real? Kevin Anderson, Dr. Denis Lamoureux. Robert Kurka. John Oakes with Douglas Jacoby. It was also the view he himself embraced and proclaimed. The end of time is coming soon. God will soon destroy everything and everyone opposed to him and establish a new order on earth. Those who enter this kingdom will enjoy a utopian existence for all time. All others will be annihilated.
But Jesus put his own twist on the idea. Put most simply, that involves loving God above all things despite personal hardship, and working diligently for the welfare of others, even when it is exceedingly difficult. This may be simple, but it is not easy. Since your neighbor is anyone you know, see, or hear about, as in the parable of the Good Samaritan, true love means helping everyone in need, not just those in your preferred social circles.
Jesus was concerned principally for the poor, the outcasts, the foreigners, the marginalized, and even the most hated enemies. Few people are. Especially those with good lives and abundant resources. Most people today would be surprised to learn that Jesus believed in a bodily eternal life here on earth, instead of eternal bliss for souls, but even more that he did not believe in hell as a place of eternal torment.
It was where, according to the Old Testament, ancient Israelites practiced child sacrifice to foreign gods. The God of Israel had condemned and forsaken the place. In the ancient world whether Greek, Roman, or Jewish , the worst punishment a person could experience after death was to be denied a decent burial. Jesus developed this view into a repugnant scenario: corpses of those excluded from the kingdom would be unceremoniously tossed into the most desecrated dumping ground on the planet.
Jesus did not say souls would be tortured there. They simply would no longer exist. At one point he says there are two gates that people pass through Matthew The other is broad and easy, and therefore commonly taken. The wrong path does not lead to torture. So too Jesus says the future kingdom is like a fisherman who hauls in a large net Matthew After sorting through the fish, he keeps the good ones and throws the others out.
They just die. Or the kingdom is like a person who gathers up the plants that have grown in his field Matthew He keeps the good grain, but tosses the weeds into a fiery furnace. They are consumed by fire and then are no more.
Still other passages may seem to suggest that Jesus believe in hell.
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