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NASB | Isaiah 5:14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure; And Jerusalem's splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry and the jubilant within her, descend into it. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 5:14 Therefore Sheol (the realm of the dead) has increased its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure; And Jerusalem's splendor, her multitude, her [boisterous] uproar and her [drunken] revelers descend into it. |
Bible Question: I have been questioned by a co-worker about the existence of hell. His stance is that hell was created 800 AD by the Church in order to maintain order within the populace. Please arm me with the truth. |
Bible Answer: questioned, "His stance is that hell was created 800 AD by the Church in order to maintain order within the populace." Question your friend about where he learned such nonsense! Don't let him or her do all the questioning . make them document their statement with real authoritative document not bald assertions. Jesus spoke more about hell than anyone else in the bible. Here is the arming you requested in two parts. "IV. HELL We cannot be united with God unless we freely choose to love him. But we cannot love God if we sin gravely against him, against our neighbor or against ourselves: "He who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him."(1 Jn 3:14-15) Our Lord warns us that we shall be separated from him if we fail to meet the serious needs of the poor and the little ones who are his brethren.(Cf. Mt 5:22,29; 10:28; 13:42,50; Mk 9:43-48) To die in mortal sin without repenting and accepting God's merciful love means remaining separated from him for ever by our own free choice. This state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed is called "hell." Jesus often speaks of "Gehenna" of "the unquenchable fire" reserved for those who to the end of their lives refuse to believe and be converted, where both soul and body can be lost.(Cf. Mt 5:22,29; 10:28; 13:42,50; Mk 9:43-48) Jesus solemnly proclaims that he "will send his angels, and they will gather . . . all evil doers, and throw them into the furnace of fire,"(Mt 13:41-42) and that he will pronounce the condemnation: "Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire!"Mt 25:41) The teaching of the Church affirms the existence of hell and its eternity. Immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell, where they suffer the punishments of hell, "eternal fire." The chief punishment of hell is eternal separation from God, in whom alone man can possess the life and happiness for which he was created and for which he longs. The affirmations of Sacred Scripture and the teachings of the Church on the subject of hell are a call to the responsibility incumbent upon man to make use of his freedom in view of his eternal destiny. They are at the same time an urgent call to conversion: "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few."(Mt 7:13-14) Since we know neither the day nor the hour, we should follow the advice of the Lord and watch constantly so that, when the single course of our earthly life is completed, we may merit to enter with him into the marriage feast and be numbered among the blessed, and not, like the wicked and slothful servants, be ordered to depart into the eternal fire, into the outer darkness where "men will weep and gnash their teeth."(Mt 22:13; cf. Heb 9:27; Mt 25:13,26,30,31-46) God predestines no one to go to hell;(Cf. Council of Orange II (529):DS 397; Council of Trent (1547):1567) for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end. In the Eucharistic liturgy and in the daily prayers of her faithful, the Church implores the mercy of God, who does not want "any to perish, but all to come to repentance"(2 Pet 3:9) Father, accept this offering from your whole family. Grant us your peace in this life, save us from final damnation, and count us among those you have chosen.(Roman Missal, EP I (Roman Canon) 88) http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a12.htm#1057 The Catechism #1033-1041 Emmaus |
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