Bible Question: The Bible mentions a place called Hades. Is Hades Hell? |
Bible Answer: Hades is Greek, Sheol is Hebrew. It is not the lake of fire (Gehanna)sp? Hades had a paradise side and a torment side. We know this by the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 19-31) When Jesus died he told the thief that he would see him in paradise He emptied paridise and brought them to the 3rd heaven. Now today all of hades is Torment because due to the blood of Jesus Christ we can get to heaven and there is no need for paradise. Gehanna (sp?) is still empty. It was created for Satan and his angels Matt. 25:41 Then He will also say to those on His left, Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; The first two people that will be in Gehanna is The Anticrist and the False prophet. After the 1000 years binding of Satan He will be cast down there too as well as the people who rejected Christ. Rev. 20:10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Rev 20: 14,15 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. |