Subject: Is Moses in Heaven or Hell |
Bible Note: I have no idea what JW think about hell. This view of hell comes straight out of scriptures, from any translation. Putting these three verses together suggests it is the correct way of looking at it. Eccl 9:10 Whatever your hand finds to do, verily, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going. NASB Eccl 9: 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. KJV There is no knowledge or activity for us while we are in the grave,(sheol/hell) Where one translation uses sheol another uses grave, and still another hell in exactly the same context. Job wished he were there to stop his suffering. Daniel, though beloved of God was told he would die and not be resurrected to life till the end. If they are still dead as is King David, they are still in Sheol the place of the dead. Being in Sheol is same as being in the grave if these translations are correct for the passages above. Other translations equate sheol and hell (same place but named differently in different languages. Job 11:8 It is higher than heaven--what can you do? Deeper than Sheol--what can you know? "DEEPER THAN SHEOL" NRSV Job 11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? "DEEPER THAN HELL" KJV Hell has been so misrepresented in societies over the ages as often depicted in art and story as well as jest, that the truth about hell is all but hidden. Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. David said this conserning Christ. You will not leave my soul in hell implies a resurrection from it. Perhaps one should not dismiss out of hand what others say but look carefully at it, even if it seems to agrees with a statement JW's make. Maybe they don't have EVERYTHING wrong? We see that hell, hades, pit and grave are all the same basic thing, namely the place of the dead. Since the dead know nothing as stated by Solomon in Eccl, and several translations say the dead go to the above places, then without knowing JW's exist the conclusion is still the same. We are dead and know nothing till the resurrection from the dead after Christ comes back, or at the great white throne judgement. Rev 20 describes the first resurrection, and some of those in it. Then it says the rest of the dead did not come back to LIFE till the 1000 years were over. Sincerely Henry and Emmy |