Bible Question: is there a difference between the lake of fire and hell |
Bible Answer: Hi, The Lake of fire is a human representation of the awfulness of God's judgment. Clearly a literal Lake of fire would be of no problem to Satan at all. For Satan is a spirit being. What it is depicting is God's ultimate punisment which is actually beyond man's conception. Hell or Gehenna is depicting the same idea in a different way, in this case using as an illustration of unbelieving man's awful spiritual destiny, the burning piles of rubbish outside Jerusalem in the valley of Hinnom. To look over the walls of the city at night and see the never ceasing flames consuming the rubbish must have been an awesome sight. Best wishes Jonp. |
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