One "HELL" of a Truth...

One "HELL" of a Truth
The real truth about the Lake of Fire

The wages of sin is death
not eternal life in hell:

IF YOU DIE...You don't BURN forever
If you BURN forever...YOU DON'T DIE

From the Old Testament Hebrew Bible;
Sheol was translated to hell
(a chamber.... cave, tomb, or grave)

When the Hebrew Bible was translated to Greek
Sheol then became hades
(unseen underworld for the dead)

The concept of torment
was not associated with Sheol
by any of the old testament prophets


As Christianity was arising

The Levitical Priesthood
became the privileged "learned"
in regard to the letter of the law

Therefore, they were respected and feared
for they had the power of life and death

When Rome under Titus invaded Palestine in AD 70
the temple was destroyed and eventually
Rome accepted Christianity

As the Popes of Roman Catholic Church
began their "holy apostolic succession"

They quickly realized that
fear and ignorance worked much better than love

The everlasting torments of Hell
thus made its appearance
in conjunction with the opposite
alluring rewards of Heaven

This brought many people
and much money into the church

You were not allowed to have a Bible
as the church would instruct you
in all matters concerning religion

But soon, an "enemy" would arise
in the form of the Printing Press


Ex-communication from the church would be the result
if anyone was caught reading or having any portion
of the Wycliffe Bible


William Tyndale and John Rogers
were burned at the stake for being translators


Translating from one language to another
was not always easy and errors were made

One such example,
was the translating of Hebrew and Greek words
to the English words of eternal, everlasting
and for ever and ever

The hebrew word OLAM and the greek word AION
can be simplified to the english equivalent of EON(age)
for this explanation

First of all, that which NEVER ceases
can only be in the SINGULAR form

Therefore,
if the hebrew OLAM or greek AION
equals the english EON(age)
meaning TIME UNENDING (eternity)

there could be but ONE such EON (age)

One such time unending

Yet many times, these words are used
as PLURALS in our scriptures

So, if there are times
when there are more than one EONS (ages)

We must conclude that one of these EONS (ages)
must of necessity be of A LIMITED DURATION


Therefore, if translators rendered
certain passages FOR EVER AND EVER
this would have to be an error
because if FOR EVER means time unending (eternity)


It would be incorrect
to attach to TIME UNENDING (eternity)
another equal period of TIME UNENDING (eternity)
by the added words of AND EVER

This error results
in the "ETERNAL" nature of HELL
equaling in the same language
our "ETERNAL" reign with Christ

So it would appear
that our life with Christ is to be ETERNAL
and that our suffering in HELL is to be ETERNAL also


Yet, what did Paul write about the reign of Christ?

1Cor 15:24,25
Then shall the end come,

when he (Christ)
hands over the Kingdom to God the Father
after he has destroyed
all dominion, authority, and power
For he must reign UNTIL
he has put all his enemies under his feet


The reign of Jesus
is to be of a LIMITED duration
which will at some point come to a termination

Just as the Lake of Fire
is to be of a LIMITED duration

which will at some point come to a termination
after having completed what it was truly designed
by God the Father to accomplish

The words

"everlasting"... "evermore"... "for ever"...
"fore ever and ever"... and "eternal"...
are no where found....

not even once in any Hebrew or Greek manuscript
from which our modern language Bibles are translated!!

One of the greatest lies about our loving God
has made its way into the church and is
being taught as truth

Insinuating, that our Father in Heaven
is a God of hatred and vengeance

And that he is
the greatest of all hypocrites
in that he teaches us to love our enemies
yet he will torture his enemies
in fire for all eternity

This most evil doctrine was designed to insure
that man would hate the loving Creator

The truth is

God, is not going to and never intended to
burn anyone, in the Lake of Fire for all eternity

The first time Jesus came, it was NOT
to condemn or judge the world
but to save the world

The next time Jesus comes it will be
to judge the world in RIGHTEOUSNESS

Those that will be cast into the Lake of Fire,
will have their carnal sinful natures burned away!!

In the consuming,
purifying presence of God
they will learn righteousness

Heb 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die,
but after this the judgment

Isaiah 26:9
for when thy judgments are in the earth
the inhabitants of the world will learn RIGHTEOUSNESS

1Cor 3:15
If any man's work shall be burned
he shall suffer loss but he himself
shall be saved yet so as by FIRE

Yes, there will be suffering in this Lake of Fire
for those who will be cast therein shall burn
in accordance with their sinful carnal natures

The fire will not be quenched
until all the sinful nature is burned away;

resulting in that person
learning obedience and being made perfect

The wages of sin is death not eternal life in Hell

If you die…you don’t burn forever
If you burn forever…you don’t die

If the wages of sin was to burn eternally in Hell
then Jesus,would have had to burn eternally
in Hell for taking all sin upon himself

The wages of sin is death
followed by a resurrection

Rev 20:6
Blessed and holy is he that hath part
in the first resurrection:
on such the second death hath no power

Rev 2:11
He that overcometh shall not be
HURT (not killed) of the second death

Malachi 3:3
He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver

This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study
and they wondered what this statement meant

about the character and nature of God

One of the women offered
to find out the process
of refining silver and get back to the group
at their next Bible Study

That week, the woman called a silversmith
and made an appointment to watch him at work

She didn't mention anything
about the reason for her interest
beyond her curiosity about the process
of refining silver

As she watched the silversmith,
he held a piece of silver
over the fire and let it heat up

He explained that in refining silver
one needed to hold the silver
in the middle of the fire
where the flames were hottest
as to burn away all the impurities

The woman thought about God
holding us in such a hot spot
then she thought again
about the verse that says
He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver

She then asked the silversmith
if it was true that he had to sit there
in front of the fire the whole time
the silver was being refined

The man answered yes
he not only had to sit there
holding the silver in the fire;
but he had to keep his eyes on the silver
the entire time it was in the fire

If the silver was left
a moment too long in the flames
it would be destroyed!!

The woman was silent for a moment
and then asked the silversmith:

How do you know
when the silver is fully refined?

He smiled at her and answered

Oh, that's easy-

when I see My IMAGE in it!!


AND SO…

Do you really, I mean ..REALLY.. BELIEVE the BIBLE?

Do you really… I mean ..REALLY.. BELIEVE…
the first half of 1Cor 15:22


"FOR AS IN ADAM...ALL...DIE?" (ALL OR MANY?)



Do you really… I mean ..REALLY..BELIEVE… the last half,


"EVEN SO IN CHRIST
SHALL ...ALL... BE MADE ALIVE?" (ALL OR MANY?)



Do you really… I mean ..REALLY..BELIEVE… the BIBLE?

Rom 5:19
For by one man's disobedience MANY WERE MADE SINNERS
so by the obedience of one SHALL MANY BE MADE RIGHTEOUS

Do you really…I mean ..REALLY..BELIEVE… the BIBLE?

2Peter 3:9
The Lord is...not willing that ANY should perish

1Tim 2:4
Who will have ALL men to be SAVED
and to come unto the knowledge of the truth

1Tim 4:10
because we trust in the living GOD,
who is the SAVIOUR of ALL men,
specially (but not only) of those that believe


Rom 11:32
For God hath concluded them... ALL ... in unbelief,
that he might have mercy upon ALL


Luke 3:6
And ALL flesh
shall see the salvation of God


Do you believe that Jesus only
"wants or wishes" to save the world?

Do you believe "our Savior, God,

who wants and wishes for all mankind be saved
and come into a knowledge of the truth"

is a proper translation of 1Tim 2:4?

Do you believe that
"who WILLS that ALL MANKIND BE SAVED"
is also the proper translation?

Do you believe Isa 46:11?
"I have spoken it
(as in He has spoken it in 1Tim 2:4 for example)
I WILL ALSO BRING IT TO PASS:
I have purposed it, I WILL ALSO DO IT"

And here is a double witness


Isa 46:9-10
"I AM GOD, and there is none like me
Declaring the end from the beginning,
and from ancient times the things
that are not yet done,
saying, My COUNSEL SHALL STAND,
and I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE"

YOU CAN NOT BELIEVE BOTH;

that God "wills" to save all mankind
and that He will perform all His "pleasure"
and bring about all that He has "spoken,"

AND THEN BELIEVE

that He will NOT save all mankind
and will NOT accomplish all His will
and will NOT do all His pleasure
and His counsel will NOT stand

John 12:32
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth,
will draw ALL men unto me

1John 4:14
And we have seen and do testify
that the Father sent the Son
to be SAVIOUR of the WORLD

1John 2:2
And he (Jesus)
is the propitiation (atoning sacrifice)
for our sins: and not for ours only,
but for the sins of the whole WORLD

2Cor 5:19
To wit, that GOD was in CHRIST,
reconciling the WORLD unto himself,
not imputing their trespasses unto them;
and hath committed unto us
the word of reconciliation

John 1:29
Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the WORLD

God sent Jesus...to be SAVIOUR of the entire WORLD

Can Jesus be SAVIOUR of the entire WORLD
and NOT SAVE the entire WORLD ?

Will Jesus fail the Father,
and not save the entire world?

Heb 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die,
but after this the judgment

Isaiah 26:9
for when thy judgments are in the earth
the inhabitants of the world
will learn righteousness

1Cor 3:15
If any man's work shall be burned
he shall suffer loss but he himself
shall be saved yet so as by fire


The Prize and "High Calling" of God
is to be in the first resurrection
and be able to stand before him,
and not to go through Purification by Fire

Remember the Bible teaches us

1Co 12:3
that no man can say
that Jesus is the Lord,
but by the Holy Ghost

And yet goes on to say:

Rom 14:11
For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord,
every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue
shall confess to God

Isa 45:23
I have sworn by myself,
the word is gone out of my mouth
in righteousness, and shall not return,
That unto me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear

Thus it shall be so;
even with those that were "non-believers"

Rom 10:13
For whosoever shall call upon
the name of the Lord shall be saved

AND BELIEVE ME

those who have "their part" in the Lake of Fire
will be calling upon the Name of the Lord


and they will bow before him
and they will confess his name
and they will learn righteousness


and so...

Is Elohim able to redeem anyone from hell?

The Translators of the King James Version
translated the HEBREW word "SHEOL"
to the ENGLISH word "HELL" thirty times

If sheol is indeed hell,

is God able to redeem anyone from this "hell"?

Psalms 49:15
But God WILL redeem my soul from from the power of the GRAVE:
for he shall receive me Selah

The word "grave" in this verse is the Hebrew word "sheol"
which is translated "hell" in no less than thirty other verses

So if "sheol" really is "hell"

then there is "REDEMPTION" FROM HELL

And in the GREEK:

1Cor 15:55
O death, where is thy sting? O GRAVE, where is thy VICTORY?

The word "grave" in this verse is the Greek word "hades"
which is translated "hell" in no less than ten other verses

So if "hades" really is "hell"

then there is "VICTORY" OVER HELL

Come and read:

THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH NOT ETERNAL LIFE IN HELL

if you die-YOU DON'T BURN FOREVER
if you burn forever-YOU DON'T DIE


Rev 21:8

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable,
and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers,
and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part
in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:
which is the second death

What is Brimstone anyway?

Does it make the fire hotter and more painful?

Is it caustic to the skin causing greater pain?

Brimstone is defined by the dictionary as Sulfur

Sulfur, is often called brimstone, burning stone, or ignited sulfur


It has been used in religious ceremonies for
PURIFYING or fumigating buildings and for bleaching cloth
(Encyclopedia Britannica, page 536)

Methods of Production:

Producers describe their method
of obtaining sulfur from the ore as
PURIFICATION BY FIRE (Page 537)

Interesting thought-

Purification by Fire

Purification by a Lake of Fire?


Physical Properties

Sulfur is
TASTELESS, ODORLESS,
AND OF NO EFFECT ON THE SKIN (page 537)

Sulfur is a
POOR CONDUCTOR
OF HEAT AND ELECTRICITY (page538)

Interesting thought-

A poor conductor of HEAT

An even more interesting thought-

So if God were to put enough Brimstone into the Lake of Fire,
it would actually have the potential of protecting those in the fire
like an asbestos suit!!

Am I going to fast for anyone?
Do you see where I am going with this line of thinking?

to continue this thought
read my blog... The Fireman