PRESENT BIBLICAL EVIDENCE CONCERNING THE NATURE OF HELL‚ AND DISCUSS ANNIHILATIONIST DOCTRINE IN THE LIGHT OF THIS EVIDENCE. There is much in the Bible concerning hell as a place or state of being. To present Biblical evidence concerning the nature of hell this paper aims to look at characteristics of hell. This will include: looking at different names used for ‘hell’ in the Bible and whether these illustrate the nature of hell; and looking at the literal‚ metaphorical‚ final and eternal natures
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taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit. (Matt 21:43)” This shows us that Jesus wishes for no one to kill others‚ God will deal with murders at the judgment gate. People who break the 10 commandments will not go to heaven‚ so there is no need to punish them on Earth.! ! This statement shows us that Jesus will not stand for hurting another human. He has high moral grounds because even when faced against people that deserve to be punished‚ he shows temperance
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can turn any conversation into an opportunity to spread the word about Jesus Christ and what He has done. The Questions are; “Do you have any kind of spiritual belief?” “To you‚ who is Jesus?” “Do you think there is a heaven or a hell?” “If you die tonight‚ where would you go? If heaven‚ why?” “By the way‚ if what you were believing is not true‚ would you want to know?” (pg. 146) The idea of these questions is to turn the conversation and the mind of the person who is being asked to things eternal‚
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Hell was a desolate place in which the banished Satan ruled. He chooses to stay because he wanted to be hos own sovereign. He said‚ ’ ’ We can make a Heaven of Hell‚ a Hell of Heaven. Here at least we shall be free‚ here we may reign secure‚ and‚ in my choice‚ to reign is ambition‚ though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. ’ ’ Hell to Milton was a terrain of burning flames. What he also believed was that it was eternally dark despite the flames. It was the worst place
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Cited: Albon‚ Mitch. The 5 People You Meet in Heaven. New York: Hyperion Publishing‚ 2003 May 20. Darvish. My Out of Body Experience‚ a True Story. http://darvish.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/my-out-of-body-experience-a-true-story/ James L. “A Defense of the Whole-Brain Concept of Death” Hastings
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Inferno by Dante Alighieri is a story about an adventure into Hell with Dante and Virgil. Afterlife is when people live in Heaven or Hell after they have died. Hell is a place where the bad go and get punished in many different ways. Dante’s view of the afterlife is much different than today’s view of afterlife. A sin is when you commit an illegal act in the eyes of God. It’s a violation of God and the ten commandments. When you arrive to Hhell you are given a specific area where you go‚ and depending
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crosses which can be seen in the film)‚ Dante’s scythe‚ Virgil’s cane‚ the dripstones and pillars in some parts of hell Yonic symbols: The moon‚ the forest‚ the caves which Dante encountered‚ the frozen cane in the 9th circle‚ the openings through heaven‚ hell and purgatory (the hole‚ the circles‚ the large pit) 4. The film enhances the Modern era because of how the characters talk to each other‚ the words and language they used and their movements while the medieval period is exhibited through
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Fear is the factor that compels people to come to their senses. Fear can make a person go from being obscure of what heinous crimes that they are or have committed to being more sheepish than the boy who cried wolf. This story‚ “The Divine Comedy” is based on fear where the reader is taken on a journey like no other. ‘The Divine Comedy’ is the life-long work about a philosophical Christian‚ Dante Alighieri‚ who after being exiled from Florence‚ in the year 1302 Dante commenced to write his views
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‘There is no soul…’ 35 Marks The issues focused on whether a soul exists or not; I personally think that we do have a soul therefore‚ I disagree with this statement ‘there is no soul’. The main reason to that is because I believe that our soul is our identity and without our soul we are left with nothing but our body which then leaves us the same as every other human on this earth however‚ the only thing that can actually differ us from other human beings in order to make such a creative world
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Who Where Why Punishment The Opportunists the vestibule of Hell In life‚ they never chose sides‚ and instead always switched from one side to the the other as it benefitted them. These are forced to eternally chase a banner through the vestibule of Hell. Their souls have dimmed so that they are unrecognizable. While they chase the banner‚ wasps and hornets pursue them and sting them‚ causing pus and other nasty fluids to flow out of their bodies. Maggots and other creepy crawlies are underfoot
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