Introduction: I Don’t Ignore Any Scriptures

It is commonly said by the Church that those who believe in “universal reconciliation”—that is, the belief that all humanity will eventually be saved through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ—do so by ignoring ‘many’ Scriptures which supposedly speak of this eternal fate of the unbelieving. To prove that this is not the case, we will now go through each and every verse in which the words translated “hell” are found. We will all see clearly that this detestable doctrine is completely absent from the Word of God!

Since this will be a rather long study [nearly 100 verses to cover] I will divide this study into 3 hubs. As I showed in my previous hub “The Death & Burial of Hell” [ http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Death-Burial-of-Hell ] the word “hell” found in many English Bibles is translated from FOUR words in the Original Languages—Sheol, Hades, Gehenna, Tartarus. In this first hub we will go through each verse in which the Hebrew Sheol is found in the order it appears in the Old Testament. In the second hub we will go through each verse in which the Greek Hades is found, as well as the one and only time Tartarus is found. In the final hub will go through each verse containing the Greek Gehenna as well as its Hebrew equivalent Ge-Hinnom.

By the end of this study there should be no one left who still believes that the Christian Hell is a real place but in the minds of deceived brethren and sadistic false prophets. Seriously, if the Word of God really does teach such a horrible fate, then there’s no way possible for me to go verse by verse and debunk it! It just wouldn’t be possible—hence, I would have to ‘ignore’ all those warnings for me to insist that Hell isn’t real! With that said, shall we begin our journey?

SHEOL [Dr. Strong’s #H7585]

This Hebrew word appears 65 times in the Old Testament. Using the King James Version as our reference bible, Sheol is translated 31 times as “grave”, 31 times as “hell” and 3 times as “pit”. Below is all 63 verses in which it appears [Sheol appears twice in two verses]. In each verse I have ‘un-translated’ this word.

Okay, listen carefully; if Sheol means “the place or state of eternal punishment of the wicked after death, with Satan as its ruler” [ a modern definition of Hell http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hell ]. then we should clearly see this meaning presented to us in the verses we read. Therefore, let’s now learn what Sheol is according to the Scriptures!

1. Genesis 37:34-35 “And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into SHEOL unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.”

Jacob had just recently learned that his son Joseph was dead. [or so he thought, as Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery and then used his torn coat to lie to their father by telling him that he was dead] Surely, Jacob isn’t saying that he will go down into the Christian Hell where his son was! He did not believe Joseph was being tortured in eternal fire!

2. Genesis 42:38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to SHEOL

Reuben was pleading for his father Jacob to allow him to bring his brother Benjamin back with him to Egypt per Joseph’s request [though at the time, they didn’t know it was Joseph]. Jacob’s response was a logical reaction of a father who’d recently lost a son and was afraid to lose another. He feared he would die from agony if another of his children perished. This has nothing to do with the Christian Hell.

3. Genesis 44:29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to SHEOL

4. Genesis 44:31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to SHEOL

These two verses are continuing the same thought as the previous one—Jacob’s fear of losing another son.

5. Numbers 16:30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into SHEOL; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.

Don’t make the common mistake of adding something that isn’t here. Immediately following this statement by Moses we read in the very next verses “that the ground clave asunder that was under them: And the EARTH opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, AND THEIR HOUSES, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, AND ALL THEIR GOODS." Unless we are to believe that there are “houses” and “goods” being tortured in eternal fire, this passage clearly has nothing to do with the Christian Hell. This passage reminds me of a certain strange event that recently occurred:

[ http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0603/Geologists-baffled-by-what-to-do-with-giant-Guatemala-sinkhole ]

6. Numbers 16:33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into SHEOL and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

Same event as last passage. This has nothing to do with the Christian Hell. We read in the very next verse “And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest THE EARTH SWALLOW US UP ALSO.” But doesn’t it say that they went down “alive” in Sheol? So, you’ve never heard of someone being ‘buried alive”? Does someone who’s buried alive, remain alive? No, they die due to lack of oxygen.

7. Deuteronomy 32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest SHEOL and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Oops, there it is! We found Hell, study over…

Not so fast! Unless we are to believe that this “fire” is going to “CONSUME THE EARTH” including “THE MOUNTAINS” then this is not speaking of the fires of a Christian Hell.

This is part of a song of Moses [see last verse of Chapter 31]. He is foretelling the coming judgments that God will pronounce on the Hebrew people for their disobedience to His Laws. In the next few verses we read that their punishments will include starvation, overheating, being slain by beasts and poisoned by snakes, being slain by the sword, including their BABIES [verse 25], and eventually being scattered throughout the earth, no longer having a nation to call their own.

But in spite of all these harsh punishments, there is a glimmer of hope for them, for in verse 39 God testifies that though He kills, He can also make alive, and though He wounds, He can also heal.

*In case you’re wondering, this is the first time “hell” is found in the KJV.

8. I Samuel 2:6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to SHEOL and bringeth up.

Yes, God indeed is able to deliver someone UP from Sheol—something you’ll never learn in Sunday School, I’m afraid.

9. II Samuel 22:6 The sorrows of SHEOL compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

This is part of a song that David sang in celebration for God had rescued him from King Saul who wanted him dead [verse 1]. David was not worried of being tortured in a Christian Hell, he was worried that Saul or one of his men would kill him!

10. I Kings 2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to SHEOL in peace.

Here David is on his deathbed speaking to his son, Solomon, the heir to his kingdom, and he tells him not to allow Joab his enemy [verse 5] to die a peaceful death.

11. I Kings 2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the SHEOL with blood.

Again, David is requesting his son, King Solomon, to kill an enemy, this one being Shimei [verse 8]. Though David had promised this man that he wouldn’t slay him with his sword, he said nothing about his son. Sad to see that a man like David, who in many ways had the heart of God, also carried extreme bitterness toward his enemies, and therefore pleaded with his son to kill them, and make it BLOODY!

12. Job 7:9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to SHEOL shall come up no more.

Despite popular doctrines, when a person dies they really are ‘dead’; not alive in a place called Heaven, or a place called Hell. Sheol is the word used by the Hebrews to describe what happens to a soul after death—though it is not an actual place.

13. Job 11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than SHEOL what canst thou know?

Here Sheol is used figuratively. This was very common as Sheol in a symbolic sense can represent something ‘unknown’ or ‘not commonly understood’—especially in regards to spiritual and divine wisdom, knowledge and understanding.

14. Job 14:13 O that thou wouldest hide me in SHEOL that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Clearly, Job is not asking God to hide him in the Christian Hell! Especially since he also asks God to “remember” him! [similar to the request made by the thief on the cross next to Jesus: http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Thief-on-the-Cross ]

15. Job 17:13 If I wait, SHEOL is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

When Job eventually died, he did not make his bed in the Christian Hell, I assure you.

16. Job 17:16 They shall go down to the bars of SHEOL when our rest together is in the dust.

Seeing that those who descend into Sheol “REST TOGETHER… IN THE DUST”, this is clearly not talking of being tortured by fire in the Christian Hell.

17. Job 21:13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to SHEOL.

Death is the great equalizer: the rich who die are rich no more.

18. Job 24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth SHEOL those which have sinned,

Since we all sin [Romans 6:23], we all likewise go to Sheol, that is, we all die. That’s what Sheol represents—death, the state of being dead.

19. Job 26:6 SHEOL is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering

Another passage where Sheol is used figuratively—meaning God sees and knows everything.

20. Psalm 6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in SHEOL who shall give thee thanks?

Dead people don’t remember God, nor can they thank Him, nor can they do anything because they are dead.

21. Psalm 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into SHEOL, and all the nations that forget God.

The correct translation is “the wicked shall RETURN into Sheol”. The Hebrew word here is shub [pronounced shoob], and is the same word found in Genesis 3:19, where God says to Adam, “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou RETURN [SHUB] unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou RETURN [SHUB].” It’s the same lesson we learned in Job 17:16 above [#16].

22. Psalm 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in SHEOL; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

I find it interesting that the KJV translators do in fact translate Sheol as “Hell” in this verse; seeing that it flat out goes against the Orthodox doctrine. The Church emphatically teaches that those who go to Hell are lost forever, and can never be delivered up from there. Yet here we read the exact opposite!

23. Psalm 18:5 The sorrows of SHEOL compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

Same exact passage we read in II Samuel 22:6 above [#9].

24. Psalm 30:3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from SHEOL thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

It’s DEATH that God had delivered David from, not the Christian Hell. God kept David alive.

25. Psalm 31:17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in SHEOL.

Despite the Christian horror stories of billions of people screaming in agony in their hell, the truth is there is only SILENCE in Sheol.

26. Psalm 49:14 Like sheep they are laid in SHEOL; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in SHEOL from their dwelling.

Poetic symbolism in regards to death. Have you ever seen a corpse years after death? Truly, the corpse of a dead princess is no longer a beautiful sight.

27. Psalm 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the SHEOL: for he shall receive me. Selah

Similar to Psalm 16:10. God can kill and make alive again; surely He can deliver a soul from Sheol!

28. Psalm 55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into SHEOL: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

“Let DEATH seize upon them” Again, nothing to do with the Christian Hell. All sinners die. All dead go to Sheol.

29. Psalm 86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest SHEOL.

Even those few souls who descend into the LOWEST Sheol can be DELIVERED from there! Wow!

30. Psalm 88:3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto SHEOL

When a person runs out of “life” he or she becomes “dead”; not ‘alive being tortured in hellfire’.

31. Psalm 89:48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of SHEOL? Selah.

These are obviously rhetorical questions. The answer is “no”. No man that lives shall not see death. No man can deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol—signifying Death.

32. Psalm 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of SHEOL gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Again, nothing to do with the Christian Hell. It’s DEATH that compassed the Psalmist; not the fiery lake of eternal torment.

33. Psalm 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in SHEOL, behold, thou art there.

Despite the popular teaching that ‘Hell is separation from God’ the truth is God is in Sheol.

34. Psalm 141:7 Our bones are scattered at SHEOL’S mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

Another example of Sheol being used in symbolic poetry.

35. Proverb 1:12 Let us swallow them up alive as SHEOL; and whole, as those that go down into the pit

In this passage King Solomon warns of being persuaded by sinners to participate in an evil deed. [see verses 10-11]. It is figurative language giving a similar message that a parent would to their child when they suspect some of their friends may be getting into very bad things.

36. Proverb 5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on SHEOL

A warning against immoral women; such as a prostitute [verse 3]. Sheol in this case is used figuratively to symbolize wickedness; also common use among those of the Hebrew tongue. Notice “her feet go down to DEATH”. Both Death and Sheol are used figuratively to represent darkness, evil, sin, filth, wickedness, and the like all throughout the Scriptures.

37. Proverb 7:27 Her house is the way to SHEOL, going down to the chambers of death.

As with the previous verse this passage is a warning to stay away from a prostitute woman [verse 10].

38. Proverb 9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of SHEOL

Who is in Sheol? Answer: “THE DEAD ARE THERE”.

39. Proverb 15:11 SHEOL and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

I’ll quote this same verse from the Good News Bible translation. Though not an accurate ‘word for word’ translation, it gets the message through successfully:

“Not even the world of the dead can keep the LORD from knowing what is there; how then can we hide our thoughts from God?”

God is omniscient [all-knowing]—that’s the message of this verse.

40. Proverb 15:24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from SHEOL beneath.

Just as life and ascension are used figuratively to represent righteousness, holiness and godliness; so also is Death, Sheol and descension used figuratively to represent wickedness, sin, evil and darkness.

41. Proverb 23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from SHEOL

Seeing that this is in regards to a parent disciplining A CHILD [verse 13] it should be obvious that this verse is not talking about delivering him/her from the Christian Hell.

42. Proverb 27:20 SHEOL and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Sin begets sin. There’s no such thing as sinning to the point that a carnal man no longer craves to sin. No amount of sexual pleasure can satisfy a man’s lustful desire. It only makes him want more of it.

43. Proverbs 30:15-16 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: SHEOL; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

Sheol doesn’t say ‘enough’ as people continue to die. The barren womb does not open itself up to bear offspring. The earth will never be incapable of being filled with more water. A fire does not stop itself from burning as long as there are flammable things in its path.

44. Ecclesiastes 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 SHEOL, whither thou goest.

Enjoy your life as long as you breathe! For like it or not, you and I will someday die. Death is a return to the former state. Do you remember anything before you became ‘alive’? So it is when you die. In order for a dead person to live again, God must make them alive again—they must be resurrected from the dead.

45. Song of Solomon 8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as SHEOL: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Don’t get rattled because you see the word “fire” here, as this has nothing to do with the Christian Hell. It’s the powerful emotions of LOVE and JEALOUSY that are “coals of fire” and have a “most vehement flame”. O, the things people will do when they are in love; and the things they will do when clouded by jealousy!

46. Isaiah 5:14 Therefore SHEOL hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

A prophecy of coming calamities upon both Israel and Judah [verse 3] as a result of their sinful deeds—not the least of these calamites is that many will die.

47. Isaiah 14:9 SHEOL from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

A prophecy that Isaiah spoke to the King of Babylon [verse 4]. He had become arrogant and proud of the great kingdom that he had built, and all the kingdoms he had conquered. In this prophecy God warns this great and mighty King that his time was up, and it was now his turn to be destroyed just as those kings whom he had conquered. Here again is Sheol being spoken of in figurative language. Sheol is not some person or being that literally gets excited to “meet” someone, whether he be a commoner or a King!

It saddens me to see such classic poetry being butchered by preachers who insist these Scriptures must be literal!

48. Isaiah 14:11 Thy pomp is brought down to SHEOL, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

If you were to dig out a recently buried corpse, you’d probably find worms there too. Yet, I doubt they’d do so well in a fire!

49. Isaiah 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to SHEOL, to the sides of the pit

Compare with Psalm 30:3 above [#24]. Here, however, Isaiah tells the Babylonian King that he would not be rescued from death.

50. Isaiah 28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with SHEOL are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

51. Isaiah 28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with SHEOL shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

The rulers of Jerusalem [verse 14] were constantly leading their people astray, and using lies and falsehood, and were spreading idolatry throughout the land; all the while thinking they would get away with it. Nope! God sternly warned them that their judgment was coming!

…No, not eternal torture in the fires of a Christian Hell! Have you not been paying attention?

52. Isaiah 38:10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of SHEOL; I am deprived of the residue of my years

53. Isaiah 38:18-19 For SHEOL cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

These two passages are part of a letter written by King Hezekiah of Judah [verse 9] shortly after recovering from a sickness that nearly killed him. I included verse 19 to show that this is a comparison between “life” and “death”, nothing to do with the Christian Hell. We read a similar passage in Psalm 115:17, “The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.”

54. Isaiah 57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto SHEOL

Another case of Sheol being used figuratively in reference to evil deeds.

55. Ezekiel 31:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the SHEOL I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

56. Ezekiel 31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to SHEOL with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

57. Ezekiel 31:17 They also went down into SHEOL with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.

Interestingly, in verse 15 of the KJV, Sheol is translated “the grave”, but then in each of the next two verses, it is translated “hell”. If that’s not blatant dishonest scholarship than I’m Santa Claus!

These verses are part of a message to the Pharaoh of Egypt [verse 2]. Here God speaks figuratively of Assyria as a “cedar tree of Lebanon” [verse 3], and it is Assyria that He brought “down to Sheol”—similar to the prophecy of the Babylonian King in Isaiah 14. God destroyed the Assyrian nation. The “trees” that the mourned and fainted for Assyria are nations. Notice the phrase “I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to SHEOL”. Indeed, there were many nations that relied on Assyria for protection, among other things—including the nation of Judah! Naturally, these nations which depended on Assyria for their own survival were terrified to hear of its destruction. Then those very nations whom depended on Assyria were all systematically destroyed and overtaken by Babylon—whom God was using at the time to punish many wicked nations, including His Own—both Israel and Judah. Later God punishes Babylon for their sins.

Once again, nothing at all to do with a fiery underworld ruled by Satanic forces!

58. Ezekiel 32:21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of SHEOL with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

59. Ezekiel 32:27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to SHEOL with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

Unless we are to believe that fallen soldiers can bring “their weapons of war” with them down to the Christian Hell, then it should be clear to us that these above two passages say nothing of this place. It’s another example of Sheol being used figuratively; in this case it is a lament for Egypt [verse 18] concerning their rapidly approaching destruction—which was fulfilled when Babylon overthrew them.

60. Hosea 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of SHEOL: I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O SHEOL I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

Recently I read Hosea from the NET Bible and discovered something quite intriguing: the way it’s quoted in their translation gives a very different message. Here it is:

“Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not! O Death, bring on your plagues! O Sheol, bring on your destruction! My eyes will not show any compassion!”

Though the phrase “No, I will not” is not Scriptural, I find the implication might be accurate based on the surrounding context. Notice that the verse appears as questions as opposed to statements. The ESV does the same thing.

Since I am no bible scholar, I’ll have to do some research in the near future to see which way is more accurate and proper; but either way one thing is clear: This verse has nothing to do with the Christian Hell as it is a prophecy of God’s Judgment on backsliding Israel. [It was a future judgment at the time this book was written, though it was fulfilled when they, like many nations, were overthrown by Babylon]

And just to ‘close the book’ on the idea that this verse is speaking of a Christian Hell, I will quote verse 16 below:

“Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: THEIR INFANTS SHALL BE DASHED IN PIECES, and their WOMEN WITH CHILD SHALL BE RIPPED UP.”

Indeed the Babylonians were extremely relentless, showing little remorse, during their time of conquering many nations.

61. Amos 9:1-2 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. Though they dig into SHEOL, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down

This one shouldn’t be difficult to understand. There’s no running, no hiding, no escaping from God’s judgment when it comes. Besides, who would be so crazy as to ‘dig into the Christian Hell’ to escape God, or anything for that matter. Thus, clearly, this has nothing to do with the popular doctrine.

62. Jonah 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of SHEOL cried I, and thou heardest my voice

Jonah was in the belly of a fish at the time he cried out to God for mercy; not in some fiery hell of torment! Here is another example of Sheol being used figuratively. Jonah probably thought he would die there inside that fish’s belly, but God showed him mercy and released him after three days and three nights. Even today, we have the popular phrase “to hell and back” referring to people who’ve miraculously survived extremely dangerous and traumatic events.

63. Habakkuk 2:5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as SHEOL, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people

The Hebrew Sheol being used figuratively describing the evil and selfish desires of a proud man.

So there you have it! All 63 occurrences of the Hebrew Sheol; and regardless of whether it’s translated “grave”, “pit” or “hell”, Sheol has absolutely NOTHING to do with the popular Church doctrine of eternal punishment in a fiery lake in an underworld ruled by Satan and demons! Let’s now move on to the New Testament and see for ourselves if there be any truth of this evil doctrine there…

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