This is why I try not to use the word hell because it really carries with it a lot of unbiblical and superstitious ideas and it helps keep people ignorant to the true context of Jesus usage of the word Gehenna (The Valley of Hinnom). From the article: The word “hell” doesn’t come from Hebrew at all, but rather is ultimately rooted in Proto-Germanic. According to the The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology, the word “hell” was adopted into our vocabulary as a way to introduce the pagan concept of hell into Christian theology– which it did quite successfully. When Jesus spoke of hell he was actually referring to a literal place– and not a literal place of the future, but a literal place of first century Israel, the Valley of Hinnom. Many of the people in the audience when Jesus warned “how will you escape going to the Valley of Hinnom?” (Also called Gehenna) actually ended up dead and burned in Gehenna by the Romans. It is important to realize that when Jesus discusses hell, a primary purpose was a warning of the coming destruction of Jerusalem and that refusal to heed his advice would result in one being killed and burned in Gehenna (the Valley of Hinnom).
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:02:20 +0000
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