Ep 138 - Hotness in the Bible
July has begun and with it a new theme: "Hotness in the Bible."
In this Bible Study, we discuss the different names for "hell."
We also read about Lazarus and the Rich Man.
SHEOL (Hebrew) (SHEE-all)
In some texts, Sheol is considered to be the home of both the righteous and the wicked, separated into respective compartments; in others, it was considered a place of punishment, meant for the wicked dead alone, and is equated with Gehenna in the Talmud. Sheol had come to have a definite connection with sin and judgment. It meant the humiliation and destruction of the wicked.
HADES (Greek)
Hades is a place of suffering, of punishment for sin. This conception was growing among the Hebrews long before New Testament times. Hades, according to various Christian denominations, is "the place or state of departed spirits", borrowing the name of Hades, the Greek god of the underworld. It is often associated with the Jewish concept of Sheol.
Sheol and Hades
Prior to Jesus’ atonement for the sins of man, the souls of all who died went to a place called Sheol (Hebrew). It is defined as the world of the dead, the underworld, and, in the Old Testament, the word is translated into English as the pit, the grave, and hell.
In the New Testament, the Greek word for this place is Hades, and our English translation is Hell.
In Luke 16:19-31, Jesus described the abode of the dead as having two compartments. One, a place of torment. The other, a place of comfort called Abraham’s Bosom, which is no longer inhabited.
TARTARUS (Greek)
In some Greek sources Tartarus is another name for the underworld (serving as a metonym for Hades), while in others it is a completely distinct realm separate from the underworld. Tartarus is generally understood to be the place where 200 fallen Watchers (angels) are imprisoned.
GEHENNA (Greek) (je henna)
Gehenna is the Greek term for the Hebrew Gai-Ben-Hinnom meaning Valley of the Son of Himmon. – It is an actual valley outside of old Jerusalem that was a smoldering garbage dump at the time of Jesus.
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