Hell and Heaven

HEAVEN AND HELL: IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE: PROF.M.M.NINAN
Sheol itself is described a ravenous insatiable animal that swallows the humans both good
and bad
It is
(a) the abode of the wicked (Numbers 16:33; Job 24:19; Psalms 9:17; 31:17, etc.);
(b) the abode of the good (Psalms 16:10; 30:3; 49:15; 86:13, etc.).
"Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and
opened her mouth without measure" Isa 5
It is like a monster animal that swallows its
victims and is never satisfied.
This word sheol is derived from a root-word
meaning "to ask," "demand;" hence
insatiableness (Proverbs 30:15, 16).
Sheol is a Jail where the humans are put in waiting for judgement.
It is also like a jail
Sheol is described as:
deep (Job 11:8), dark (10:21, 22), with bars
(17:16).
The dead "go down" to it (Numbers 16:30, 33;
Ezekiel 31:15, 16, 17).
2. But then according to others there is an ongoing active life going on in
Sheol. It is another form of life in existence. We may say that the soul puts on
a new dimension and a body connected with the dimension.
This gives the concept of the ghost.
This then considers an independent existence for soul. The idea is that the soul takes up another
type of non-physical body ( Etherial body?) and exists underground in full consciousness and life.
HELL IS NOT A STATE OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS !!
There can be communication between the world above and the world below (Deuteronomy
18:11).
Even Samuel could be summoned from the dead (1 Samuel 28:11-15);
Sheol from beneath was stirred at the descent of the king of Babylon (Isaiah 14:9).
HELL IS NOT REMOVED FROM GOD'S JURISDICTION.
"Sheol is naked before God," says Job, "and Abaddon hath no covering" (Job 26:6).
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