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HEAVEN AND HELL: IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE: PROF.M.M.NINAN<br />

Psalm 89:48; Genesis 37:35; Genesis 44:29 ; 1 Kings 2:9 ; Psalm 18:5 ; Psalm 107:20 ;<br />

Proverbs 1:12 ; Proverbs 30:16; Ezekiel 31:15-17 ; Jonah 2:2 ; Psalm 88:11-12; Job 3:13-19;<br />

Job 7:9 ; Job 17:13-16; Psalm 6:5 ; Isaiah 14:9-11; Isaiah 38:18; Numbers 16:33;<br />

1 Samuel 2:6 ; Job 24:19 ; Psalm 9:17; Psalm 31:17; Psalm 49:14 ; Psalm 55:15; Isaiah 14:15;<br />

Job 14:13 ; Psalm 16:10; Psalm 30:3 ; Psalm 49:15; Psalm 86:13.<br />

19th century Burmese Painting of Sheol<br />

showing it as a place of torment.<br />

Since the dead in sheol are spirits,<br />

how the fire can harm them is a mystery.<br />

B<br />

GEHENNA<br />

(GEHINNOM)<br />

גהנום<br />

Another name we find in the bible is the name Gehenna or Gehinnom.<br />

Gehenna ( Ancient Greek: γέεννα) from the Hebrew Gehinnom (Rabbinical: ‏(גהנם/גהנום is a small<br />

valley in Jerusalem. In the Hebrew Bible, Gehenna was initially where some of the kings of Judah<br />

sacrificed their children by fire. Thereafter it was deemed to be cursed (Jer. 7:31, 19:2-6).<br />

In Rabbinic literature <strong>and</strong> Christian <strong>and</strong> Islamic scripture, Gehenna is a destination of the wicked.<br />

This is different from the more neutral Sheol/Hades, the abode of the dead, although the King<br />

James Version of the Bible usually translates both with the Anglo-Saxon word <strong>Hell</strong>.<br />

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