What did Jesus teach/say about heaven or hell?
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- 3+ months ago by sauucysasha
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- heaven, jesus, hell, teach
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In the Hebrew concept there are three heavens. The first heaven is blue and birds fly through it. The second is everything above the sky, out to the stars. The third is where God lives. The bible does not tell us anything about heaven.
Hell is a hole is a grave. Check any dictionary. Everybody goes there except we who are alive when Jesus calls us to meet him in the air. There is a lake of fire, but only spirits go there.
You need to remember that the bible was not written in English, so the word hell is used in places where the original text used different words. You can get a concordance to look up what those words actually mean. For instance, Gehenna is the Jerusalem city dump. Most students use Strong's concordance. I prefer Young's concordance because it is easier to use. There are other brands and they are all ok.
In the Bible Heaven is mention a few times but it never mention Hell. No where in the bible is hell written, the definition for hell is, mankind' common grave, yes hell is the place that dead people are put into, a place where the person who goes there is inactive or dead, conscious of nothing at all. You see many religions taught that hell is a place of eternal torment even calling it firey hell. But is it logical to think a loving God who created us in his image and likeness will put us in a firey place burning us over and over, barbecueing us forever? And how could a person be burn over and over for eternity? Will not that person turn to ashes at some point? This hell fire is so not logical.
What about Heaven? Let's see some of the places it's mention in the Bible:
1) John 3:13, "Moreover, no man has ascended into heaven but the one
who descended from heaven, the Son of man."
2) Psalm 19:1, "The heavens are declaring the glory of God.
3) Matthew 6:9,10 "Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified.Let your
Kingdom come. Let,your will take place, as in heaven,also on earth."
4) Matthew 3:16,17, After being baptized, Jesus immediately came up from the water; and look! the heavens were opened up, and he saw God's spirit descending
like a dove and coming upon him. Look! Also, a voice from the heavens said:
"This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved."
The bible spoke about heaven and the heavens many times, as mention above because God wanted us to know that there is a heaven but also never mention hell fire or hell but the common grave of mankind, where dead people are put away resting unconscious.