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Hell
Does the OT teach about Hell - as in a place to go after we die apart from
God?
Yes!!!
And what is Hell? Hell is the separation from God.
Ezekiel 26:20-21 Down to the pit, Dwell in Earth below, You will not return to
the land of the living, You will be no more.
Is it Hot in Hell? There are some questions to this effect. Deut 32:22
intimates it "For a fire has been kindled by my wrath, one that burns t othe
realm of Sheol below. It will devour the earth and its harvests and set afire
the foundations of the mountains."
Isaiah 5:14 Therefore Sheol enlarges its appetite and opens its mouth without
limit.
Isaiah:
in a
prophecy, chapter 14
9: Sheol from beneath is excited
over you to meet you when you come: It arouses for you the spirts of the dead,
all the leaders of the earth;
15: Nevertheless you will be
thrust down to Sheol, To the rcesses of the pit.
Isaiah 28:15 We have made a
covenant with death. And with Sheol we have made a pact.
Isaiah 28:18 (the covenent &
pack won't last)
Isaiah 57:9 And made them go down
to Sheol
Job 11:8 Fathoms of God: They are
higher than the heavens -- what can you do? They are deeper than the depths
of Sheol.
Job 26:6 Naked is Sheol before
God.
Psalm 9:17 The wicked return to
the grave.
Psalm 16:10 For You will not
abandon my soul to Sheol;
Psalm 18:5 The cords of Sheol
surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
Psalm 55:15 David asks God to take
his enemies to Hell. "Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down
alive to Sheol"
Psalm 116:3 And the Terrors of
Shoel came upon me.
Psalm 139:8 If I ascend to Heaven
you are there. If I descend to Shoel you are there.
Proverbs 5:5 Her feet go down to
death, Her steps take hold of Sheol. (Adulteress)
Proverbs 7:27 Her (Adultress)
houes is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 9:18 (Folly)But he does
not know that the dead ore there, That her guests are in the depths of
Sheol.
Proverbs 15:11 Sheol and Abaddon
lie open before the Lord, How much more the....
Proverbs 15:24 The path of life
leads upward for the wise. That he may keep away from Sheol below.
Proverbs 23:13,14 discipline from
the child.. And rescue his soul from Sheol.
Proverbs 27:20 Sheol and abaddon
(Destruction) are never satisfied.
Eze 31:15-17 went down to
Sheol
Eze 32:21 Sheol/lie with
uncircumcised
Eze 32:27 lie in Sheol with
uncircumcised
Am 9:2 You can't escape God's
hand, enough if you go to Sheol
Jon 2:2 I cried for help from the
depth of Sheol <-- Jonah in the belly of the fish/whale.
Hab 2:5 He enlarges his appetite
like Sheol
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