Monthly Archives: January 2015

We have now looked at all 4 words generally associated with Hell; namely – Sheol, Hades, Tartarus and Gehenna.  There remains only one more picture used in the Bible that we mistakenly interpret as referring to “Hell.”  That picture is … Continue reading →

Having seen how Gehenna really refers to a trash heap outside of Jerusalem, and secondly as a picture of national judgment, there remains a few comments I feel will further dismantle the idea of Gehenna as a picture of Hell. … Continue reading →

Having seen what we have about Gehenna and its local, historical and cultural context, we can confidently say that the majority of its references do not concern an endless hellfire.  There is however one occurrence of Gehenna in Scripture that … Continue reading →

In the last blog we saw how the Old Testament shows the progression of the Valley of Hinnom (Ge Hinnom – Gehenna) how it became a polluted city dump and eventually a symbol of national destruction; the effectual consequence of … Continue reading →