The Truth About Hell

The Truth About Hell

This is the common fears of human being is what will happen to them after they die. Before looking at hell and eternal life it is important to get a solid understanding of who God is as well as His character. The Bible says that God "is" Love (1 John 4:16). He is the originator of love and all His actions are directed by love. Jeremiah 31:3 even says, "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness I have drawn you." The Bible clearly state that God doesn't even enjoy a wicked person's death. Ezekiel 33:11 says, "...As I live,'says the Lord God, ' I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live...For why should you die, O house of Israel.

But the real question what is hell? why people afraid of this hell? should I go in hell? or who was hell created for?, there is many different question of people that we heard.

What is Hell?
Paul makes it clear that the wages-the-result-of sin in the life of a human being eternal death. This directly contradicts the common teaching that the wages of sin is eternal life in hell. Paul's words harmonize with Revelation 20:14 where the fate of the incorrigibly wicked is called "the second death" in "the lake of fire."The "lake of fire" described in the Bible is far from the common conception of hell. It is a place that will utterly destroy and kill the wicked (Matthew 10:28). The prophet said Malachi prophesied that "all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up" (Malachi 4:1).


The Bible does not say that unbelievers are tormented forever in either a place of fiery torture or a place of dark seclusion from God. These ideas directly contradict one of the plainest statements in the Bible about the results of sin in a human life. At the end of a chapter describing the results of sin versus the results of righteousness, the apostle Paul wrote: "For the wages of sin is death,, but the gift of God eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23 Added words).

Three Greek name words for hell
What about the instances in the Bible when the word hell is used? What is hell, according to the Bible? Many are surprised to learn that there are actually three Greek words translated “hell” in the New Testament. These three words are Hades, Gehenna and Tartaroo.

1. Hades refers to “the grave,” “the pit” or “place of the dead.” The Holman Bible Dictionary explains that “Hades is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew term ‘Sheol,’ which refers in general to the place of the dead” (1991, “Hades”). (Psalms 16:10) and (Acts 2:27) use Sheol and Hades to describe the location of Christ’s body when He was dead for three days and three nights (Matthew 12:40).

2. Gehenna refers to the valley of Hinnom, “a valley near Jerusalem … where children were sacrificed by fire in connection with pagan rites” (New Bible Dictionary, 1982, “Hell”). Later garbage and dead bodies were disposed of and burned in this valley. Gehenna represents the “lake of fire” described in (Revelation 19:20), the unquenchable fire(Mark 9:43) that will completely destroy the unrepentant (Matthew 10:28).

3. Tartaroo appears once in the Bible in (2 Peter 2:4) and refers to a condition of restraint for demons (fallen angels) until their later judgment.

So, Consider the following story. Imagine God as a loving compassionate surgeon. He loves each and every patient that comes into His office, but hates the disease that attacks them. Each day He lovingly treats each case. One day you come into God’s office with a case of gangrene. He loves you so much, but says He must make an amputation to save your life because of the spreading nature of the disease. If the gangrene is not removed the infection will consume you and eventually kill you. In the same way God must remove sin or it will consume the entire universe and destroy the happiness of His creation.

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