> Hi Ray,
> The teaching of a place of Eternal Torture originated in Ancient Egypt as you
> teach. Did the KJV translators intend on continuing this teaching of Eternal
> Torture, or when they used the word HELL, did they intend on it meaning a
> covering, a place to be covered, the under world?
> Thanks for all your teaching,
> Brother Bob
Dear Bob: Justinian (540 AD) was one primarily responsible for changing eons or ages into "ENDLESS ages." He knew that aion/aionios in the Greek did not mean endless, but rather an age or pertaining to a age, and so he began teaching "endless" ages or eternity. The words "chastisement" which means to correct and set straight and right were changed to "punishment." So instead of having age-lasting correction in Judgment, Judgment became endless, eternal torture as punishment for sins that could never again be repented of. The King James translators followed closely the traditions of the Jerome and his Vulgate, Justinian, and the Roman Catholic Church, regarding these teachings. What a damnable teaching.
God be with you,
Ray
