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Is There Really A Hell?
gmik:
Welcome Fstamp and join the club---THE BEEN THERE DONE THAT CLUB. :D
I'm sorry, I know its not a laughing matter where you sit. After a few years on the forum you realize we all have had to make that choice. For some it is easy, for others well, not so much.
All good advice from the posters. Just bulk up on the truth that is here that Ray is teaching, stay close to us(the forum) and eventually you will know what and when to do whatever you do ;)
Go back thru the introduction threads for a coupleof years and you will see you are not alone!!
Paul:
No. A couple words were arbitrarily changed to "Hell" (traditionally, lower-case) in the Middle Ages, when the Bible was first being translated into English. These words are:
1. Sheol
2. Gehenna
3. Hades
4. Tartarus
The concept of evil men going to a place of torment after death first appeared in Jewish apocryphal writings of 3 to 1 B.C. These writings came from the thoughts of the Babylonian religions which the Jews brought back with them from Babylon. It was these books which spoke of eternal separation of good and evil and equating it to man's ultimate fate. Many Jews mixed these teachings with Judaism which brought about great problems. These writings, found their way into the Greek Septuagint (a Bible translation.) The Septuagint was used by the early Church. From there these writings got into the Latin Vulgate. Early English translations relied heavily on the Latin Vulgate. Those that used the Greek, also relied heavily upon the Septuagint. The early English translations were either translated from the Latin with the Apocrypha, or the Septuagint, which also contained the Apocrypha. Each translation also relied heavily on other translations. Tyndale, for example, borrowed greatly from Martin Luther. The King James directly copied much from previous translations that came directly from the Latin Vulgate. ( http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx )
Careful poster the rules state
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Craig :)
Read this, too: http://pages.citebite.com/e5m9q4o1gdvx
gmik:
I just watched an Egyptian special on the History Channel. They gave lots of time to the similarities between what Egypt believed and Christians- they had the trinity first, a strong pure mother figure, etc.
Why, most pastors would NOT believe that for one bit!
fstamp:
Thank you all for your kind words, and suggestions. I look forward to reading all the articles on the Lake of Fire. My wife and I are still divided, but I'm sure with a little guidance, and understanding of Scripture, she too will come to know the truth. Again, I thank you all.
Fstamp...
Paul:
fstamp, I'd like to point out two things on Ray's site to you:
http://pages.citebite.com/e5m9q4o1gdvx
http://pages.citebite.com/j6n2s2a8rnyo
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