What is Sheol according to the Bible?
The Old Testament word for the abode of the dead is Sheol. It is derived, as most scholars think, from a word meaning hollow. To the Hebrew mind Sheol was simply the state or abode of the dead. It was not the same as the grave, though it was so translated in some of the older versions.
Sheol (/ˈʃiː. oʊl, -əl/ SHEE-ohl, -uhl; Hebrew: שְׁאוֹל Šəʾōl, Tiberian: Šŏʾōl) in the Hebrew Bible is a place of still darkness which lies after death. Although not well defined in the Tanakh, Sheol in this view was a subterranean underworld where the souls of the dead went after the body died.
Sheol in American English
(ˈʃioul) noun (in Hebrew theology) 1. the abode of the dead or of departed spirits.
Hades. … word Hades is used for Sheol, denoting a dark region of the dead. Tartarus, originally denoting an abyss far below Hades and the place of punishment in the lower world, later lost its distinctness and became almost a synonym for Hades.
| netherworld | hell |
|---|---|
| hellfire | inferno |
| hades | pandemonium |
| nether world | the inferno |
| blazes | fire and brimstone |
The “heart of the earth” like “the heart of the sea” (Jonah 2:4 LXX) refers to Sheol. When Jonah says that “I went down to the earth” (Jonah 2:7 LXX), he is again referring to Sheol (pp. 19–20).
Sacred Scripture teaches that Enoch and Elijah were assumed into heaven while still alive and not experiencing physical death.
"Bosom of Abraham" refers to the place of comfort in the biblical Sheol (or Hades in the Greek Septuagint version of the Hebrew scriptures from around 200 BC, and therefore so described in the New Testament) where the righteous dead abided prior to Jesus' resurrection.
At death his Spirit went to the Father in heaven, and then returned to be clothed in the resurrection body, in which he appeared to the disciples over a period of 40 days before the ascension. The statement in John 20:17 tells us that the ascension of the resurrected Christ had not yet happened.
- Judaism.
- Christianity.
- Islam.
Is purgatory in the Bible?
Roman Catholic Christians who believe in purgatory interpret passages such as 2 Maccabees 12:41–46, 2 Timothy 1:18, Matthew 12:32, Luke 23:43, 1 Corinthians 3:11–3:15 and Hebrews 12:29 as support for prayer for purgatorial souls who are believed to be within an active interim state for the dead undergoing purifying ...
They think their souls had to wait in a neutral waiting room until Christ's death. These Christians believe when Christ preached to spirits in prison (1 Peter 3:19) between his death and resurrection is when Christ announced the Old Testament saints were then forgiven and so could go to paradise.
(Old Testament) The realm of the dead, the common grave of mankind, Hell.
- utopia.
- paradise.
- nirvana.
- wonderland.
- promised land.
- fantasyland.
- empyrean.
- lotusland.
synonyms for heaven on earth
Compare Synonyms. Arcadia. Shangri-la. garden. heaven.
In religious or mythological cosmology, the seven heavens refer to seven levels or divisions of the Heavens. The concept, also found in the ancient Mesopotamian religions, can be found in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; a similar concept is also found in some other religions such as Hinduism.
After all, they disobeyed God's command to not eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge. God is the One who decides who does or does not enter heaven. There's no place in the Bible that says they were saved. But there is no place in the Bible that indicates the couple was lost, either.
We enter heaven immediately upon our death, or our souls sleep until the second coming of Christ and the accompanying resurrection.
2 Kings 2: Elijah Taken into Heaven.
Another main activity, while his body lay in the tomb, was to visit the spirits of those who had died. He said on one occasion, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.” (John 5:25.)
Where did Jesus go when he descended into the lower parts of the earth?
(2) There are those who say "descended first into the lower parts of the earth" simply means he was buried in the earth before he ascended. (3) "Descended" also could mean that while his body was in the grave, in his spirit he went to Hades, "the realm of the dead," believed to be in the heart of the earth.
pur·ga·to·ry ˈpər-gə-ˌtȯr-ē plural purgatories. : an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification. specifically : a place or state of punishment wherein according to Roman Catholic doctrine the souls of those who die in God's grace may make satisfaction for past sins and so become fit for heaven.
It is probably either a liturgical-musical mark or an instruction on the reading of the text, with the meaning of "stop and listen." Another proposal is that selah can be used to indicate that there is to be a musical interlude at that point in the Psalm.
Biblical accounts
Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
Named in the New Testament in Greek form (from the Hebrew Ge Hinnom, meaning “valley of Hinnom”), Gehenna originally was a valley west and south of Jerusalem where children were burned as sacrifices to the Ammonite god Moloch.