Gehenna is often translated Hell, which transmits centuries of misunderstanding. The word comes from the hebrew גֵּיא בֶן-הִנֹּם (géy vèn-hinnom — valley of the son of hinnom) which was a real physical place where human sacrifices were performed by burning children, according to Jeremiah 7,31-331 31They [the Judeans] have built the high places of Topheth Read More …
שְׁאֹל (she’ol)
The word שְׁאֹל (She’ol) is found 66 times in the Massoretic Text1. It is a dark (Job 17,13) and silent (Psalm 115,17) place with gates (Job 38,17; Isiah 38,10) where all humans go (Psalm 49,10-11). Being there is like being in a deep water under a mountain (Jonah 2,2-7): it is a world under the Read More …
Introduction: get the berean-attitude
The role of a church teacher is not to tell his audience what to think or believe, but rather to help her (and all the members individually) to think about, to meditate on, and to understand the content of the faith. Of course, the teacher will use what he himself believes and practices in his Read More …