Gehenna: Is Hell Eternal Conscious Torment?
“Does the Gehenna fire of Mark 9 refer to eternal conscious torment in hell, or is it a first-century reference to the garbage dump outside Jerusalem?”
Does the Gehenna fire of Mark 9 refer to eternal conscious torment in hell, or is it a first-century reference to the garbage dump outside Jerusalem?
Hard verses are where our biases and assumptions do the most damage. Before diving into scholarly perspectives, consider which thinking patterns might be shaping how you read this passage.
les to get these people to believe in the name of jesus once again understanding that it very well may be that god intends to bring about some greater good in the future in that...
so at the end the the guy says take it away take the mine away from that lazy guy and give it to the one who has ten - well in that parable no one has ten - the guy has 11 the one...
rise again.” And what does Martha say? “Martha said to him, 'I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.'” She had no inkling of a resurrection within...
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