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“Hell No!”Hell, Gehenna, Hades, Grave,Tartarus, Abraham’s Bosom,Lake Of Fire, Abyss, Sea,Bottomless PitIsaiah 5:14 KJV - Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened hermouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and theirpomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.Understanding The Terms, Times& Places Of Eternal Damnation© 2007 Dr. Dan Cheatham, DCMI, www.devotional.net

I hope the following charts and illustrations will help you understand this subject better!One must go to the OT Hebrew & NT Greek in each scripture to understand the terminology and to paintthe right picture of eternal damnation. We must know which Greek and Hebrew words are being used.We must also balance the scriptures with other scriptures. Further we must interpret the scriptures byother scriptures. And finally we must keep scriptures in their context. Without doing all these things, wemight end up being confused about the subject of eternal damnation or any other Bible doctrine we study.• There are two different words in the NT, both which were erroneously translated as “hell”. One is the greekword “Hades,” the other is “Gehenna.” But when Jesus and the NT writers spoke using the different terms, theyintended a distinction.• Also the word “hades” in the NT and “sheol” in the OT is sometimes translated as “the grave” which can also bea bit misleading.• Jesus’ story of the “Rich Man & Lazarus” in Luke 16:19-31 begins to unravel the mystery for us.• Sheol, in the Old Testament was comprised of two compartments. One compartment was the upper level called“Abraham’s Bosom” which was a place of comfort where OT saints went until Jesus could come and beresurrected. No one was allowed to go to heaven until Jesus had returned there first. At Jesus’ resurrection theBible teaches he led these captives from Abraham’s Bosom to heaven with Him. Along the way up to heavenbehind Jesus some of them even came back into their buried bodies for a short while and walked around inJerusalem (see Matthew 27:53). The second compartment that still exists today in NT times is “Hades”. Hades isa different place than “Hell” or “Gehenna.” It was the lower compartment of Sheol, a place of eternal torment, witha gulf separating the two compartments from one another. Now that Jesus has come and been resurrected, thereis no more upper compartment, nor is there a need for it. It was only a holding place for OT saints. The Bibleteaches that now believers go straight to heaven when they die, not to a holding place. To be absent from thebody is now to be present with the Lord. Today unbelievers go straight to Hades (also called “the sea” of peoplein Rev chapter 20) awaiting the Great White Throne Judgment at the end of time, after which they shall be throwninto Hell (Gehenna) for all eternity.

Old Testament

OT“Third Heaven”(The Throne of God – Heaven is a real place)“Second Heaven”(The Universe)2 Corinthians 12:2TheBattlegroundAngels“First Heaven”(Our Atmosphere)satandemonsPeople“Earth”“Sheol”(OT Hebrew)=Abraham’sBosom+“Hades”(NT Greek)Hell“Gehenna”(NT Greek)“Lake Of Fire”emptyLuke 16:19-31OldTestamentSaintsUpper Region of Sheol is “Abraham’s Bosom”Place of Comfort For the Righteous (i.g. Lazarus)“Fixed Gulf”Canyon(no crossing between upper and lower compartments)OldTestamentSinnersLower Region of Sheol is a“Place Of Torment” (i.g. rich man)Demonsthat sinnedby having sexualrelations with womenthat produced giantsIn the Book of GenesisTartarus

Crucifixion & ResurrectionOf Jesus

3DaysTheBattleground“Sheol”(OT Hebrew)=Abraham’sBosom+“Hades”(NT Greek)Hell“Gehenna”(NT Greek)“Lake Of Fire”empty“Second Heaven”(The Universe)“First Heaven”(Our Atmosphere)“Today youShall be with meIn Paradise”“Earth”“Abraham’s BosomPlace of Comfort(also called “Paradise”)“Fixed Gulf”Canyon(no crossing between upper and lower compartments)OldTestamentSinners“Third Heaven”(The Right Hand of God’s Throne)“Place Of Torment” (i.g. rich man)OTSaintsNOTE:Jesus did NOTdescend into Hellor Hades, as somehave erroneouslytaught. He onlydescended intoAbraham’s Bosomto loose the OTsaints from thereinto Heaven. Hisown Hell was thecross! The price waspaid on the Cross,not Jesus sufferingin Hell for 3 days!He did not need todescend into hell totake the keys of helland deathaway from Satan.Satan was not and isnot even in Hell yet.Demonsthat sinnedby having sexualrelations with womenthat produced giantsIn the Book of GenesisTartarus

New Testament

NTTheBattlegroundNewTestamentSaintsPeople“Third Heaven”(Heaven is a real place)Angels“Second Heaven”(The Universe)“First Heaven”(Our Atmosphere)“Earth”satandemons“Sheol”(OT Hebrew)=Now Only“Hades”(NT Greek)Hell“Gehenna”(NT Greek)“Lake Of Fire”emptyNo longer an Abraham’s Bosom or ParadiseGulf or Canyon“possibly” now the “Bottomless Pit” (Rev 20:1-3)NewTestamentSinners“Place Of Torment”OldTestamentSinnersDemonsthat sinnedby having sexualrelations with womenthat produced giantsIn the Book of GenesisTartarus

End Times

New Heaven & Earth