Want to understand what the Bible says about hell? Read about heaven! with Lee Strobel (Gospel, punishment)
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This is a nice conversation between Alisa Childers and Lee Strobel on heaven, hell, torture vs torment, Annihilationism, eternal punishment, descriptions of hell being metaphoric, what about those who have never heard the gospel, etc. If interested give it a listen.
yup - went on and on about NDE's (nothing profound) for 24 min before even beginning to get to the point!
Michael, what did you find new/interesting in the video ?
I found most of it interesting. I agree that the fire imagery is metaphorical rather than literal. 'Hell' described both as a lake of fire and as the 'outer darkness' strongly suggests metaphorical language is being used. The essence of eternal punishment is separation from all that is good, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power as Paul said in 2 Thess 1:9. The torment is internally generated rather than external torture.
I also agree that there is a possibility that those who never had the opportunity to hear the gospel might be given a chance to hear it and respond to it after death.
Part of the problem is the idea of 'hell' is ambiguous.
Is it Dante's inferno? Pitchforks and demons? Skin being ripped off like Bill Wiese describes?
Is it just 'the grave' as described in the Old Testament?
Is it 'gehenna' as Jesus referred to as a place of judgment?
Is it 'the lake of fire' or other fire references?
Biblically 'hell' is thrown into the lake of fire, so we know they are different.
This video gives a very interesting take on it all.
The NDE aspect is also very interesting. In every case where the person experienced torment in their NDE - the torment lasted until they called out for help - then they felt overwhelming peace.
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