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Hell isn't discussed very thoroughly in the Bible. IMO there's a high chance this world itself is 'hell.' Which is actually very good news, because it suggests we get more chances to make ourselves more pleasing to God than just in this one life.
So I'm of the Johnny Cash persuasion, especially given my spiritual experience similar to that of the lyrics.
Itâs even more interesting. Earth is the place where our souls get to experience both moments of heaven and hell. Depending how we live here we either ascend to descend to the planes of heaven and hell above. 7 heavens and 7 hells.
Read the Book of Enoch. It tells us this world is a test for our souls. Depending on how we live is determines our afterlife.
âEarthâ is also an anagram for the word âheartâ. I think this is no coincidence. I think itâs because our hearts our tested here on earth. If your heart is filled with hate, sin and immorality thatâs how you are judged by God. If your heart is filled with love, and no sin god will give you his promise of everlasting life in Heaven.
I see hell as ultimately merciful and hopeful, however. You wouldn't want to exist eternally in a state of sin. There are also reasons to believe that many in hell will eventually be redeemed. Only those who truly want to cease to exist will accomplish it.
We don't go to heaven when we die.
No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heavenâthe Son of Man.
John 3:13
John 3:16, âGod loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.â
Romans 6:23, âBut now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life. 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Well was does everlasting life and gift of eternal life mean in this context?
Everlasting life does not mean that we get to go to heaven when we die. The dead will be resurrected.
For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. (1 Corinthians 15:16-20)
Martha answered, "I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." (John 11:24)
Martha believed that we would be resurrected on the last day.
Slaves
Wrong. You're twisting Scripture out of context.
Nobody went to Heaven *before Jesus*.
We're living after Christ's ascension
If nobody went to heaven before Jesus, where did they go?
Our hope is a physical resurrection of the body.
For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. (1 Corinthians 15:16-20)
Martha answered, "I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." (John 11:24)
Sounds like lots of contradiction
Prior to Jesus, everyone who died either went to Hell, or what is now called the limbo of the fathers (in older renditions, also considered Hell). When Jesus died for our (including their) sins, the just were freed from that limbo, and are now in Heaven with Him.
When we die, our soul will be immediately judged and go to Hell or (possibly with a stop in purgatory) Heaven. At the end of the world, our bodies will be resurrected also, and we will all be judged again generally, collectively, and publicly. The damned will return to Hell with their bodies in whatever state they are in, while the just will return to Heaven with glorified/restored bodies.
Where does Scripture say this?
Not all facts are in Scripture. This one is. But you still have to read it, not cut pieces out of context.
If it isn't in Scripture, where is the evidence?
Learn to read
Sorry, my bad. Where is the evidence for your beliefs about the afterlife?
Many times the gift of eternal life and everlasting life is referenced in the bible for those that believe Jesus died for our sins.
I do believe in eternal/everlasting life but I don't believe that it means heaven. I believe that we were made for physical existence.
It says somewhere in genesis I believe humans only will live til 120 on average due to our mortal nature. At least I have memory somewhere about it. I will need to search.
âMy Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years. (NKJV)â
This does not address eternal life or the afterlife. Things will change when God renews the earth.
What do you believe happen to us when we die and how it will unfold? Im curious on your perspective.
I believe that there will be a bodily resurrection of the dead on a renewed and restored earth. Everyone will rise again. Those who are saved will be raised to life to live physically on Earth for all eternity. Those who are not saved will experience judgement and perish (their souls will be destroyed).
Earth is nowhere near either Heaven or Hell
"4 Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who donât believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They donât understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God." 2 Cor 4:4 NLT
Word of God also tells us not to love the things of this world as they are evil and is a form of idolatry.
I donât know know if earth is hell but I am sure going to make my amabition to follow all of god commandments the best I can.