Beyond the Sunset

Where are the dead (part 2)?

Where are the dead?

“But man dies and is laid away; Indeed he breathes his last and where is he?”

~ Job 14:10 (NKJV)

Agenda

• Old Testament view of hell• Does sheol = hades?• New Testament view of hell• Points to ponder

Old Testament view of hell

DISCUSSION: What do you think sheol means?

• "the world of the dead“ ~ Strong's Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary

• "the unseen state“ ~ Young's Analytical Concordance

• “always the abode of departed spirits" ~ Smith's Bible Dictionary

Old Testament view of hell

KJV NKJV NIV NAS/RSVHell 31 19 0 0grave 30 25 56 0pit 3 2 0 0realm of death below 0 0 1 0death 0 0 6 0depths 0 0 1 0sheol 0 18 0 64

Does sheol = hades?

• Souls are conscious – Isaiah 14:9-20

• Place for the wicked– Job 21:13;Numbers 16:30-33

• Place for the righteous– Job 14:13-14; Psalms 49:14-15

• What about torment and paradise?– Abaddon (Job 26:6; 28:22; 31:12; Proverbs 15:11;

27:20)

New Testament view of hell

• Hades– Acts 2:29-35– Luke 16:19-31

• Place of torment• Place of rest “paradise”– Luke 23:43; John 20:17

DISCUSSION: Does it matter if Luke 16:19-31 is a parable?

Points to ponder

• Old and New Testament people understood the meaning for sheol, hades, gehanna, and tartaros

• What if our view of the afterlife is incorrect?

• What is the benefit of studying this topic?– 1 Thessalonians 4:18