{"id":50208,"date":"2019-03-06T16:35:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T00:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=50208"},"modified":"2019-05-30T11:11:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T18:11:45","slug":"sheol-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/sheol-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Sheol? Is it hell?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"What is Sheol? Is it hell?\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-03-06T16:35:29-08:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT21M31S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Sheol is not hell. Which means hell is not talked about in the Old Testament.\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/one_verse\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/586106196-redeeminggod-149-what-is-sheol-is-it-hell.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"39.9\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_574\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-50208-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/one_verse\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/586106196-redeeminggod-149-what-is-sheol-is-it-hell.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/one_verse\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/586106196-redeeminggod-149-what-is-sheol-is-it-hell.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/one_verse\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/586106196-redeeminggod-149-what-is-sheol-is-it-hell.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p>(#AmazonAdLink) <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2H5UWrK\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-small wp-image-50705\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/What-is-Hell-3Dc-crop-287x400.png\" alt=\"What is hell book\" width=\"287\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/What-is-Hell-3Dc-crop-287x400.png 287w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/What-is-Hell-3Dc-crop-409x570.png 409w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/What-is-Hell-3Dc-crop-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/What-is-Hell-3Dc-crop-72x100.png 72w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/What-is-Hell-3Dc-crop.png 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a>My book, (#AmazonAdLink) <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2H5UWrK\"><em>What is Hell?<\/em><\/a> is now available (#AmazonAdLink) <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2H5UWrK\">on Amazon<\/a>. I am doing a series of podcast studies that focus on some of the content from the book. The studies look at the eight key terms that are often equated with hell, and about a dozen key passages that are thought to teach about hell.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn the truth about hell and what the Bible actually teaches about hell, make sure you get a copy of my book, (#AmazonAdLink) <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2H5UWrK\"><em>What is Hell?<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, if you are part of my discipleship group, there will be <a href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/courses\/what-is-hell\/\">an online course about hell<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>In this study, we look at the word <em>sheol.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Hebrew word <em>sheol<\/em>\u00a0is the most common word in the Old Testament that is used in reference to the state of the dead.<\/p>\n<p>Curiously, however, the word appears only one time\u00a0 outside of the Old Testament, where it means \u2018grave.\u2019 So when it comes to understanding what the Old Testament authors meant with the word <em>sheol, <\/em>we are limited to its usage within Scripture itself.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, there are numerous passages which guide our definition of this word.<\/p>\n<h2>The Meaning of the Word <em>sheol<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>The word <em>sheol <\/em>occurs sixty-six times in the Hebrew Scriptures, and a few of these are occasionally translated as \u201chell\u201d depending on which Bible translation you are reading.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yet \u201chell\u201d is not a good translation of any of the occurrences of <em>sheol\u00a0<\/em>in the Bible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Hebrew bible never indicates any form of punishment after death, so this translation is inappropriate. This is seen in a variety of ways.<\/p>\n<p>For example, <strong>both good men and evil men go to <em>sheol <\/em><\/strong>(cf. Gen 37:35; Num 16:30; Jon 2:2).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-small wp-image-50250\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sheol-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"sheol grave pit\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sheol-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sheol-570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sheol-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sheol-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sheol-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sheol.jpg 906w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Since it is not a place only for wicked and evil people, for even the righteous go to <em>sheol, <\/em>it cannot be equivalent to the modern concept of hell. Some teach, therefore, that <em>sheol <\/em>was a special \u201cholding tank\u201d or \u201cintermediate state\u201d for all people who lived and died prior to the death and resurrection of Jesus, and that after the resurrection of Jesus, people no longer go to <em>sheol, <\/em>but are immediately sent to either heaven or hell.<\/p>\n<p>Texts such as Matthew 27:52, Ephesians 4:8-10, and 1 Peter 3:19 are used to defend this idea.<\/p>\n<p>However, when all the references to <em>sheol <\/em>are considered together, it appears that the most likely definition of the word is also the most literal translation.<\/p>\n<p>The word <em>sheol<\/em> means \u201cgrave\u201d or \u201cpit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Hebrew authors wrote about <em>sheol <\/em>they were thinking about a hole in the ground in which dead bodies were laid. It does not represent any sort of afterlife experience.<\/p>\n<p>When adjectives are used to describe <em>sheol<\/em>, it is portrayed as a wet, dank, dark, dusty, musty hole.<\/p>\n<p>Support for this understanding is found in the fact that the Hebrew word <em>bor <\/em>is often used as a synonym for <em>sheol<\/em>, and <em>bor <\/em>is literally a hole dug in the ground (cf. Isa 14:11-20).<\/p>\n<p>And much like any grave, <em>sheol <\/em>is characterized by the presence of worms and decay (Job 17:13-16; 24:19-20).<\/p>\n<p>There is not a single Old Testament text which speaks of <em>sheol <\/em>as an eternal place of suffering and torment for the unregenerate dead.<\/p>\n<p>Even when New Testament authors quote Old Testament texts which speak about <em>sheol, <\/em>they do so in connection with the bodily resurrection of people from the grave (cf. Psa 16:10; Hos 13:14; Acts 2:27; 13:35; 1 Cor 15:55).<\/p>\n<p>The idea is that their bodies went into the ground, and at the resurrection, their bodies will come up out of the ground, and be made whole and complete once again. So even the New Testament supports the idea that <em>sheol <\/em>is simply \u201cthe grave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And since all people die and go to the grave, it makes sense for the Old Testament texts to speak about all people going to <em>sheol. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50248\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/grave-pit-sheol.jpg\" alt=\"what is sheol\" width=\"553\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/grave-pit-sheol.jpg 553w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/grave-pit-sheol-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/grave-pit-sheol-400x226.jpg 400w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/grave-pit-sheol-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Old Testament, therefore, does not have much to say about the afterlife for either the righteous or the wicked. All it knows is that when all people die, they are put down into a grave, into <em>sheol, <\/em>where worms and decay destroy their bodies.<\/p>\n<p>As such, the word <em>sheol <\/em>has nothing whatsoever to say about \u201chell\u201d and should not be translated as \u201chell\u201d in any of its uses (contrary to KJV texts such as Deut 32:22; Psa 16:10; Prov 9:18; Isa 14:9-10).<\/p>\n<p>The best way to translate all uses of <em>sheol <\/em>is \u201cgrave,\u201d and it literally refers to a pit or hole dug into the ground in which dead bodies are laid. When used metaphorically, it can refer to depression, sorrow, or loneliness, which are emotions often associated with death and burial.<\/p>\n<h2>So what is <em>sheol?<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><strong>The term, <em>sheol,<\/em> therefore, is the theological opposite of the life that God wants and desires for His people. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since God is a God of the living, not the dead, then <em>sheol <\/em>represents the experience of those who are not functioning as God desires, whether it is because they are dead and buried in the ground, or because they are cut off from community due to loneliness and depression.<\/p>\n<p>There is not a single text that describes <em>sheol <\/em>as a place of suffering and torment in the afterlife for the unregenerate dead.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-50249\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/what-Is-Sheol-e1551905506446-570x299.jpg\" alt=\"what is sheol where is sheol\" width=\"570\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/what-Is-Sheol-e1551905506446-570x299.jpg 570w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/what-Is-Sheol-e1551905506446-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/what-Is-Sheol-e1551905506446-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/what-Is-Sheol-e1551905506446-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/what-Is-Sheol-e1551905506446-100x52.jpg 100w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/what-Is-Sheol-e1551905506446.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>So the Old Testament teachings NOTHING about hell<\/h2>\n<p>The word <em>sheol\u00a0<\/em>is the only possible Old Testament term that can refer to hell, and since it does not, this means that the Old Testament teaches nothing about hell. (The image of fire might refer to hell in a few passages, but we will discuss this in a later study. &#8230; or you can just (#AmazonAdLink) <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2H5UWrK\">get my book on hell<\/a> &#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>This helps us realize that if the doctrine of hell as a place of suffering torment is correct, then God left humanity completely ignorant and blind to this idea for most of human history.<\/p>\n<p>If it is true that the vast majority of people from the days of Adam to the days of John the Baptist will end up in a place of burning torment forever and ever, wouldn\u2019t it have been loving for God to at least warn people about such a potential fate?<\/p>\n<p>Yet there is not a single such warning in all of the Hebrew Scriptures.<\/p>\n<p>Y<a href=\"#_ftn12\" name=\"_ftnref12\"><\/a>et despite the complete silence in the Hebrew Scriptures about eternal conscious torment in hell, people today continue to hold to the doctrine, primarily because they believe it is taught in the New Testament.<\/p>\n<p>As we will see in future studies about hell, nearly <em>all <\/em>the evidence provided for the doctrine of eternal torment in a fiery hell comes from the New Testament.<\/p>\n<p>But again, if this is truly the case, then was it just and right for God to not warn a single person prior to the birth of Jesus about the eternal torment that awaited them in eternity?<\/p>\n<h2>Was it Right For God to Fail to Warn Billions of People About Hell?<\/h2>\n<p>Is it conceivable that the God revealed to us in Jesus Christ could watch billions of humans fall into a pit of eternal suffering and torment while never saying a single word of warning about it to those who were alive?<\/p>\n<p>If the traditional doctrine of hell is true, how could God have overlooked or neglected mentioning it in His revelation to humanity for the majority of human history?<\/p>\n<p>People often say that it is loving to warn people about hell, just as it is loving to warn people about driving off a cliff. But if this is so, why did God not warn people about hell for most of human history?<\/p>\n<p>Is God unloving? To ask the question is to answer it. <strong>God is infinitely loving, and would not have failed to warn the objects of His love about such a potential disaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the only other rational conclusion is that such a disaster does not exist. God didn\u2019t warn people because the warning was not needed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-50251\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sheol-word-hell-570x333.jpg\" alt=\"is sheol hell\" width=\"570\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sheol-word-hell-570x333.jpg 570w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sheol-word-hell-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sheol-word-hell-400x233.jpg 400w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sheol-word-hell-100x58.jpg 100w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sheol-word-hell.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yet despite the complete silence in the Hebrew Scriptures about eternal conscious torment in hell, people today continue to hold to the doctrine, primarily because they believe it is taught in the New Testament.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly <em>all <\/em>the evidence provided for the doctrine of eternal torment in a fiery hell comes from the New Testament. But if the Hebrew Scriptures do not teach the concept of eternal torment in hellfire, it is legitimate to ask whether the New Testament does.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe we have misunderstood what the New Testament teaches about hell as well.<\/p>\n<p>The New Testament contains seven terms which are thought to refer to hell. They are: <em>abyss<\/em>, <em>gehenna<\/em>, <em>had\u0113s<\/em>, outer darkness, <em>tartarus,\u00a0<\/em>the Lake of Fire, and the image of fire. We will consider all of these, along with several passages from Scripture, in future studies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref6\" name=\"_ftn6\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref11\" name=\"_ftn11\"><\/a>If you want to learn the truth about hell, and what the Bible actually teaches about hell, make sure you get a copy of my book, (#AmazonAdLink) <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2H5UWrK\"><em>What is Hell?<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will also be teaching about hell in my Gospel Dictionary online course:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/courses\/what-is-hell\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Hell-study-Artwork-300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"what is hell\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-50287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Hell-study-Artwork-300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Hell-study-Artwork-300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Hell-study-Artwork-300-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><strong>Do you have more questions about hell?<\/strong> Are you afraid of going to hell? Do want to know what the Bible teaches about hell? Take my course \"What is Hell?\" to learn the truth about hell and how to avoid hell.\r\n\r\nThis course costs $297, but when you <a href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/register\/\">join the Discipleship group<\/a>, you can to take the entire course for free.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word sheol occurs sixty-six times in the Hebrew Scriptures, and a few of these are occasionally translated as \u201chell\u201d depending on which Bible translation you are reading. 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