Hell—What Is It? Who Are There? z and to prove that the Bible is in harmony with reason and in perfect harmony with the character of the great Creator, just, wise and loving. Every one who has an interest in his own destiny and love for his dead friends will eagerly examine every paragraph hereinafter written. The Bible which we have was translated into the English; the Old Testament from the Hebrew language, the New Testament from the Greek language. The Hebrew word sheol is the only word in that original language translated hell. The Greek word hades has the same meaning as the Hebrew word sieol. Two other Greek words in the New Testament, to wit, gehenna and tartaroo, are translated hell. The Hebrew word sheol and the Greek word hades are translated also grave and pit. Hell is an English word. The English word meant a dark and silent place ov condition. An old Englishman would say: “I pat my potatoes in hell for the winter,” meaning thereby that he had buried his potatoes in the ground to preserve them during the winter season. No one would understand that he put them in to roast all winter; and surely no one could, for a moment, expect lum to torture his potatoes. Religious teachers, early in the Christian era, thought it well to frighten the people. Satan ‘induced them to do this. Hence they brought forth the doctrine of eternal torture, borrowed from heathen philosophers. When the Revised Version of the Bible was prepared, however, the translators were wise enough to know that Sheol and hades can never be properly trans
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