I agree with all you said, except I don't agree that there is an eternal Hell fire that will torment those who hate God.
Hell (Gehenna) is the place where both the body and soul are destroyed, they are not tormented forever:
fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. (Matt 10:28)
There are a few scriptures that seem to support the idea of Hell being a place of torment, but when examined in context they don't add up.
Hell (Gehenna) is a metaphor for eternal destruction used by Jesus.
Hell (Hades) is also just the grave, the place where bodies are put when they die.
What then happens to our souls after we die ? In scripture, death is most often seen as a type of sleep, from which people would be awoken at the time of the resurrection. (Deut 31:16, 2Sam 7:12, Job 7:21, Psalm 13:3, Dan 12:2, John 11:11-13, Acts 13:36, 1Cor 15:51, John 5:25, 11:25, Acts 24:15, 1Cor 15:12-42, Heb 6:2, Rev 20:5-6)
You can't reconcile the idea of Hell with the resurrection and these scriptures about sleep.
There is no mention of the souls of people being woken from being in a burning hell- it would certainly not be a very pleasant sleep if that were the case! They are woken from the grave, or the sea, or wherever they physically were laid after they died.
Even Hell is thrown into the Lake of Fire, so it won’t exist forever:
Then Death and Hell (Hades) were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Rev 20:14-15)
Hell is seen here as the lake of fire which is a metaphor for total destruction of body and soul, as seen in Matt 10:28.
It is a complex topic, which is covered in more detail in my recent post, which I know you subscribe to:
I agree with all you said, except I don't agree that there is an eternal Hell fire that will torment those who hate God.
Hell (Gehenna) is the place where both the body and soul are destroyed, they are not tormented forever:
fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. (Matt 10:28)
There are a few scriptures that seem to support the idea of Hell being a place of torment, but when examined in context they don't add up.
Hell (Gehenna) is a metaphor for eternal destruction used by Jesus.
Hell (Hades) is also just the grave, the place where bodies are put when they die.
What then happens to our souls after we die ? In scripture, death is most often seen as a type of sleep, from which people would be awoken at the time of the resurrection. (Deut 31:16, 2Sam 7:12, Job 7:21, Psalm 13:3, Dan 12:2, John 11:11-13, Acts 13:36, 1Cor 15:51, John 5:25, 11:25, Acts 24:15, 1Cor 15:12-42, Heb 6:2, Rev 20:5-6)
You can't reconcile the idea of Hell with the resurrection and these scriptures about sleep.
There is no mention of the souls of people being woken from being in a burning hell- it would certainly not be a very pleasant sleep if that were the case! They are woken from the grave, or the sea, or wherever they physically were laid after they died.
Even Hell is thrown into the Lake of Fire, so it won’t exist forever:
Then Death and Hell (Hades) were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Rev 20:14-15)
Hell is seen here as the lake of fire which is a metaphor for total destruction of body and soul, as seen in Matt 10:28.
It is a complex topic, which is covered in more detail in my recent post, which I know you subscribe to:
https://friendswithgod.substack.com/p/gods-idea-of-sacrifice
Have a look, I would be interested in your comments.
"And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off.
It is better for you to enter life lame,
rather than having two feet, to be cast into hell,
into the fire that shall never be quenched -
where their worm does not die
and the fire is not quenched."
Mark 9:45-46
that verse is explained in detail in my article,
I look forward to your comment on my perspective on it.