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Hi Joanne - The word Hell in our English Bibles covers a number of different words in the original languages. In the Old Testament, Hell (Sheol in Hebrew) could refer to a literal grave, or with regard men's souls, it usually just meant "the place where dead people go" without any definite meaning of suffering. In the New Testament, we have much more information about the afterlife, and where Hell translates the Greek word Hades, it speaks of that place where the unsaved dead reside until the final judgment. When the unsaved dead are resurrected at the Great White Throne, those people will be cast into the lake of fire, and it seems that Hades will then cease to exist - Rev.20:13-15.
As far as I know , Hades is the Greek version of the underworld , you can read about it in Greek myths and legends . There is a Greek brother who posts on here , maybe Giannis would be kind enough to tell us about Hades ? If he is busy and unable to help at the moment , you could just look it under Greek myths and legends .
In the Septuagint, the greek translation that was done in the 2nd-3rd centuaty BC for the Jews that were residing in the Eastern Mediterranean who spoke Aramaic and Greek but not Hebrew, the translators used a term from the grk mythology for the Hebrew term "Sheol". That term was "Hades". The same term was also used by the New Testament's authors. Hades in anc grk mythology was the God of the underworld but also the place where the souls of dead were residing, like shadows in a semi-conscious state. But in the Bible it is not that.
So what is Hades/Sheol? According to Jesus, in the story of Lazarus and the rich man, when they both died, both souls went to Hades but in different sections. The soul of Lazarus (the righteous man) went to the place inside Hades called "Abraham's Bosom", where he was comforted. The soul of the unrepentant sinner went to another section (which is not named) where he was tormented. Hades/Sheol seems to be deep down inside the earth.
After Jesus was resurrected from the dead He took the souls of the righteous people and carried them to Heaven, to Paradise. In the Book of Revelation that Paradise seems to be located under the altar in the Temple of God in Heaven. The souls of all saved people onwards also go to Paradise where they are waiting for the resurrection of all dead people since creation. The sinners still go to Hades.
After the resurrection of the dead, all people will aquire a new spiritual body. The saved people will reside the new earth that God is going to create for them, living happily for ever in the presence of the Lord. The sinners will be thrown to the Lake of Fire that God will create for the devil and the people who followed him in their lives, where they will be tormented for ever. Hades also is going to be thrown to that lake/ be destructed.
In English Hades is often tranlated as either Hell or grave
Just for information. Hades in grk is pronounced as Ah-thees, the "th" as in "the", stressed at "Ah". GBU
In the Septuagint, the greek translation that was done in the 2nd-3rd centuaty BC for the Jews that were residing in the Eastern Mediterranean who spoke Aramaic and Greek but not Hebrew, the translators used a term from the grk mythology for the Hebrew term "Sheol". That term was "Hades". The same term was also used by the New Testament's authors. Hades in anc grk mythology was the God of the underworld but also the place where the souls of dead were residing, like shadows in a semi-conscious state. But in the Bible it is not that.
So what is Hades/Sheol? According to Jesus, in the story of Lazarus and the rich man, when they both died, both souls went to Hades but in different sections. The soul of Lazarus (the righteous man) went to the place inside Hades called "Abraham's Bosom", where he was comforted. The soul of the unrepentant sinner went to another section (which is not named) where he was tormented. Hades/Sheol seems to be deep down inside the earth.
After Jesus was resurrected from the dead He took the souls of the righteous people and carried them to Heaven, to Paradise. In the Book of Revelation that Paradise seems to be located under the altar in the Temple of God in Heaven. The souls of all saved people onwards also go to Paradise where they are waiting for the resurrection of all dead people since creation. The sinners still go to Hades.
After the resurrection of the dead, all people will aquire a new spiritual body. The saved people will reside the new earth that God is going to create for them, living happily for ever in the presence of the Lord. The sinners will be thrown to the Lake of Fire that God will create for the devil and the people who followed him in their lives, where they will be tormented for ever. Hades also is going to be thrown to that lake/ be destructed.
In English Hades is often tranlated as either Hell or grave
Just for information. Hades in grk is pronounced as Ah-thees, the "th" as in "the", stressed at "Ah". GBU
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