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What is Hell?  

Hell (English—King James) or Sheol (Hebrew) or Hades (Greek) is not a place. It is figuratively the “common grave of mankind.” Nobody is physically located in Hell.

—In Revelation 20:13, Death and Hell are emptied (that’s the resurrection), then, thrown into the Lake of Fire where Death and Hell are destroyed forever.

—That means that nobody will ever die and await a resurrection again. That process won’t exist anymore. 

Hell represents hope of a resurrection for people that God through Christ will resurrect at the beginning of the 1000-year reign of Christ, right after Armageddon.

— It’s not a place of fiery torment.

—By the way, “torment” means “locked up,” not “tortured.”

—Also, Satan doesn’t torment anybody. He is the one being tormented forever in Revelation 20:10.

Read it for yourself !!!

Quick Answer:  Hell is destroyed forever.

—Does Satan the Devil torment people forever?

What happens to Hell?

Hell and Death are emptied of anyone that was dead in them in Revelation 20:13. That’s the “resurrection of the dead.“ Probably at the beginning of the 1000-year reign.

—Then, an “empty Hell” and Death are thrown into the “Lake of Fire,” which is called Second Death in 20:14.

—20:15 shows that all who were not written in the “book of life“ were hurled into the Lake of Fire.

Note: Nobody is thrown into Hell after Hell is emptied in 20:13.

Note: “Death” in 20:14 was thrown into the Lake of Fire. Rev. 21:4 shows that Death is “no more.” So, everything that was thrown into the Lake of Fire is, also, “no more.” They’re destroyed forever.

There is no “Hellfire Torment.”

—The “Lake of Fire” is where the Devil is put in 20:10, where “he will be tormented day and night forever,” destroyed.

—An empty Hell was thrown into the Lake of Fire in 20:14, above, to be destroyed.

Conclusion:  Hell and Satan are destroyed forever.

Note: The churches lied for hundreds of years about Hell, Hellfire, and Satan the Devil tormenting people forever. That’s why people are leaving the churches, looking for the truth.

—That’s why they didn’t want you to read the Bible. 

Do you want to know how to study the Bible for free?

—Go to jw.org, bottom of the first page under “Quick Links“ and “Request a Visit.” Telephone visit probably because of the COVID-19 problem. Never a charge for anything.

Quick Answer: Satan the Devil is destroyed forever.

1. What happens to Satan the Devil?

Revelation 20:2-3: Satan the Devil is locked up in the abyss at the beginning of the 1000-year Reign of Christ, just after Armageddon.

Revelation 20:7: Satan the Devil is released from the abyss at the end of the 1000-year Reign of Christ.

—Then, Revelation 20:10 says “the Devil was hurled into the Lake of Fire and Sulfur” where he will be “tormented day and night, forever and ever.”

Note: The Devil doesn’t torment anybody; he’s been locked up for the past 1000 years from 20:3-7. He is now tormented forever.

Note: “Tormented” means “locked up” in prison.

Note: At the end of part 2, below, where Hell is discussed, I’ll show that the Devil is destroyed forever in the Lake of Fire.

Note: The churches lied to everyone for hundreds of years with scare tactics to get donations. That’s why people are leaving the mainstream churches and looking for a church that teaches the truth.

Do you want to know how to study the Bible for free?

—Go to jw.org, bottom of the first page under “Quick Links“ and “Request a Visit.” Telephone visit probably because of the COVID-19 problem. Never a charge for anything.

We all came from other humans. I don’t know of anyone who didn’t.

—All of us are related by blood to someone in the other groups that disagree with us.

Can we learn something good from them?

—Looking for similarities will help.

—Looking for differences divides us.

Looking for hate is deadly for ourselves.

Looking for love is much more fun than hate.It’s called “Love” for one another. John 13:34,35.

—Love always conquers hate.

How did The Trinity Doctrine get into Christianity? After the last apostle died (ca 100 AD) the Bible foretold an apostasy (2 Thessalonians 2:3) would creep into Christianity. It did. In an effort to convert pagans to Christianity, Christians allowed pagans to keep their false beliefs and get baptized thinking they’d get rid of the pagan customs when they learned the truth later. Didn’t work. Instead, Christianity absorbed the pagan customs, corrupting Christianity. Down to this day Christianity is corrupt.

False doctrines and other practices crept into Christianity: Trinity doctrine, the immortal soul doctrine, hellfire torment, idolatry, spiritism, praying to anyone but the Almighty God (Jehovah), allowing the sexually immoral (homosexuals) to be baptized members of the church, permitting members to be drunkards, and more. Galatians 5:19-21.

1.  Prayer:

Matthew 6:9, 10. Jesus taught his apostles how to pray in the Sermon on the Mount. He said “You must pray this way: Our Father in the heavens, .....” At no time did he give any permission to pray to anyone else.

So we can pray only to The Almighty God, whose name is, “Jehovah.” Psalms 83:18. Period.

—We cannot pray to Jesus, or Mary, or saints, or apostles, or statues, or anything or anyone else.

Note:

The Almighty God gave much authority in heaven to his son, Jesus, the anointed one, to be King and High Priest with many others who would be kings and underpriests with Jesus forever, ruling from heaven over the people on the earth forever.

Note: The Almighty God, Jehovah, retained all authority to listen to and answer all prayer. He never delegated that responsibility to anyone else, ever. He still is the hearer of and answerer of all prayer.2.  Mediator:There is only one Mediator between God and men, a man named Christ Jesus, the Son of God. 1 Timothy 2:5. At no time did God ever give anyone else the responsibility of being the mediator or mediatrix between God and mankind. Mary is not a Mediatrix as the Catholics call it between God and man. Period.

To prove that humans would remain loyal to God no matter what Satan threw at them. See Job, chapters 1 and 2.

—We’re very important to God and to Satan.

—If we’re loyal to God, Satan will die forever. If we’re not loyal to God, Satan wins and will live forever, with God being proven a liar.

Similar questions were asked 3, 7, & 10 years ago. It’s time to re-ask the question.

Notes: Look at other religions who claim to use the Bible whole or in part:

Mormons have the Book of Mormon, written or transmitted by the angel, Moroni.  They, also, believe in the 66-book Bible and put the Bible in first place over the Book of Mormon.—So all of Christianity claims to believe in the 66-book Bible.Catholics have an 8-book-longer Old Testament than other Christian or Hebrew denominations. Those 8 books are called Apocryphal writings.—So, Catholics have 47 Old Testament books giving them 47+27 = 74-book bible.Jews have the same 39 books of the Hebrew Scriptures as the Christians (except for the 47-book O T Catholics) have.Muslims believe in the first five Books of Moses of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. But they say the Christians and Jews don’t have the correct first-5 books. When pressed to see those 5 Muslim-version books to compare with the books of the Christians and Jews to see where differences may be, they told me, “We don’t know where they are.”—Muslims also have their own holy writings from their spiritual leader, the Prophet Mohammad. 

The King James Version has the word “Hell” while other translations have “Sheol,” “Hades,” or “Grave” in place of the word “Hell.”

The Bible does not mention “Purgatory” but does have the other three consistently referenced.

—I’d like to know what you were taught.

—If you wouldn’t mind, please, let us know, also, the denomination from which you gained your understanding.

I was raised as a Lutheran until I changed later in life.

Thank you.

The serious sins with total death that results:

Murder, sexual immorality, practicing spiritism, idolatry, and lying.

—Those who practice these things will be thrown into the Lake of Fire and Sulfur, the second death (Revelation 21:8).

—Satan the Devil (Rev. 20:10), hell and (physical) death (Rev. 20:14) after people are resurrected out of hell (Rev. 20:13) are all thrown into the Lake of Fire, also.

—Satan does not torment people in Hell at all and never did. He is tormented day and night forever (Rev. 20:10) in the Lake of Fire.

—Man’s governments are, also, thrown into the Lake of Fire (Rev. 19:19, 20).

—The Lake of Fire and Sulfur represents total destruction, physical and spiritual, second death.

—The Bible has taught this for almost 2000 years.

Notice, above, that people are not tormented day and night forever by Satan in Hell like the churches taught. Satan is tormented, which means “locked up” forever.

Read Genesis, Chapter 2. Look for which of the creations God made from the dirt and which were not made from the earth/dirt. Please, don’t comment if you haven’t read chapter 2 or studied it. You know what to look for. Have fun! Make reading the Bible enjoyable. It’s not a lot of reading. Read it through once like you normally read something. Then, read it again, and go slowly, and study it as you go, looking for the point we’re talking about.