Arella Mae wrote:Matthew 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
First I shall address a small translation error that is besides the point only to help clarify what is being said. The word "Raca" should not be capitalized nor should it even be in the translation. The word "raca" is an insult similar to dimwit, airhead, stupid, and so on. It is a sure sign of ignorance on the part of the translators to leave this word untranslated and to also needlessly capitalize it. The word "thou" shouldn't be capitalized either.
Anyways, the words "hell fire" are a bad translation because the original text says "the fire of Gehenna." Gehenna, as I've previously explained, is the Valley of Hinnom outside Jerusalem. In the times of the Old Testament the Valley of Hinnom was a place where children were sacrificed to the god Moloch. Between that time and the period of the New Testament being created, it started to become disassociated with Moloch and became increasingly associated with the death penalty of convicted criminals and "divine punishment" now that the location had been Christianized. By translating "the fire of Gehenna" as "hell fire" one will interpet "the council" as being God's council and that "hell" was a place of punishment for sinners. The words "the council" should've been translated as "Sanhedrin." Sanhedrin, also known as "the council," was the group of 71 Jewish sages that comprised the supreme court of ancient Israel. When put in its proper context the quote is not talking about a place where Elohim (God's council) would send sinners. Instead, it was being presented in a legal context. It was saying that you should not insult a brother because you could be thrown in prison. In Matthew 5:25 it states that if you are about to be brought into court you should try your best to become friends with the accuser in an attempt to avoid imprisonment. It also says that if you call one of the 71 jewish sages a fool in court then you will certainly face the death penalty of being thrown in the pit of fire outside Jerusalem in the Valley of Hinnom.
Arella Mae wrote:Luke 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
The word "hell" here is derived from the word "Hades." Hades, as we all know, was a part of Greek mythology and not once was found in the Old Testament. Abraham is a fictional character that changed with the times. Indians brought the idea of the god Brahma and his consort Saraiswati to the Persians. They both experienced a slight name change, becoming Abram and Sarai. And again, they received another slight name change becoming Abraham and Sara. The Bible was essentially correct in saying Abraham (Brahma) came from "Ur of the Chaldeans." Ur means "place" and Chaldean, or more correctly Kaul-Deva (Holy Kauls), were Brahmanical priests. In essence, the Bible itself says Abraham (Brahma) came from the place of Brahmanical priests. Brahma was originally a god but was converted to a human as everything started becoming Christianized and people wanted Yahweh to be the one and only God. The words attributed to Abraham were never uttered by any person. They were inserted by Greek authors to help tell a symbolic story that it is not good to be rich and selfish. Anyone who tries to uphold a literal interpretation of this story is certainly a confused individual. But like I was saying at the beginning of this paragraph, Hades is Greek mythology that became mixed with Christianity as evidenced by the complete lack of the concept in the Old Testament.
Arella Mae wrote:2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
I have already talked about this passage. The word "hell" is derived from the name Tartarus. Tartarus was a word that essentially meant "shivering cold" and was a place inside Hades. (It wasn't another name for Hades like EpiNirvana suggests, it was a place inside Hades.) Hades, like I mentioned earlier, is Greek mythology and is a corruption of the early Christian teachings.
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