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Steve Ray Mis-identifies the Gates of Hell
Pilgrimage panderer Steve Ray has some video clips up at his site (link). In the first video (starting around 4:50 into the clip, with the key portion beginning at 7:00), you can hear Steve Ray discussing the idea that Jesus’ reference to “the gates of hell” is a reference to a deep crevice near the…
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Gates of Hell in the Deuterocanon
In a previous post, I explained from the Scriptures why the “gates of hell shall not prevail” in Matthew 16:18 refers to the fact that the church, i.e. all believers, will be raised to eternal life. In hindsight, I probably should have pointed out that this interpretation is also supported in the deuterocanonical book of…