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Some Thoughts on Meros (μέρος)
One of the key texts regarding hell is Revelation 21:8, which states: But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part (τὸ μέρος αὐτῶν) in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Some folks commenting…
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The Lake of Fire and the Abyss
In any discussion on Hell, I would be remiss to omit discussion of the Abyss, sometimes translated the “deep” or the “bottomless pit.” In most places in the Scripture, the abyss seems to be watery place (for example, the Spirit of God moves over the watery abyss in Genesis 1). The main exceptions in the…