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Names of Hell in the Bible

The bible is filled with references to Hell, giving different names and expressions. The following are the names of heaven in the New Testament:

- Gehenna (Neh.9:30), Jos., xv, 8, Jos.15:8, 2K.13:10, Mt   10:28, Mk 9:43-48, Is.66:24)
- It is called "lower hell" (Vulg. tartarus) (II Pet.2:4),
- "Abyss" (Luk.8:31),
- "Abaddon" (Hebrew), Apollyon (Greek), "Destruction"   (Rev.9:11, Job 26:6, Ps.88:11, Prov.15:11, 27:20).

- "Place of torments" (Luk.16:28),
- "Pool of fire" (Apoc.19:20),
- "Furnace of fire" (Matt.13:42,50),
- "Unquenchable fire" (Matt.3:12),
- "Everlasting fire" (Matt.18:8, 25:41, Jude, 7),
- "Exterior darkness" (Matt.7:12, 22:13, 25:30),
- "Mist" or "storm of darkness" (2Pet.2:17; Jude, 13).
- The state of the damned is called "destruction, ruin"   (Rev.9:11, Phil.3:19), "perdition" (1Tim.6:9), vi, 9), "eternal   destruction" (2Thess.1:9), "corruption" (Gal6:8), "death"   (Rom.6:21), "second death" (Apoc.2:11).

- Prepared for the devil and his angels: Mt 25:41; Rev 14:9-11.
- Place of darkness and silence: Ps 88:6; 115:17; Mt 8:12;   22-13; 25:30; 2Pet 2:17; Jude 13.
- Called a pit: Job 26:5-6; Ps 88:6; 2 Pet 2:4.
- Called a prison: Job 38:17; Is 24:22.
- Place of misery and torment: Dan 12:2; Mt 8:11-12; 13:42;   22:13; Lk 13:24-118; Rom 2:8; Rev 14:9-11; 19:20.
- Exclusion from God's presence: Mt 5 20; 7:21-23; Lk   13:24-23; 1Cor 6:9-11; Gal 5:21; 2Thess 1:9.
- Fires of hell: Mt 5:22; 18:9; 25:41; Mk 9:43; Lk 3:17; Jas   3:6; Jude 7; Rev 19:20; 20:10; 21:8.
- Hell is wages of sin: Is 3:11; Rom 2:6; 6:21-23; 1Cor 6:9-10; Gal 6:7; Jas 1:15; Rev 21:8
- Punishment for willful rejection of God's grace: Jn 12:48;   Rom 2:5; 2Thess 1:8; Heb 2:2-3; 6:4-6; 10:26-29.
- No further chance of repentance: Heb 12:17.

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“Jesus’ Baptism”

Why did Jesus, the sinless one sent from the Father in heaven, submit himself to John’s baptism? John preached a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins (Luke 3:3). In this humble submission we see a foreshadowing of the “baptism” of Jesus bloody death upon the cross. Jesus’ baptism is the acceptance and the beginning of his mission as God’s suffering Servant (Isaiah 52:13-15; 53:1-12). He allowed himself to be numbered among sinners. Jesus submitted himself entirely to his Father’s will. Out of love he consented to this baptism of death for the remission of our sins. Do you know the joy of trust and submission to God?

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