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The Spirit World: Chapter Five (Abraham’s Bosom)

Abraham’s Bosom

(This is a continuation of The Spirit World book series. This post assumes the prerequisite reading of earlier posts in the series.)

The Term

The terms “Abraham’s Bosom” are found only in Luke 16, in Jesus’ story of Lazarus and the rich man.  The terms are Greek “kolpos Abraam.”  Kolpos (or kolpon) is rendered “bosom” by the KJV and “side” by the NIV.  “Bosom” is the most articulate and accurate term and the most historically known, thus the term “Abraham’s bosom” is familiar in theology as a designation for this abode.  The definition of kolpos describes the area between the arms, or the chest.  While the English use of “bosom” frequently implies the mammary specifically, it is not intended necessarily as such in Greek, but rather, the general chest area.  Continue Reading

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The Spirit World: Chapter Four (The Pit)

The Pit

(This is a continuation of The Spirit World book series. This post assumes the prerequisite reading of earlier posts in the series.)

The term

“The Pit,” is to be described in this work using its English rendering because two different Hebrew terms are translated “the pit” in the Old Testament.  Both terms, when used metaphorically, clearly speak of the same place, however.  Additionally, both terms translate into English as “the pit,” so are grouped together in this section. Continue Reading

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The Spirit World: Chapter Three (Abaddon)

Abaddon

(This is a continuation of The Spirit World book series. This post assumes the prerequisite reading of earlier posts in the series.)

Abaddon is also a Hebrew term, thus is constrained to the Old Testament, except for one occasion when the Hebrew term is referenced in its original language in the New Testament.  Abaddon appears seven times in the Bible.  Since it is used so sparingly, this chapter will examine each use of the term.

Abaddon is translated “destruction” throughout the NIV and KJV, except for the Revelation passage, where Abaddon is rendered in its native Hebrew, as a proper name.

Each use of the term is listed below. Continue Reading

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The Spirit World: Chapter Two (Hades)

Hades

(This is a continuation of The Spirit World book series. This post assumes the prerequisite reading of earlier posts in the series.)

Skipping ahead to the New Testament, the next term to be observed in this work is the Greek term, Hades.  Obviously, being Greek, Hades appears only in the New Testament.  The term is used only ten times in Greek manuscripts of the New Testament.  Hades is translated in the NIV as “the grave,” “the depths,”  “death” or is left in its original Greek form, transliterated as “Hades.”  Also in the NIV it is translated “Hell,” in Luke 16 (below), but in the modern understanding of that term, “Hell” is not the best designation to be used.  (More will be discussed on this in chapter eight)  With the NIV being a more modern translation, this is an inexplicable use of the term “Hell” in English translation.   Hades is, however, translated as “Hell” in all ten usages of the KJV, a much older translation. Continue Reading

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The Spirit World: Introduction

Introduction

(This is a continuation of The Spirit World book series. This post assumes the prerequisite reading of earlier posts in the series.)

Numerous are the terms used in scripture to reference the other-worldly spiritual abodes which remain unseen to the human eye.  Some biblical students are content to quickly categorize these many terms into two simple categories: Heaven and Hell.  However upon a thorough examination of scripture it becomes exceptionally clear that many of the abodes of spiritual existence in scripture are not synonymous with either Heaven or Hell.  Hades, is often considered synonymous with Hell, for example, yet numerous Godly men, including Jesus himself, are noted in scripture to have entered Hades upon their deaths.  While there are some who erroneously teach that Jesus went to “Hell” when he died (meaning “the eternal lake of fire”), scripture is unwavering in its clear assertion that in fact, Hell is not yet occupied.  Continue Reading

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