Is Hell Real or Simply Annihilation?
by Tony Warren Hell: n. Theology. [HEB. (she’owl), the hidden] The place or state of the condemned dead]. The unseen abode of condemned spirits of those who have died. [GR. (hades), the unseeing]. The state of the condemned dead. A place where there is no seeing. a state of the dead where they are unaware or unknowing. [(geenna), of hebrew origin, valley of the son of hinnom]. ge-hinnom; used figuratively as a state of punishment for the condemned souls of the dead. [GR. (tar-tar-o’o), lowest abyss of hades]. used to signify eternal punishment of the condemned souls of the dead. Introduction Many are the proponents of the doctrine of, “Death means annihilation,” who take these words that are used in scripture to illustrate hell, and claim that they allude to their own theories of annihilation. One of the many problems with this idea is that scripture doesn’t exist in a vacuum. All scripture must be taken into consideration when defining doctrine, and it must harmonize when considered t
