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When Jesus taught about hell 2,000 years ago, the Jews knew Gehenna well, which was used as a smoldering garbage dump. So Jesus used the word ''Gehenna'' to let the Jews understand the place of punishment where unsaved souls would go.<ref name="꺼지지 않는 불">{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Mark+9%3A43&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Mark 9:43 |publisher= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Luke+12%3A5&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Luke 12:5 |publisher= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+23%3A33&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 23:33 |publisher= }}</ref> | When Jesus taught about hell 2,000 years ago, the Jews knew Gehenna well, which was used as a smoldering garbage dump. So Jesus used the word ''Gehenna'' to let the Jews understand the place of punishment where unsaved souls would go.<ref name="꺼지지 않는 불">{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Mark+9%3A43&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Mark 9:43 |publisher= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Luke+12%3A5&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Luke 12:5 |publisher= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+23%3A33&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 23:33 |publisher= }}</ref> | ||
The spiritual Gehenna is described in the book of [[ | The spiritual Gehenna is described in the book of [[Revelation]] as the “lake of fire” outside the [[New Jerusalem|heavenly Jerusalem]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Revelation+22%3A15&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Revelation 22:15 |publisher= }}</ref> Apostle [[John (Apostle)|John]] wrote that false prophets would enter the “lake of fire,”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Revelation+20%3A10&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Revelation 20:10 |publisher= }}</ref> and Jesus said that the [[The Pharisees|Pharisees]], who were false prophets, would not escape being condemned to the Gehenna.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Matthew+23%3A13%2C+33&OLWordSearchRange=beg&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Matthew 23:13, 33 |publisher= }}</ref> Comparing these two, we can see that the lake of fire in the book of Revelation is the spiritual Gehenna mentioned by Jesus. | ||
==Characteristics of Hell== | ==Characteristics of Hell== |