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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 [[Book of Revelation|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 [[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.
The spiritual Gehenna is described in the book of [[Book of Revelation|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==