The People's New Covenant (Overbury) (1925) 0 times
Western New Testament (1926) 0 times
Western New Testament (1959) 0 times
The New Testament, A Translation (Clementson) (1938) 0 times
J. B. Phillips New Testament in Modern English (1947) 1 times
New Testament of our Lord and Savior Anointed (Tomanek)(1958) 0 times
Restoration of Original Sacred Name Bible (1976) 0 times
The New Testament, A New Translation (Greber) (1980) 0 times
Concordance Literal New Testament (1983) 0 times
Christian Bible, New Testament (1991) 0 times
Recovery Version, New Testament (1991) 0 times
New Testament of Our Lord and Savor Jesus Anointed 0 times
The Original Bible Project (Dr Tabor) 0 times
The New Testament in Greek and English (Kneeland) (1823) 0 times
Interlinear Greek-English New Testament (Berry)(Note A)(1897) 0 times
Emphatic Diaglott, Greek/English Interlinear (Wilson)(1942) 0 times
Zondervan Parallel N. T. in Greek and English (Note A)(1975) 0 times
NASB-NIV Parallel N. T. in Greek and English (Marshall)(1986) 0 times
Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel NT Greek-English (Note A)(1993) 0 times
Jewish Publication Society Bible Old Testament (Note B)(1917) 0 times
Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha New Testament only 0 times
Tanakh, The Holy Scriptures, Old Testament (Note B)(1985) 0 times
The Complete Jewish Bible (Note B) 0 times
The Septuagint-translation of Hebrew to Greek 3rd century BC 0 times
*12 times the Amplified Bible has "Hell (Gehenna)" in the text, not in a footnote.
Note A, the word-for-word translations beneath the Greek, not the translations that are in the margin.
Note B, all Jewish translations I found of the Old Testament do not have "Hell" in them. It is not in the Septuagint, a translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew to Greek that was in used in the time of Christ.
I find it strange that the Catholic Church believes in Hell yet they removed Hell from two translations they made. I have been told that there is a NWT translation by the Jehovah's Witnesses that dose not have "Hell" in it, but I could not confirm this. I am sure there are many others that I do not know about in English, and there are many in other languages for Gehenna, like all other proper nouns are not translated or changed to other proper nouns in the translations to other languages.
ONE EXAMPLE OF THE VANISHING HELL Psalm 116:3.
Why did the King James translator’s use the Old English word “Hell”? Was it not to force their pagan beliefs into the teaching of Jesus?
When was the last time you heard a sermon of Hell? There was a time when most every revival had one or more sermons on the horrors of the Hell, and that most were going to be tormented by God. Most every sermon ended with a warning that all that did not repent was going to Hell. Jonathan Edwards was well known for his “Hell-fire” sermons. These "Hellfire" preachers are not as poplar as they once were, and their audience is much smaller. Today in most churches a sermon on Hell is never preached, and no one is told he or she will go to Hell if they do not repent. Although there are many who do not believe in Hell, and other that are no longer sure that there is a Hell is the reason many say nothing about it in their sermons and Bible lessons? Why does that say nothing? A preacher may think he would not be allowed to preach, and most would not. Many churches would brand him a heretic if he preached there is no Hell, and he would not be able to preach in most churches. Elders and Deacons would not be allowed to continue as Elders and Deacons. Bible teachers would not be permitted to teach if they taught that there is nothing in the Bible about a place called Hell. Members would not be permitted to lead singing, lead prayer, or do anything in the worship service. About all that anyone who does not believe in Hell is permitted to do in most churches is come and sit and give their money; you will be shut out and not be permitted to lead prayer, or take part in the worship in any way, but no matter what you believe you will be permitted and even expected to give your money. Along with many others, I can tell you for a fact that this is sure to happen in most congregations of the church.
THE VANISHING HELL
THE CHANGING HELL
Why are there many conflicting Hells? In “Four Views of Hell” edited by William Grocket four Protestant scholars give four different and conflicting views of Hell that are now being taught in the Protestant churches. In “Two Views Of Hell” Robert A. Peterson and William Fudge give two competing views. These two books and others like them show that there are very different competing views about Hell in the Protestant churches, but in truth there are many more than four conflicting views in Protestant and Catholic churches, all with a large number of believers, and many other views of Hell views in other churches. None of the many different views of Hell that are in the Protestants churches have a majority of Protestants that believe it, all that believe the any of the views of Hell is a small group when compared with all other Protestants that are in all other groups. Not one of the many different views of Hell has even one-fifth of all those that claim to believe the Bible. The divisions on what Hell is and who will be in it is unbelievable, and most who say they believe in Hell has no idea of the vast number of the visions of Hell, or the unbelievable differences in what Hell is believed to be, how long it will last, who will be in it, and where it will be.
TWENTY-SIX PLUS VERSIONS OF HELL
Where is Hell?
What is Hell?
There are over 25 different Hells that are commonly believed. While some have some features that are similar, they are all difference and have sharp disagreements. Those that believe one version of Hell are in conflict with all those that believe any of the others.
In the thousands of denominations around the world professing to be Christian there are countless views on what Hell is, where Hell is, who is over Hell, how long will Hell last, many others, with many others views of what Hell is in the non-Christian religions of the world.
SOME OF THE MORE PROMINENT OF THE MANY DIVISIONS OF THE PROTESTANT VERSIONS OF HELL
1. The Calvin Version of Hell
2. The Jonathan Edwards versions
3. The Graphic view of Hell
4. Satan doing the tormenting
5. God doing the tormenting
6. The Metaphorical view of both Heaven and Hell
7. Mental anguish only Hell – Billy Graham
8. The eternal sinning version of Hell
9. C. S Lewis - the almost pleasant Hell
10. Protestant Traditionalist
11. Many Protestant Premillennial versions
12. Realized Eschatology – A. D. 70 version
13. The “Sudden Realization” version of Hell
14. Protestant Rephaim version
EIGHT OTHER VERSIONS OF HELL
1. Church of Christ, Christian Church Abraham’s bosom, the after Judgment Hell, A newer version
2. Edward Fudge version: The short Hell that will end
3. Christadelphians version
4. Church of God and others
5. Universalist version of Hell
6. Seventh-Day Advent version
7. Latter-day Saints version (Mormons)
8. The Grave is Hell version (Jehovah's Witnesses)
THREE CATHOLIC VERSIONS OF HELL
1. The Dark Age Medieval Catholic version of Hell
2. The New Catholic version of Hell
3. Nether World
NO BIBLE HELL
Which Hell do you believe in? From where did Hell come?
How Hell was put into and is being kept in the Bible
MORE THAN THIRTEEN
PROTESTANT VERSION OF HELL
SOME OF THE MANY DIVISIONS OF THE PROTESTANT VERSIONS OF HELL. After much conflict among the reformers, most Protestants accepted much of the early Catholic version of some going to Heaven or Hell one by one at death, before and without the judgment, or the Resurrection, but the Catholic Purgatory (a temporary place of punishment to which Catholics believe most will go to the moment of death that is not Heaven or Hell) was rejected. Unconditional immortality, which is the foundation on which Hell stands, was accepted mostly due to Calvin and those that followed him winning out over Martin Luther and his followers. If they had accepted Luther's views on immortality, there would be no foundation for Hell. Many Protestants believe the soul of all who do not accept Christ will instantly be transported to Hell at the death of the person the soul was in before the resurrection and before the Judgment Day. God deliberately chooses to make them suffer and feel the pain without any letup forever. The saved will go to their eternal home in Heaven at death (an instant rapture). The Westminster Confession says, "The souls of the righteous...are received unto the highest heavens...the soul of the wicked are cast into Hell." Does God judge them at death, them maybe thousands of years later, takes souls out of Heaven and Hell to judge them a second time at the resurrection to see whether He made a mistake? Many believe an unbaptized baby will not be saved. This version is still believed by many today. An opposition to belief in Hell is rapidly growing in the Protestant churches. From the Protestant Reformation unto now there have been many changes and new Protestant versions of Hell.
(1) THE CALVIN VERSION OF HELL: The given no chance Hell. An early Protestant Version with a god that made most of mankind knowing he is going to torment the soul that is in them in Hell forever, and there is nothing a person can do to keep the soul that we are told it in them from going to Hell, a god that made the condition of salvation that he know most would not meet, but he is going to torment the souls for eternity because the persons did not meet it. This god made them just so he could torment the soul that was in them forever as their creed says, "To His good pleasure." No amount of preaching or teaching can change the number that shall be in this Hell not even by one person. The Westminster Confession says, "By the decree of God, for the Manifestation of is glory, some men and angels are predestinated unto Everlasting Life, and others foreordained unto everlasting death." Some Protestants still believe this version of Hell that their god made most of mankind just so he could torment their souls for eternity but it is not near as poplar as it was a few years ago. Those who say they are orthodox Protestants but do not believe the Calvin Version of Hell may far out number those who do.
(2) THE JONATHAN EDWARDS VERSIONS OF HELL: Also an early Protestant Version and there was a time when most Protestants believed this view of Hell, but now only a few believe it. There are about as many variations of the Jonathan Edwards versions as there are preachers who preach it. Most taught God had given Hell over to Satan and Satan will roast most souls forever, and torment them however he wishes to. Some have demons peeling off the burning flash of those in Hell with God making sure they keep it up forever. Some have God doing the tormenting of Satan, the demons, and souls that were in the lost, with God forever pouring in fire and brimstone, and thousands of other ways of tormenting with each preacher trying to out do the others in telling of the horrors of Hell. Each one trying to make the god of Hell more evil then the others have. Jonathan Edwards said God "will crush their blood out and make it fly, so that it will sprinkle his garment and stain all his raiment." They never tell how they know such details. Put all their horrors together, and it would take many books to tell then all. Some of it’s preachers get very specific with the details of the torment. These "Hellfire" preachers are not as poplar as they once was, and their audience is much smaller. It is unimportant to them if they have no Bible for their Hell or its horrors; the badly mistranslated King James Version is all they need to make their Hell believable to many with whatever kind of torment they want to put in it. Some believers of the Calvin version also believe this version and mix the two together. There is not much unity of belief among the Protestants. Today, in almost any church if the preacher started preached sermons about Hell that was like the one's Edwards preached he would be out of work very soon. This version of Hell makes there be something like two kingdoms or two universes after the judgment with Satan over one with most of the souls that had been in the lost before the death of the persons, but are now in his kingdom, and God over a much smaller number in His kingdom. Both God and Satan would have eternal power in their kingdom, and the division between Heaven and Hell would mean God would not ever have a victory over evil. The god Edward believed in would have no problem with tormenting the lost; his god would take great pleasure in tormenting, and, according to Edward, the saints in Heaven will watch with pleasure and satisfaction.
(3) THE GRAPHIC VERSION OF HELL: The sinners will be tormented in the parts of their bodies that sinned.
"In short, whatever member of the body sinned, that member would be punished more than any other in hell...In Christian literature we find blasphemers hanging by their tongues. Adulterous women who plaited their hair to entice men dangle over boiling mire by their...hair." William Crockett, "Four Views on Hell" page 46.
4. There is no way that this version of Hell could be harmonized
Vine, “The immaterial, invisible part of man.”
(4) SATAN WILL BE DOING THE TORMENTING VERSION OF HELL: Satan and his angels will be doing the tormenting, but they could only be executing the will of God that the lost be tormented for they could not torment the souls that had been in the lost without God letting them. This view was believed by most in the Dark Age, and by most Jonathan Edwards preachers who often speak of “the devil Hell” as though Hell was a place that belonged to Satan. Most Protestants have now abandon the view of Satan and his demons doing the tormenting, but I remember that this was believed by most when I was a child, and was what most Protestants believed at that time. Many painting in museums and churches show Satan and his demons roasting those in Hell, and tormenting them in every way the painters could think up. Satan and his angels are never punished; in this version of Hell Satan and evil spirits are forever over "Hell," and will forever be able to torment most of the souls that were in mankind. Instead of being punished, they will have forever triumphed over God, and will forever have a kingdom of their own where they will work their evil on souls as they please to and as it gives them pleasure.
(5) GOD WILL BE DOING THE TORMENTING VERSION OF HELL: Satan and his angels will be tormented by God just as all souls of the lost of mankind will. There has been a major change by many Protestants from Satan doing the tormenting to God doing the tormenting.
(6) THE METAPHORICAL VIEW OF BOTH HEAVEN AND HELL: We are not told what Heaven and Hell will literally be like. This view of Hell is that we are told in pictures that tell us Heaven will be a place of beauty more than anything on this earth, and that Hell will be worse than anything on this earth. Because we cannot understand what Heaven will really be like, we are given the picture of a city with gold streets and pearl gates to picture for us its great beauty and value, but it will not literally be made of gold, pearls, or of anything that we have on this earth. The metaphorical view of is Hell is pictured as a place of fire; being burned in fire is one of the worst pains we know of, but it will not literally have fire as we know it, or literal darkness as we know it. In this view none of the literal torments of the Jonathan Edwards Version are possible, for they are all things of this earth that will not be in Hell. This version of "Hell" seems to be growing rapidly, for it is looked on as a way to make God less evil, but in fact it does not for whatever would be symbolized by being tormented by eternal fire would be just as bad as being eternally tormented by literal fire, and God would still be the one doing the eternal torment.
(7) BILLY GRAHAM’S MENTAL ANGUIS