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<div class="head"> Redi-Answers on Jehovah's Witness Doctrine</DIV>
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<div class="subhead"> Hell</DIV>
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<P><b>The Current Teaching Of The Watchtower Society:</b></P>
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<div class="center"><p>The Society teaches that Hell is the grave, that man experiences ANNIHILATION [he ceases to exist] there. It is not a place of everlasting punishment. The New World Translation translates the word SHEOL as grave, pit and hell.</p></DIV>
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<P><b>What the Bible Says about HELL And Related Terms:</b>
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<P><B>1. Sheol:</B></P>
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<TABLE class="centertable">
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<tr><TD class="td3">In the Old Testament it usually means place of the departed spirits</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Psa 16:10" onClick="return mV('Psa',16,10);">Psa 16:10</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE>
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<P><B>2. Hades:</B></P>
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<TABLE class="centertable"><tr><TD class="td3">Usually means place of the departed spirits in NT</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Act 2:27" onClick="return mV('Act',2,27);">Act 2:27</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE>
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<P><B>3. Tartarus:</B></P>
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<TABLE class="centertable"><tr><TD class="td3">The deepest abyss of Hades prepared for the Devil and his angels</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Mat 25:41-46" onClick="return mV('Mat',25,'41-46');">Mat 25:41-46</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE>
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<P><B>4. Grave [<i>QUEBER</i> In Hebrew]:</B></P>
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<TABLE class="centertable"><tr><TD class="td3">"he was buried in the grave of his father"</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-2Sa 17:23" onClick="return mV('2Sa',17,23);">2Sa 17:23</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><p>NOTES: SHEOL and HADES occasionally can be translated "grave" but not always. QUEBER always means "grave" where the body goes. Sheol, Hades, and Queber are not used interchangeably.</p></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P><B>5. Hell As Described In The Bible:</B></P>
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<TABLE class="centertable"><tr><TD class="td1">Everlasting fire</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Mat 25:41" onClick="return mV('Mat',25,41);">Mat 25:41</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Eternal punishment</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Mat 25:46" onClick="return mV('Mat',25,46);">Mat 25:46</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Outer darkness</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Mat 8:12" onClick="return mV('Mat',8,12);">Mat 8:12</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Everlasting destruction</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-2Th 1:9" onClick="return mV('2Th',1,9);">2Th 1:9</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td3">Lake of fire</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Rev 19:20" onClick="return mV('Rev',19,20);">Rev 19:20</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE>
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<P><B>6. The Purpose For Hell:</B></P>
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<tr><TD class="td1">For the devil and his angels</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Mat 25:41" onClick="return mV('Mat',25,41);">Mat 25:41</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">For the wicked</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Rev 21:8" onClick="return mV('Rev',21,8);">Rev 21:8</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">For the disobedient</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Rev 2:8-9" onClick="return mV('Rev',2,8,9);">Rev 2:8-9</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">For the fallen angels</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-2Pe 2:4" onClick="return mV('2Pe',2,4);">2Pe 2:4</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">For the beast and the false prophets</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Rev 19:20" onClick="return mV('Rev',19,20);">Rev 19:20</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">For the worshipers of the beast</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Rev 14:9" onClick="return mV('Rev',14,9);">Rev 14:9</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">For the rejectors of the Gospel</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Mat 13:41-42" onClick="return mV('Mat',13,41,42);">Mat 13:41-42</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE>
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<P><B>7. The Nature Of The Punishment Experienced By The Residents Of Hell:</B></P>
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<TABLE class="centertable"><tr><TD class="td1">Bodily</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Mat 5:29-30" onClick="return mV('Mat',5,29,30);">Mat 5:29-30</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">In the soul</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Mat 10:28" onClick="return mV('Mat',10,28);">Mat 10:28</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">With degrees</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Mat 23:14" onClick="return mV('Mat',23,14);">Mat 23:14</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">Unchangeable</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Luk 16:22-31" onClick="return mV('Luk',16,'22-31');">Luk 16:22-31</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE>
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<P><B>8. Surprises For The Inhabitants Of Hell:</B></P>
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<TABLE class="centertable"><tr><TD class="td1">They possess memory</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Luk 16:23, 25" onClick="return mV('Luk',16,23,25);">Luk 16:23, 25</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">They cry for release</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Luk 16:24" onClick="return mV('Luk',16,24);">Luk 16:24</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="td3">They cannot escape from God</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Psa 139:8" onClick="return mV('Psa',139,8);">Psa 139:8</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE>
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<P>NOTE: As Bible students examine the passages on the subject "Hell" they soon discover that the Lord Jesus had more to say about this subject than anyone.</P>
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<div class="cite2"><p class="bibliobox"><strong>Bibliographic Information:</strong><br>Author: Grieshaber, Erich and Jean Grieshaber<br>Title: "Hell"<br>Work: <em>Redi-Answers on Jehovah's Witness Doctrine</em><br>Date Added: 1 Jul 2002</p></DIV>
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