Hades The ancient Greek lord of the underworld. Also known as Pluton from the 5th-century BCE. Like the Hebraic sheol, the abode of Hades is an afterlife place of gloom and restlessness but not as terrible as the Christian idea of Hell, which is more closely akin to Tartarus, a place even deeper and more dreadful than Hades. » Blessed Isles, Demeter, Eleusinian Mysteries, Eurydice, Hercules, Hermes, Orpheus, Persephone, Poseidon, Sibyl, Tartarus
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Hades or Hell or Tartarus? I think I’ll go to church this Sunday.
Comment by cameron — February 17, 2008 @ 8:37 pm |
You have the definition of Hades correct, but the “Hell” of the new testament is “Geenna”, also known as Hell, The Lake of Fire and the Second Death. This is the final destination for those who reject Christ and are cast into it after the great white throne judgment. The location of the lake of fire is never revealed. It is definitely not within the earth being that Hades and Tartarus are cast into it at the end of the millennium. This is the place that was mentioned by Jesus that was created for Satan and his angels.
Comment by dmcal52 — November 19, 2009 @ 9:38 am |
Correction, Hades and death are cast into it.
Comment by dmcal52 — November 19, 2009 @ 9:40 am |