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Old 05-17-2008, 10:25 AM
look3467
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The main object of hell is separation.
Mankind was placed into a condition which alienated it from God, first the flesh is and earthly vessels and second, the spirit in mankind was also alienated as well, bringing death or separation from God due to the conditions God placed on us.

But God in all wisdom and understanding understood that He alone could undo the separation by complying with His own requirements in a body of flesh created just for that purpose and offer it up in our behalf.

The object "hell" meaning separation was eliminated eternally by God Himself and we had absolutely nothing to do with that.

What we do have is our own rewards and or consequences here on earth.
We do good, rewards, we do evil consequences, either way we pay or are rewarded.

Alienation from God can also present a sort of hell on earth because to live on earth without God in our lives is a sort of hell.

Yes, many "good folk" many say they don't need God, yet they have a form of Godliness by which they are governed to do good, even if they don't want to admit it.

So, defining hell under the statements I made will give you a bigger picture, then trying to define hell on just a few verses.

Try to see the works of God in the creation, the fall of mankind, the redemption of mankind and the salvation of mankind, rather than to look at mankind's works in single verses in the bible.

Mankind's works are all in error, for what good can come out of the flesh unless God is in it, save Jesus?

Gods works depict His love not for one, but for "all" mankind, via one body, that being Jesus' body.

The church, a many membered body is one body, and only in that body can we exist eternally, for that body is God.

Only one God and no other.

Peace>>>AJ