A Biblical description of Hell....


The Bible teaches that hell is a real place, prepared for the devil and his demons, and those who refuse God's gracious offer of salvation through faith in Yeshua haMaschiach (Jesus the Messiah)who was our Final Sin Sacrifice. The bottom line is, hell is a place of eternal separation from YHWH (Yahweh = the Father)!

What is Hell?

The Bible makes many references to Hell throughout its pages:

  • Hell is a place of physical agony, mental suffering, loneliness and emotional sorrow. Yeshua described it as a place where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.(Jude 6; Matt 8:12; Matt 13:42, 50; Matt 25:30;).


  • Hell is a place of insecurity and fear. The Bible describes it as a bottomless pit, an abyss. (Revelation 20:1).


  • Hell is a place of instability. It is described as a lake of fire. Hell is a place where every moment is lived in uncertainty (Matthew 5:21-23; Revelation 20:15).


  • Hell is a pit of darkness; totally devoid of light. It is pitch black in hell; there's nothing to distract people from their suffering, sorrow, fears, insecurities, and instability. (2 Peter 3-5).


  • Hell is a place of dissatisfaction. Yeshua described it as a fire; a fiery furnace. It may be a literal fire that creates a physical sensation of burning or just an overwhelming yearning for God, for love, for joy, for peace, for life that will never be. (Matthew 5:22; Matt 13:42 and 50; Matt 18:8-9; Matt 25:41; Mark 9:43, 47-48) .


  • Hell is a place of eternal separation from YHWH. Each person who goes to hell will be separated forever from the source of life, the heart of love, the very One for Whom they were created. Hell is a place where your soul will be destroyed (Matthew 7:23 and 10:27-29).

Where is Hell?

The truth is, no one can really say. Most likely it is in another dimension (as is heaven), but it could be in the depths of our own Earth. Here are some examples concerning hell:

Matthew 11:23 - 23. And you Capurnakhum which has been raised to heaven will be brought down to Sheol (grave, or pit)....

Luke 16:23 - 23. And while he was tormented in Sheol, he lifted up his eyes and gazed from afar upon Awraham and upon Lazar at his bosom....

Numbers 16:31-33 - ...the ground suddenly split open beneath them. The earth opened up and swallowed the men...So they went down alive into [the grave]....

The bottom line is: Hell is a real place, and all those who do not regard Yeshua as the Final SIN Sacrifice sent by YHWH (Yahweh) will end up there:

"Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41).

"The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 13:41-42).

...unless you repent you will all likewise perish (Luke 13:3).

At this point it must be mentioned that Yeshua said BOTH BODY AND SOUL are destroyed and SOUL (nefesh) means "personality, memory"--the things that make us human in other words. Hell is place of eternal pusnishMENT NOT eternal punishING. The nefesh is DESTROYED like the proverbial tree Yochanan (John the Immerser) compares it to. Only Satan and the false prophet are tormented "day and night forever".

Yeshua always contrasted hell with LIFE and therefore existence. To go to "hell" is to LOSE YOUR LIFE, CONSCIOUSNESS and PERISH. Although many have a problem with that, the fact is that only the fire itself is eternal. The Aramaic word for SAVIOR is paroqa and means "LIFE GIVER".

By the way, YHWH doesn't "send" anyone to hell. It was created for Satan and his demons. We send ourselves to hell when we choose to ignore and/or refuse YHWH and His gracious offer of salvation through eternal life through the belief in His Son who was our Final Sin Sacrifice:

John 3:16 - 16. Thus, for Elohim loved the world so as he would give His Only-Begotten Son, that whoever would believe in him would not perish, but would have life that is eternal. 17. For Elohim did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to give life to the world through him. 18. He who does not believe in him is judged, and he who does not believe is already judged because he does not believe in his name, that of the Only-Begotten, the Son of Elohim.