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Article: Hell's roots in the Bible. (Cover Story)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- March 25, 1991
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Then He will also say to those on the left, "Depart from me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been Prepared for the Devil and his angels. "
Christians trace their belief in hell to the words of Jesus. As recorded in the gospels, he spoke of it often as a fiery hell" and an "unquenchable fire" awaiting those who reject God and defile themselves. But Jesus painted only a sketchy picture in his preaching. Much of what Christians believe about hell today is the result of centuries of theological development and literary imagination.
In earliest Old Testament times, all the dead - both righteous and wicked--were believed to go to Sheol, a ...