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Gehenna Revisited: Rebutting Francis Chan Kindle Edition

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"Gehenna Revisited: Rebutting Francis Chan" examines the Bible and endeavors to prove that eternal conscious torment in hell is not supported by scripture and does not exist in the original languages. The preponderance of scripture teaches annihilation. "Gehenna Revisited" covers old ground and new in the debate on hell. From the parallel Christ drew between Gehenna and the Battle of Armageddon, to the main point of the Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man—if Hades existed, it would be filled with Pharisees—there are new considerations in this age-old discussion. Does God truly condemn His creation to eternal, conscious torment in hell, or have churches been teaching Greek Mythology for centuries?

The book, "Erasing Hell", by Francis Chan and Dr. Preston Sprinkle, supports a more traditional view of hell and gives annihilationism a nod. "Gehenna Revisited" supports annihilation and discounts the traditional view of hell in total. This is not a point-by-point rebuttal of "Erasing Hell." This is a general rebuttal with an emphasis on Gehenna.

Summary of the first argument in "Gehenna Revisited:" According to the law of first mention, the first usage of a word in scripture establishes its meaning; that meaning remains unchanged in the mind of God throughout scripture. The Bible says God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He does not change. The Bible also says God is truth. Therefore, truth is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Truth does not change. And the truth is, in the beginning, God said the punishment for disobedience was death; "sheol" was the grave, and "Gehenna" was a valley outside of Jerusalem. If those things were true then, and truth is unchanging, then those things are true now. "Sheol" and "Gehenna," the primary words translated as "hell" in English translations, were never the mythological "Hades" of the Greeks. God forbade taking on the beliefs of the surrounding nations, and "Hades" is a Greek god and Greek mythology. If Jesus believed in the Hades of the Greeks, then He was guilty of taking on the beliefs of the surrounding nations, and that was something God forbade from the beginning. It was a grave sin. It was called adultery, and it was punishable by death.

Not only did God condemn worshiping other gods and taking on the beliefs of the surrounding nations, He warned the Jewish people through Moses that those things would happen. When the Jewish Septuagint scholars translated "sheol" in the Hebrew Bible into "Hades" in the Greek translations, they introduced the concept of the mythological Greek Hades into the scriptures. Jesus constantly condemned the religious leaders for their false teaching. If Jesus was culturally corrupted, as the Jewish leaders of His day were, and believed in the Greek Hades, then He was not the eternal, unchanging God of the Old Testament. If He was culturally corrupted and believed in the Greek Hades, then He was guilty of the very thing He forbade in the Old Testament. He would have been guilty of taking on the beliefs and gods of other nations. That was something that was repeatedly condemned in the Hebrew scriptures as adultery, and it was punishable by death. Jesus would no longer be God, and He would no longer be a sinless sacrifice for sin, if He truly believed in the mythological "Hades" of the Greeks.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00XPVBKQ4
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 14, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.3 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 287 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0BNJC7Q57
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2015
    D.L. Kennedy's "Gethenna Revisited" is well worth the price of admission. Yet, the author, a knowledgeable researcher of scripture, faces a conundrum. Will the readers interested enough in the topic even consider, let alone accept, Kennedy's arguments, no matter how compelling (quite compelling, indeed) or well written, logical and, of course, thought provoking they are?
    The existence of Hell is an unquestioned, centuries old belief, a force with a momentum all its own, which if not unstoppable, is definitely of hurricane strength, category Five. Kennedy, a brave, venturesome soul, dares to sail straight into the path of the storm and will need to batten down the hatches. Alas, given human nature, I fear many, perhaps, most readers, the fundamentalist Christians who are the author's main target audience, will not remain objective and non-judgmental enough to read "Gehenna Revisted" from cover-to-cover. Worse, some readers may revert to ad hominem attacks, not directly daring to address Kennedy’s in-depth scripturally based points, linguistic analysis and historical arguments.
    IMHO, Kennedy is a rebel, a devout and sincere Christian rebel who obviously embraces Christ as the focal point of our lives on this mortal plane and beyond. Still, the topic, the non-existence of Hell in scripture, will most likely fail to fall on receptive ears among those who consider themselves true believers of scripture. A shame, really. The Historical Christ I have come to admire would have addressed the arguments in "Gehenna Revisited" one way or the other, point-for-point, nor would the Savior Christ prejudge the author's intention and sincerity.
    That said, D.L. Kennedy's book is well worth the price of admission.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2016
    This was such a great read, and very informative. The writer has clearly done the research in order to back up the claim that Hell did not originate within the Bible. I recommend that everyone read this book for themselves, and to further educate their beliefs.
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2015
    "And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."

    Didn't see this verse addressed. Hard to understand how everlasting doesn't mean everlasting and if it doesn't then "life eternal" must also be temporary. Don't think so.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2018
    Excellent book. The first book I ever read on this topic was the book he is rebutting. I like to read all perspectives. He does an excellent job pointing out many of the innacurate understandings of the original languages. As for the reviewer who said he did not cover everlasting (aionion in Greek) life vs punishment, that is completely false. He covers it in great detail, offering a much more accurate interpretation/understanding. Here is a part of his conclusion: Jesus used the word aiõnios. That word is a time marker on the ruler. It may vary in length, but it is still time. That is the consistent usage of these two “time words” throughout scripture. The timeframe in Matthew 25:46 will either be all the days of punishment or all the days of reward. In other words, it will be punishment or reward in its entirety—and it will be specific to each individual.
  • Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2015
    Truth. Just truth
  • Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2018
    What!?
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