The Spirit World

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1921. Excerpt: ... VI The Underworld To have a correct view of the other world, and of "Hell," it is necessary that we have a Scriptural understanding of-- THE UNDERWORLD. The Hebrew word "SHEOL" is found 65 times in the Old Testament. It is translated 31 times, "HELL," 31 times, "GRAVE;" 3 times, "THE PIT." The corresponding word in the Greek of the New Testament is "HADES." It is translated 10 times "HELL." "Sheol" and "Hades" mean "The Unseen State," or the place to which the "Soul" and "Spirit" of the dead go between the death and the resurrection of the body. The "bodies" of the dead go into the "Grave," the word for which in the Hebrew is "GEBER," and in the Greek "MNEMEION." Neither "Sheol" nor "Hades" denote the "Hell" of final punishment of the wicked. That is called in the Hebrew of the Old Testament "TOPHET," and in the Greek of the New Testament "GEHENNA." Neither do they denote "THE BOTTOMLESS PIT" (Rev. 20:1-3), that is "ABUSSOS," nor the "prison house" of the "Fallen Angels" (2 Pet. 2:4, Jude 6), that is "TARTARUS." Their general meaning is--"THE UNDERWORLD." That we may the better understand the relation of the places mentioned above to each other let us turn to the Chart, "The Heavens." The word "Sheol" means a*/"hollow subterranean place," therefore "Hades" must mean the same. It has "gates," for Jesus said that the "Gates of Hell" (Hades), should not prevail against the Church. Matt. 16:18. And Jesus after His return from "The Underworld," said--"I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the 'KEYS' (of the Gates) of hell (Hades) and of death (the Grave)." Rev. 1: 18. To get these "Keys" Jesus had to descend into the "lower parts of the earth." Eph. 4:9. The Apostolic Creed says that Jesus descended into "Hell" (Hades). Therefore Hades, o...