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Hellfire and the Underworld

Fear of punishment in an afterlife has haunted the dreams of mankind for millennia. Many ideas about this punishment have been put forth by various religions. But it might surprise you to know that the fear of the dark underworld where souls undergo judicial punishment by fire did not begin with Abrahamic religions, but from other religions and national groups. The fact that the earth's core is molten is indeed associated with the destruction in the lake of fire with  Deuteronomy 32:22 , but that is merely an illustration of its destructiveness. (See DOES DEUTERONOMY 32:22 BURNING ALIVE IN HELLFIRE? below.) However, unlike the Trinity, or inherent immortality of the soul, it is understandable how hellfire could be read into the Scriptures given all the references to souls being tossed into the fire and certain entities being "tormented". In fact,  Luke 16:19-31  and  Revelation 14:9-11  understandably seem to provide a very clear representation...
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The Mosaic Law, Part 2: A Brief History of God's Laws

Law from God has played an integral part throughout human history. Rebellion against Jehovah God's laws began with the very first rulebreaker, an angel whom we now call Satan, ( Re 12:9   [ pa | in ] ) whose jealousy led him to pretend to be a serpent and lie against God to bring mankind death through sin. ( Ge 3:1-5   [ pa | in ] ;  Joh 8:44   [ pa | in ] ) It was by loving his wife more than God ( Ge 2:22-25   [ pa | in ] ;  Ro 1:21   [ pa | in ] ) that the first man, Adam, rebelled, breaking the one simple rule ( Ge 2:16-17   [ pa | in ] ;  3:6   [ pa | in ] ) and thereby lost the gift of everlasting life for all his descendants by passing sin to them, and lost paradise for us all. ( Ge 3:23, 24   [ pa | in ] ) Afterward, his son Cain violated the natural law of human existence not to murder. He had even been warned not to let his petty jealousy consume him, and then he murdered his brother anyway and was therefore driven from ...
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The Trinity/Binity, Part 12 (1): Is There Proof That Jesus Is God? (General)

Modalists say that Jesus’ body was operated by God in heaven, while so-called "non-modalist" Trinitarians/Binitarians claim that he is "fully God and fully human". But if Jesus was God as described by them, he would not have to see or be shown anything by God, but would already know. ( Joh 5:19, 20 [ pa | in ] ) There is also the fact that God does not die. ( Hab 1:12 [ pa | in ] ) If Jesus is God, how is it that Jesus sits at God’s right hand in heaven and why hand over the kingdom to "his God and Father" if he is already God? ( Eph 1:20 [ pa | in ] ; 1Co 15:24-28 [ pa | in ] ) If they are the same God, then they are all the ruler of the universe. But they are not, only the Father is. Trinitarians/Binitarians cite the headship principle to refute the claim that Jesus is subordinate to his Father though both are divine just as a father and child are both human, but they fail to recognize that the headship principle requires two separate personages,...
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