THE ANATOMY  OF SHEOL, HADES, AND HELL REFERS TO THE STRUCTURAL, THEOLPGICAL AND LINGUISTIC BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE AFTERLIFE AND THE CONCEPT OF “HELL” EVOLVED ACROSS DIFFERENT CULTURES, LANGUAGES, AND BIBLICAL ERAS. “ANATOMY” BREAKDOWN THESE THREE DISTINCT TERMS AND REVEALS HOW OUR MODERN CONCEPT OF THE AFTERLIFE WAS FORMED.
SHEOL IS THE HEBREW WORD FROM OLD TESTAMENT. HADES IS THE GREEK WORD  FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT. HELL/GEHENNA IS EQUATED WITH THE LAKE OF FIRE-THE FINAL DESTINATION FOR THE UNBELIEVERS CONDEMNED TO ETERNAL DAMNATION LIKE SATAN. SHEOL WAS THE HOLDING PLACE FOR ALL THE DEAD, REGARDLESS OF MORAL CHARACTER—A PLACE WHERE THE RIGHTEOUS AND UNRIGHTEOUS  GO BEFORE  JESUS’ DEATH AND RESURRECTION---A TEMPORAL REALM WHERE THE DEAD WAIT
SHEOL AND HADES WERE A SILENT UNCONSCIOUS UNDERWORLD BENEATH THE EARTH. IT IS NOT A PLACE OF STILLNESS AND SEPARATION FROM THE LIVING WORLD. In the Hebrew Bible, IT WAS A DESTINATION FOR ALL HUMAN SOULS. AFTER THE DEATH OF JESUS, ALL BELIEVING DEAD GOES TO HEAVEN AND ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD    

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