HADES is a Greek word that described the place of departed souls before the judgments in 70ad. It corresponded to the Hebrew word “Sheol” in the Old Testament and consisted of two parts. Before Christ’s atonement in 30ad, when the Old Testament people died, they went to Sheol/HADES.

The O.T. elect went to the “paradise” part of Sheol/HADES, labeled “Abraham’s Bosom” by Christ in His parable (Luke 16:19-31). The O.T. non-elect souls went to the “torment’ part of Sheol/HADES. There was a great gulf between them that no one could cross.

At the Ascension of Christ in 30ad., He brought “paradise” up with Him to the outer court of Heaven. – Eph 4:8-10. Christ completed His atonement work in the heavenly Holy of Holies and gave the Holy Spirit to indwell His living saints on earth. (Acts 1:8-9).

The deceased saints waited in “paradise” in the outer courts of heaven in disembodied state, which did not include flesh and blood, but was some kind of bodily form that is not fully described in Scripture. Those deceased saints waited there during the transition period until Christ’s second coming Parousia when they returned with Him in 66ad. Jesus Christ had the keys to HADES and of Death. He judges all people and determines their eternal destiny. Apostle John mentioned this:

“And when I saw Him, I feel at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST. I am He who lives and was dead and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I HAVE THE KEYS TO HADES AND DEATH.”- Rev 1:17-18

And the Great White Throne Judgement, Christ opened the books and righteously judged each of the non-elect based on their works. None of them had their names written in the Book of Life. They were sentenced to condemnation in their “part” of the Lake of Fire. Christ also cast Death and HADES into the Lake of Fire at the final judgement in 70ad. the final destiny of all non-believers (past, present and future) was determined at that time.

“Then I saw the GREAT WHITE THRONE and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, STANDING BEFORE GOD, AND BOOKS WERE OPENED. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS, BY THE THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and DEATH AND HADES delivered up the dead who were in them. And THEY WERE JUDGED, EACH ONE ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS. THEN THE DEAD AND HADES WERE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. This is the second death. AND ANYONE NO FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.”- Rev 20:11-15

-Michael Alan Nicols

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My thoughts: I truly believe that all according to the scripture is finished in Christ. I believe His promised return was three days after His crucifixion when He Resurrected. The Finished Works were at the Cross and upon His Resurrection, HE defeated eternal DEATH and for all that believed on Him (Past, Present, and Future).

I don’t believe in a ‘satan’ for anything that is oppression, or any adversary is considered to be the thief; therefore, anything that comes to steal, kill or destroy is the enemy. And the enemy is defeated IN CHRIST! And even for arguments sake, ‘satan’ was defeated at the CROSS!

Also, Hell is a made-up term that mostly the King James version twisted; hence why so many are in the King James only version cult. Forgive me but anyone that is so uptight and that they only believe in one specific version or translation – they miss out on the whole purpose of Christ! I am however, against any version that changes the Gospel message. The Quaran, the New World Translation (Jehovah witness’s version).. etc.. literally change the Gospel and they preach another Gospel which is how antichrist’ messages come into play. They also preach another Jesus – any future, after 70ad version return of Christ is the other gospel and the other Jesus! It is pure blasphemy and sadly has been preached and believed in almost all ‘christian’ denominations.

Read all versions/interpretations with caution. Do they change the Gospel? Do they change who Christ is? Do they deny that the Christ is God? Then they changed the message all together because REVELATION IS THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE OLD COVENANT SYSTEM! NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS! SALVATION IS A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST, IT IS A COVENANT! IT ISN’T A FREE TICKET TO HEAVEN or “Paradise” which by the was brought up to the heavenlies back in 70ad. It’s also not to avoid a place called Hell, but it is to be in a covenantal relationship with our LORD AND SAVIOR! I’ve always hated the hell message; it doesn’t bring about a true sincere reaction towards God… and only those with a pure heart towards Christ shall see Him as the ONE TRUE GOD. “Blessed [anticipating God’s presence, spiritually mature] are the pure in heart [those with integrity, moral courage, and godly character], for they will see God.- Matt 5:8

The scriptures are HISTORY, not ours. It is also stories of the past saints in Christ. They tell a past story on how the ‘son born unto us’ would complete the whole prophecy that WHOLE THAT IS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR- GOD ALMIGHTY, ABBA FATHER, JESUS CHRIST! –Isa 9:6

We now live after the complete prophecy of Christ; it is detrimental not to add to (adds plages to our lives) nor take away (we remove our names out of the Book of Life).

“I testify and warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book [its predictions, consolations, and admonitions]: if anyone adds [anything] to them, God will add to him the plagues (afflictions, calamities) which are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from or distorts the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away [from that one] his share from the tree of life and from the holy city (new Jerusalem), which are written in this book.- Rev 22:18-19

We live after the FINISHED WORKS AT THE CROSS! ALL THINGS ARE TRULY FINISHED IN HIM!

I do believe though that the ‘transition period’ which was from the Ascension of Christ till the destruction of the Temple (which was also ‘satan’s little season) which simply meant that the power of the Law that leads to Spiritual death had its season to run rampant. and this was the time those still denying Christ as savior were basically following the synagogue of satan.

The Jewish/Roman war of 66-70ad was the 3 and half year of war that led to the destruction of the Temple – literally destroying the OLD TESTEMENT system (burning away the elements!) This was the OLD Heaven’s and EARTH that would pass away. HIS WORD IN THE FLESH CHRIST WAS THE WORD THAT WOULD NEVER PASS AWAY! OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, OUR EVERLASTING FATHER, OUR ALMIGHTY GOD, OUR PRINCE OF PEACE AND OUR COMFORTER (HOLY SPIRIT) WOULD LAST FOREVER- GENERATION AFTER GENERATION!

Signing off, once again in my IT IS FINISHED FULFILLED ESCHATOLOGY LOVE, ❤ Diana xo 🙂