A couple of weeks ago was Passover, and as I was pondering on these things a couple of scriptures came to me.
I was considering the meaning of leavening from YHWH's point of view when the scripture that reads, "beware the leavening of the pharisees" came to mind.
He warned the Pharisees that they stood in danger of hell's fire, because of their twisting, changing, and complete disregard to the torah.
As I thought on these things, I cross-referenced a few scriptures in my mind, and wondered, what exactly did He mean when he spoke these things.
I did a little research in the Bible, looked up things in my concordance, and read some of the definitions in my Bible dictioary.
It took me the better part of a day to figure out that the teachings about hell are more of the lies that I have discovered that has been preached from the pulpits of every christian religion all over the world. If all of the teaching about hell is true, then everybody goes to hell when they die, even the very christians who preach it. I am going to explain this subject, and I hope you walk away with a clearer understanding. How are we to escape hell's fire (according to christian beliefs), if these teachings are true?
If we are to beware of the leavening of the Pharisees, then we are to be aware of, stay away from, and "follow not" these hypocritical lies.
First we need to know what a Pharisee is. According to the Bible, a Pharisee is a person who is religious. He is learned in the laws of the Bible, and instructs others as to how to conduct their lives according to "their" teachings. And he (they) change(s) the laws of the scriptures to suit his beliefs and teachings. An example is when they accused the disciples of eating with unwashed hands. There is nothing in the entire Bible that commands we wash our hands before we eat. "Cleanliness is next to Godliness" is also not found in scripture. This is a Phariseic law that is also a tradition of the Pharisees, not a commandment.
How does this compare to today? Do modern religions have doctrines and laws, and commandments for thier followers to obey? YES!!! Are these manmade rules and regulations found in the scriptures? NO!!!
Example. Every religion in the world believes that if you are not part of their "group", you are going to hell. Maybe not all preachers teach this, but their organization believes it. There is no difference in believing and teaching. If you believe it, it doesn't matter if you teach it or not. I used to be a member of the Pentecostal religion. They teach many things that are lies, and all christian religions teach similar lies, even if they are not exactly the same.
Pentecostals teach if you don't speak in tongues, not baptized in Jesus name, your women cut their hair or wear pants, you're going to hell. If you are not Pentecostal, you're going to hell. All religions do the same...if you're not Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, Mormon, Lutheran, etc..
Where in the Bible does it say that you have to be a certain religion, or any religion to be saved? The Bible actually teaches that we must be born again to obtain salvation. The sad truth is, you cannot be religious and be born again too! Everyone who is religious is a pharisee! Everyone who believes you have to be any denomination, even non-denominational, is religious. And no one who is a pharisee or religious is born again. I will be putting more information of the truths I've learned on this website, be sure to read them.
So, how does all this have to do with hell? Please read on.
When you look up the word hell in a concordance, you will find that the word hell should never have been put in the Bible. The translators should have translated the truth instead. The word "hell" is actually a Pagan word, used by Pagans to instill fear and bondage into Pagans. The translators of the KJV Bible that I use were of the Catholic faith, even though it is taught they were Protestant, or christian. How can so much Paganistic teachings be in the Bible if the translators were "true" believers?
In the OT, there is only one Hebrew word "sheol" that was translated into english "hell." In many instances, sheol clearly means the grave. In other places of the OT, sheol means "the place of the dead, dwelling of the dead", or as I like to call it, "the spiritual realm."
The Hebrew word sheol gives no indication as to whether it is a place of misery and torture, or bliss and comfort. To add to this would to be a Pharisee, or to take things out of context to make it fit a doctrine or teaching would be religious. We have been warned in the old and new testaments to "not add to or take away" from the scriptures, or we will be in danger of His judgement. Home Read More --->