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|    Watchtower Society Sells Sheol and Shino    |
|    24 Aug 25 18:34:07    |
      [continued from previous message]              Nope. Not according to the Septuagint. Sheol is hades, just as the       ancient Jewish translators wrote.              Jesus said:               "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my        church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it."              Hades has gates, bub, just as in the Greek myths. The Old Testament       also mentions the gates of Sheol. What a coincidence!               Job 38:17         Have the gates of death [sheol] been opened unto thee? or hast thou        seen the doors of the shadow of death?               Psalms 9:13         Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them        that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death [sheol]:               Psalms 107:18         Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the        gates of death [sheol].              What are the "gates of Hades" or the "gates of Sheol?"              Organized religion and imperial governments are the gates of Sheol       today. These are the gates of Hades, or the Johachin and Boaz pillars       one must pass between to reach the temple. These are the two pillars       that Sampson pushed down to destroy the mighty Philistines.              > You have been lied to by the churches long enough. Accept the Bible       > truth that hell is the GRAVE.Your God is not a sadist that tortures       > forever His disobedient children. He really is a God of love. (1 John       > 4:8)               Sure, the churches have been lying about Hades. They lie and say if you       don't obey them and give them your money you will be cast into Hades       and burn for eternity. But you are compounding their lies with your own       religious lies about soul annihilation by your Jack Kevorkian deity.              The truth is this. The churches are part of the kingdom of Hades where       the dead live. Jesus said of the Pharisees that they worship their       father, the devil. The Old Testament says that the religious crowd of       Israel was in contractual bondage to Sheol. This is the metaphor of       Sheol or Hades.              Those who trust in Jesus of Nazareth escape the gates of Hades (Sheol)       and enter the temple of God on the mount, high above the churches which       keep men chained in the pit of religion. If you leave the temple you       fall into the pit (religion). You can't climb back up. Jesus has to       raise you up.              --        NightBulb | https://nightbulb.net | Flip the night switch.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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