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Save from What?

Selected Scriptures, 2019-06-02A, #2

Introduction: Today we continue in our series on aspects of salvation. In our last study, we saw that salvation means deliverance; and we began to examine some of the things from which the saved are delivered. The saved are delivered from the current and coming wrath of God (; ; ; ; )… We also saw in our last study that there are three tenses to salvation: justification – past tense; sanctification – present tense; and glorification – future tense…

I. Salvation Is Deliverance from the Penalty of Sin Which Is Death (, ; ).

A. “Death” in the Bible means “separation” not annihilation.

1. Everyone will live forever either in heaven or in hell…

2. Everyone will be resurrected from the dead (; ; ; )……

B. There are three kinds of death mentioned in the Bible:

1. Physical death is separation of the soul and spirit from the body (; ; ; ; )…

2. Spiritual death is separation from God in trespasses and sins (; ; ):

a. The saved have passed from spiritual death to spiritual life which is ()…

b. The saved are born again (; )…

c. The saved are a new creation in Christ ().

d. The saved are alive in Christ (; ; ; ; ).

e. The saved have been transferred from darkness to light (; ; ; , ; ).

3. Eternal death or the second death is eternal separation from God in the lake of fire (; )…

II. Salvation Is Deliverance from Hell:

A. Three Greek words translated “hell:”

1. One of the three Greek words translated “hell” is tartaroō (ταρταρόω, Strong’s 5020), which translates “cast down to hell” in the Authorized Version.

a. This verb occurs only in .

b. According to the Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament, this place is “Regarded by the Greeks as a place of torment and punishment below Hades.”

c. The noun form of the verb is “Tartarus,” which is used to refer to the fallen angels whom God imprisoned (cf. ; )…

d. When Satan fell, one third of the angels fill with him some of whom are now in Tartarus (; , )…

1) God has two thirds of the Angels… “They that be with us on more than they that be with them” (; )…

2) Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world ()…

2. Hades is not the same as purgatory…

A second Greek word that is translated “hell” is hadēs (ᾅδης, Strong’s 86).

a. The Greek noun “Hades” occurs 11 times in the Greek New Testament:

1. The AV translates “Hades” “hell” 10 times (; ; ; , , ; ; ; , )….

2. The AV translates “Hades” “grave” once and .

3. “Hades” is personified in ; …

4. The Hebrew equivalent to “Hades” is “Sheol” Strong’s 7585 שְׁאֹול [shâʾowl, shâol /sheh·ole/].

5. “Hades” is the place where the lost go immediately after death ()…

a. “Paradise” or “Abraham’s Bosom” was emptied of the saved when Jesus ascended after His resurrection ()…

b. Today all believers in Christ go directly to heaven at the moment of death (; )…

3. The third Greek word that is translated “hell” is geenna (γέεννα, Strong’s 1067).

a. Gehenna is from the Hebrew " ga-hinnom" – " Valley of Hinnom" is the abbreviated form of "Valley of the sons of the Hinnom" (; ; ; ; ; ; , ; , )…

1) The Valley of Hinnom is south of Jerusalem, and is where King Ahaz and King Manasseh offered their children as sacrifices to the idol god Molech (; ; ; )…

2) The Valley of Hinnom eventually became a garbage dump. Today the valley is filled with houses.

b. The Greek noun geenna occurs 12 times in the Greek New Testament.

1) Gehenna Is used by Jesus 11 times in the Gospels (, , ; ; ; ; , ; , , ; )…

2) Gehenna is used by James once ()…

c. Gehenna is the same as the lake of fire which is the final hell where the lost will go after the Great White Throne Judgment ()…

B. Salvation is deliverance from Hades and Gehenna.

C. Two important eschatological judgments:

1. The Bēma (βῆμα) Judgment (; )…

2. The Great White Throne Judgment ()…

3. Everyone will stand before the great White Throne or the Bema to be judged ().

a. The purpose of the Bema Judgment will be to determine one’s reward in heaven (; ; )…

b. The purpose of the Great White Throne Judgment will be to determine one’s degree of punishment in the lake of fire – there will be degrees of punishment in hell forever (; )…

D. Two important eschatological resurrections separated by a thousand years (; ; ; )…

Pastor-Teacher, Julius R. Malone