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Hades: An Eschatalogical Bucket or Just the Grave . . . you be the judge!
April 27, 2012 | 
Author Attached is the brief slidepack for CCS 10th Grade Systematic Theology for a Brief Excursis into a study on the meaning of Hades; also attached: a not-so-brief paper on the same subject. Enjoy!
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Tags: Afterlife, Death, Grave, Hades, Sheol | 
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Some Thoughts on the meaning of “Hades”
As promised to my Systematic Theology Class:
In the Scriptures[1], two very important interchangeable terms are used between the Old and New Testaments that have a place in the authoritative Word on life after death. The Hebrew word, Sheol, and the Greek word, Hades, are words of the basic same designation from the Old Testament period and books to that of the New Testament respectively.[2] Each of them essentially mean the “grave, pit or death” in their general usage.[3] This is more so in the Hebrew usage of Sheol than that of the New Testament and Hades. Along with this general view, a nuanced view is present in the Old Testament usage and even more pronounced in the New Testament to carry the idea of judgment and possibly punishment.
Read the rest here:
[1] All biblical references and quotations will be taken from the New American Standard Update of the Holy Bible, revised in 1995.
[2]Walter A. Elwell and Barry J. Beitzel, Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible, Map on Lining Papers. (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1988), 953.
[3] Ibid.