Hell is a Christian Hoax 33
Contradiction #20
"There are all kinds of abominable creatures everywhere and they seemed to be chained to the walls. I wondered "Why are these things chained to the walls". I didn't understand that ( I thought Bill told us that he had great understanding in hell?) , but there's a scripture on that in Jude 1:6:
And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
Once more, Bill goes into another one of his invisible segues: He goes from "abominable creatures chained to the wall," to "angels reserved in everlasting chains." Since when are abominable, ugly, deformed, creatures and animals, ANGELS? This guy's scholarship is a real work of art.
Jude 1:6 has absolutely nothing to do with either demons, creatures, animals, or a place called Hell.
If chemists and scientists were as careless in mixing chemicals in their laboratories, as Christians are careless in reading God's Word, the whole world would have been blown up years ago.
Let's read Jude 1:6:
"And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day."
I'm afraid the King James translation of this verse is not very accurate. Let's look at a much better translation, and I'll explain:
"Besides, messengers ( angels are more accurately called 'messengers') who keep not their own sovereignty, but leave their own habitation, He has kept in imperceptible bonds ( not 'everlasting chains') under gloom for the judging of the great day" (Concordant Literal New Testament)
A couple of giant points need to be made here:
( 1) These 'messengers' are not chained with literal iron chains, to the walls of some subterranean hell in the middle of the earth for all eternity as Bill contends.
Here from The Greek-English Keyword Concordance, is the word translated "everlasting" in King James: "a id'i on, ( and the elements are...) UN-PERCEIVED." Concordant translates it as "imperceptible." Bill says he saw these monsters chained to the walls with literal iron chains, and uses Jude 1:6 as proof of these iron chains. Nonsense. The "messengers (angels) who left their own sovereignty or domain are spirits, not physical animals, nor demons. And spirits cannot be held with physical "chains."
The word "aidion" is used only twice in the Bible, and in neither case does it mean "everlasting" or "eternal." It is found in Jude 1:6 which we are now looking at, and it is found in Rom. 1:20:
"For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse."
This verse in the King James Version translated eternal is aidion, and both the Greek elements and the context of this word proves that it cannot mean "everlasting" or "eternal." The Greek aidion is very similar to the Greek word ( h) ad'es - UN-PERCEIVED (often translated "hell"). Although spelled slightly different, aidion & hades is made up of the same elements-UN-PERCEIVED.
There has been much progress in the last four hundred years in understanding the ancient Hebrew and Greek languages. Many modern scholars and translators are seeing this truth, and are no longer translating hades as "hell," but rather as "the UNSEEN" or they just leave it in the Greek as "hades." For example, The American Standard Version leaves sheol ( the imperceptible state of the dead) , as it is found in the Hebrew manuscripts, and they leave hades ( the imperceptible state of the dead) , as it is found in the Greek manuscripts. Whereas The Concordant Literal New Testament, translates the O.T. Hebrew word sheol ( the imperceptible state of the dead) , as the unseen, and they translate the N.T. Greek word hades ( the imperceptible state of the dead', also as the unseen.
So by definition, sheol & hades do not mean "hell," neither does aidion mean everlasting or eternal. Next let's see the proof from the context of the only two usages of this word aidion. First Rom. 1:20 - "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse."
There is nothing in this verse that has anything to do with "eternal" or "eternity."
Notice the subject matter. Paul is talking about the "IN-visible things," not visible things. Neither is Paul speaking of "eternal" things either, but rather "Invisible things."
So what is the main "invisible thing," that Paul wants us to "clearly see?" This is not double-talk, Paul says that there is something "invisible" or "imperceptible," that can be seen by man.
But it is not the invisible thing itself that can be seen, rather it is the understanding of something of God's that can be seen and understood in our hearts by the means of SOMETHING WHICH CAN BE SEEN. And what pray tell is that? "Things... from the creation... can be clearly seen...that is understood... by the things ( 'things' are visible) that are made." Well what is it that can be clearly seen by the things that are made?" Is it God's "eternal power" that can be seen? NO. Rather , "even His imperceptible power" can be seen by the visible things that are made.
So there it is: We can't literally see with our human physical eyes things like God's IN-visible power-His "imperceptible power," but this imperceptible power can be "understood" (as King James translates it) "by the things that are made"-by the physical creation. Clearly this verse has to do with seeing the invisible attributes of God's power, rather than something "eternal or everlasting."
Yes, God is "eternal," but that is not the purpose of Paul giving us this verse. These teachings are really quite important. Whole stupid unscriptural doctrines have evolved from the faulty translation of just such verses.
( 2) Now for Jude 1:6. Again, context will prove that the subject matter of which Jude speaks has nothing to do with angels being chained in Hell for all eternity:
And the angels ( not demons, nor beasts, creatures, or animals, as Bill tries to slip in) which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, He hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Bill's fraudulent statements are demolished by this verse that He uses for Scriptural proof that the eternal chaining of demons, beasts, and animals to the wall of some subterranean cave in the center of the earth for all eternity is Biblical. Unbelievable.
Okay, this, like Rom. 1:20, is quite easy to understand in context. There is nothing literal about these "chains," and neither are they "everlasting."
Remember the Greek word translated here is aidion, and the prefix aid' is a negative meaning "not" (in- or un-). And ion means to see or perceive. When put together it means "unseen" or "imperceptible." So first and foremost, these chains are not visible. How could spirit angels/messengers be chained with physical chains of iron? Imagine a policeman handcuffing a spirit - an angel?
These chains are aidion chains-invisible chains, unseen chains, imperceptible chains. And for sure these angels are not chained with imperceptible/invisible chains to some wall in the center of the earth. How long are they held with these imperceptible chains? This verse clearly tells us. Is it for "everlasting?" For "eternity?" NO. Let's read it:
He hath reserved in imperceptible chains under darkness ( they are in spiritual darkness as long as they are not judged or as long as they have not repented of their sins ("Know ye not that we shall judge angels how much more things that pertain to this life?') unto the judgment of the great day.
So are these angels chained "everlastingly" as Bill contends? NO. They are held in imperceptible bonds, as Concordant Literal N.T. translates it, only "UNTO the judgment of the great day." Need I remind you that the word "unto" means "until" which means "up to the time of" or "before a specified time."
And that "specified time" in this verse is "the Judgment." But in Bill's fairyland teachings, they are physically chained at a physical location in Hell for all eternity! No, they are held in bonds only "until the Judgment of the great day." And in judgment, they "will learn righteousness" (Isa. 26:9).
How marvelous and great God's Word and His plan for the salvation of the whole world is, when we get rid of all the pagan doctrines of eternal torment, and all such unscriptural nonsense which blasphemes the Name of God among the nations, and offends little children.