Anglican Priest Dispels Myths About Heaven and Hell: What the Bible Really Says.

Anglican Priest Dispels Myths About Heaven and Hell: What the Bible Really Says
Anglican Priest Dispels Myths About Heaven and Hell: What the Bible Really Says

According to ТСН: The usual image of Satan with horns, a tail, and a pitchfork has no basis in the Bible, and you are unlikely to be tortured in hell.

Anglican priest Chris Lee shared his thoughts on this.

He noted that there are several important differences between heaven and hell, so it is better to avoid hell. In heaven, everything will be 'glorious and happy.'

"Although we are not told everything about heaven," Lee said, "Christ has a clear idea of what it will be like, and it is truly wonderful."

According to the pastor, heaven will not be a place where people fly like 'disembodied spirits in fog.' He believes that people will retain their identity and remain recognizable. The priest also mentions the words of the Apostle Paul about how our earthly body will change into a 'new' and 'glorified' body that will be immortal.

"Christ speaks of going ahead to prepare a place for the disciples, so it is a place prepared for us as well. Saint Paul in his Epistle to the Thessalonians speaks about how fish have flesh and birds have different bodies, and how we have flesh on this Earth will differ from how we will have a new body in heaven in the future. You will truly be yourself. You will recognize yourself," he explained.

And if you are wondering what you can do in endless afterlife, there will be plenty to do.

"Jesus speaks of feasting and food, as well as animals in the creation of future time," Chris Lee explains. "This new creation will have no suffering... So yes, glorious and happy."

And what about hell

According to the pastor, 'hell is complex, because while Jesus speaks specifically about imagery in heaven, it is rather metaphorical when it comes to hell.'

"He speaks of Gehenna, which resembles a garbage heap where everything is burning. In villages and in some developing countries, outside of cities, there are large places where everything is burned, and this sometimes resembles the notion of hell. I believe in some separation from God. But do I believe in eternal torment? I don't know," acknowledges the Protestant pastor.

Lee expressed uncertainty and noted that there are different views on what exactly happens in hell.

One of these theories proposes 'annihilationism,' according to which instead of eternal torment, 'you separate from God and simply disappear, you are erased.'

Overall, this sounds like an unpleasant place to end up, so perhaps it's time to start acting and doing good deeds.

Previously, the priest also answered the question of whether investing in cryptocurrency is a sin.


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