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12 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course Lesson 25

chose to do so. This is an entire topic by itself -- Jerusalem refuse or garbage fire, that burned in
one we may cover in a future lesson. the Valley of Hinnom which bordered Jerusalem
Observe that when “hell fire” does occur on the south, to ILLUSTRATE the final “hell
in the future, Satan will be in it -- along with all fire” -- the final “GEHENNA FIRE” which is to
the incorrigibly wicked human beings -- to die occur at the time of the future purification of the
forever! earth’s surface.
Notice the word “are” in the phrase But was the fire that burned the city
“where the beast and false prophet are" refuse QUENCHED in those days? The fires in
(Revelation 20:10). In some Bibles this word is the Valley of Hinnom kept burning as long as
in italics, which shows it was ADDED LATER there were bodies of dead people, animals, or
by the translators. This word is not found in the refuse, to BURN. THEN THEY NATURALLY
Greek manuscripts. The phrase SHOULD WENT OUT! It is important to notice that these
READ, “where the beast and the false prophet fires accomplished their purpose of consuming
WERE,” for these two MORTAL INDI- the dead bodies and refuse, and that it was only
VIDUALS will long since have been destroyed AFTER they had accomplished this purpose that
by the time Satan is put in this flame. they BURNED THEMSELVES OUT. But they

“Hell Fire” -- “Never
Be Quenched”?

1. Did Yeshua
the Messiah speak of
UNQUENCHABLE fire
in Mark 9:43-48? Was
he speaking of “ge-
henna” fire? Notice that
the Greek word for
“hell” in verses 43, 45
and 47 is “gehenna.”
COMMENT:
Yeshua repeated five
times for EMPHASIS,
that this coming “hell Forest fire in Sula, Montana, August 6, 2000. As soon as all the
fire” (gehenna) which combustible material was burned, the fire went out.
shall destroy the wicked,
would NEVER BE “QUENCHED.” But the vast never were QUENCHED, or PUT OUT,
majority of people have CARELESSLY prematurely by anyone! The flames merely died
ASSUMED that the phrase, “go into hell, into out when they had no- thing more to consume. It
the fire that NEVER SHALL BE QUENCHED" could have been said of these fires, “THEY
(verse 43), is just one more proof that an eternal, SHALL NOT BE QUENCHED BY ANY-
tormenting fiery hell for the wicked has been ONE." They didn’t have to be!
roaring CONTINUOUSLY underground, and So Yeshua used the fire in the Valley of
will continue forever. Hinnom, which WAS NOT QUENCHED by
Notice now YEHOVAH’s own inspired anyone, as a TYPE of the great future gehenna
explanation of UNQUENCHABLE “hell fire.” “hell fire.”
The Messiah constantly used the 2. Now we’ll let the Bible further

What is “Hell”?