The realm of the dead is where the dead are, not the hole in the ground.
Sheol and Hades name it. The grave is the burial place.
The realm of the dead is the unseen place of the dead. Hebrew calls it Sheol. Greek calls it Hades. The grave is the tomb, the plot, the place a body is laid. Jacob says he will go down to Sheol to his son mourning. The psalm says God will not abandon the Holy One to Sheol, and Peter reads that of Jesus. The rich man is in Hades, in torment, and Lazarus is comforted. Death and Hades give up the dead at the throne. The realm is not the lake of fire. It gives up what it holds. Jesus holds the keys of Death and Hades.
- Do not trade the grave and the realm. One is dug. One is unseen.
- Sheol and Hades are the names. The realm is the thing they name.
- The keys are His. The realm does not keep Him, and it will not keep its dead.
I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.
You will not abandon my soul to Hades.
Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them.
- The realm of the dead is unseen. The grave is the burial place.
- Sheol is the Hebrew name. Hades is the Greek.
- Jacob expected to go down to his son there.
- Jesus was not abandoned to it.
- The rich man and Lazarus are both in that account, not in the same comfort.
- The realm gives up its dead. It is not the lake of fire.
- The Names – Sheol and Hades.
- The Other Word – Grave, the tomb.
- The Descent – Jacob, mourning.
- The Holy One – Not abandoned.
- The Divide – Torment and comfort.
- The End – It gives up the dead.
- Genesis 37:35 – “I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.”
- Psalm 16:10 – “You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.”
- Acts 2:27, 31 – “You will not abandon my soul to Hades… he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.”
- Psalm 49:15 – “God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me.”
- Job 7:9 – “As the cloud fades and vanishes, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.”
- Isaiah 14:9 – “Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come.”
- Luke 16:22-23 – “The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.”
- Revelation 1:18 – “I have the keys of Death and Hades.”
- Revelation 20:13 – “The sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them.”
- Hosea 13:14 – “I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol; I shall redeem them from Death. O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting?”
I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.
You will not abandon my soul to Hades.
Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them.
The realm of the dead is Sheol and Hades. The grave is the hole. Do not make them the same word.
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