Footnotes to paper on Hell:

1. "The Rekindling of Hell," U.S. News & World Report, March 25, 1991. [Also see U.S. News & World Report, January 31, 2000.]

2. The Greek basanizo, "to vex with great pain," as in Matthew 8:29.

3. Note the thirst for water, in Luke 16:24.

4. Deuteronomy 32:22; 2 Samuel 22:6; Job 11:8; 26:6; Psalms 9:17; 16:10; 18:5; 55;15; 86:13; 116:3; 139:8; Proverbs 5:5; 7:27; 9:18; 15:11, 24; 23:14; 27:20; Isaiah 5:14; 14:9, 15; 28:15, 18; 57:9; Ezekiel 31:16, 17; 32:21, 27; Amos 9:2; Jonah 2:2; Habakkuk 2:5.

5. Matthew 11:23; 16:18; Luke 10:15; 16:23; Acts 2:27, 31; revelation 1:18; 6:8; 20:13, 14.

6. Matthew 5:22, 29, 30; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15, 33; Mark 9:34, 45, 47; Luke 12;5; James 3:6.

7. Genesis 37:35; 42:38; 44:29, 31; 1 Samuel 2:6; 1 Kings 2:6, 9; Job 7:9; 14:13; 17:13; 21:13; 24;19; Psalms 6:5; 30:3; 31:17; 49:14, 15; 88:3; 89:48; 141:7; Proverbs 1;12; 30;16; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Song of Solomon 8:6; Isaiah 14:11; 38:10, 18; Ezekiel 31:15; Hosea 13:14.

8. Numbers 16:30, 33; Job 17;16.

9. Scripture teaches that the spirits of men are fully conscious after separation from the body at death: 1) They can speak: Isaiah 14:9011; Ezekiel 32:21; 2) They can cry: Matthew 8:11, 12; 13:43, 50; 22:13; Luke 16:24-31; 13:28; Revelation 6:9-11; 3) They can hear: John 5:25; 1 Peter 3:18-20; 4:6; 4) They can see: Luke 16:23; John 8:51-54, 45; 5) They can feel pain: Luke 16:23, 24; Revelation 20;10; 6) They have a memory: Luke 16:28.
    Proof of consciousness after death may be found in the following examples: 1) Samuel and the witch of Endor,1 Samuel 28:3, 11-16, 19; 2) The transfiguration on the mount, Matthew 17:3 (Luke 9:30); 3) The rich man and Lazarus, Luke 16:19-31; 4) The thief on the cross, Luke 23:43.

10. Luke 6:26

11. John 15:20

12. Daniel chapter 6

13. Jeremiah chapter 38

14. Amos 7:10-15

15. Matthew 14:10; Mark 6:16, 27; Luke 9:9

16. Acts 23:18; 28:17; Ephesians 3:1; 4:1; 2 timothy 1:8; Philemon1

17. Acts

18. Luke 16:23, 24; Revelation 16:10; 20;10; etc.

19. Psalms 9:17; Proverbs 9:13-18; 15:24; 23:13, 14; Isaiah 33:14; Matthew 5:29; 7:13; 8;11, 12; 10:28; 16:18; 18:8, 9, 34, 35; 22;13; 25:28-30, 41, 46; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; 2 Peter 2:4; etc.

20. Exodus 34:7; Isaiah 33:14; 66:24; Daniel 12;2; Matthew 3:12; 18:8; 25:41, 46; 25:28-30, 41, 46; mark 3:29; 9:43-46, 48; 10:43-49; Luke 16:23-26; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; 2 Peter 2;17; Jude 6-7, 13; Revelation 14:11; 19:20; 20:10; 21:8; etc.

21. Isaiah 30;33; 33:14; 66:24; Matthew 3:12; 5:21, 22; 13:41, 42, 49, 50; 18:8; 25:41; Mark 9:43-49; 10:43-49; Luke 16:24; Jude 7; Revelation 14;10; 19:20; 20:10, 14, 15; 21:8; Revelation 9:1, 2, etc.

22. Isaiah 14;15; Revelation 9:1, 2; 20;1-3

23. Matthew 13:41, 42, 49, 50; Revelation 9:1, 2

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