In what part of the Bible (Old or New Testament) is the concept of Heaven and h**l mentioned?

Question

If it is mentioned at all.

Answer 1

Heaven is a spiritual realm and the Bible ends with "Heaven on earth". In the Old Testament there were some prophetic pictures of Heaven, Heaven on earth, and h**l.

Heaven in the Spiritual realm.

Isaiah 6:1  In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.  2  Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.  3  And one cried to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!"

Revelation 4:1  After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, "Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this."  2  Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne.  3  And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.  4  Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads.  5  And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.  6  Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.  7  The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.  8  The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!"

Heaven on earth.

Isaiah 25:6  And in this mountain The LORD of hosts will make for all people A feast of choice pieces, A feast of wines on the lees, Of fat things full of marrow, Of well-refined wines on the lees.  7  And He will destroy on this mountain The surface of the covering cast over all people, And the veil that is spread over all nations.  8  He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken.  9  And it will be said in that day: "Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the LORD; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation."

Revelation 21:1  Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.  2  Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.  3  And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.  4  And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."

h**l in verse 24.

Isaiah 66:22  "For as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before Me," says the LORD, "So shall your descendants and your name remain.  23  And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me," says the LORD.  24  "And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.

Mark 9:42  "But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea.  43  If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to h**l, into the fire that shall never be quenched--  44  where 'THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.'

Answer 2

Let's clarify:

The 'old testament' is the Church edited and Christianised MIStranslation of the Jewish Tanakh. Jews don't believe in 'h**l'. There is no 'h**l' or 'eternal punishment' in Judaism.

In the Tanakh, there are references to 'sheol' which literally means 'the grave'. There are also references to Gehenna, which refers to an actual place; it was a valley just outside Jerusalem where human sacrifice was practised.

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Answer 3

Many places, here is one in old test:  Deu 32:22   For a fire has been kindled by my wrath,

one that burns to the realm of death[fn5] below.

It will devour the earth and its harvests

and set afire the foundations of the mountains.

New Test.

Luk 16:23 In h**l,* where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.  

Answer 4

They are not mentioned as much in the old testament as it is in the new testament  (i think this being down the the nature of the kingdom of Israel being a physical kingdom at that time),

but there are references will find some :)

In Hebrew there were two words that were used in reference to the afterlife as in h**l, Sheol and Gehenna.

http://www.biblegateway.com/topical/topi...  Here's a link containing old testament references to them both.

Answer 5

Bibles teaching of h**l.

Ecclesiastes 9:&6

5 For the living know that they will die,

       but the dead know nothing;

       they have no further reward,

       and even the memory of them is forgotten.

6 Their love, their hate

       and their jealousy have long since vanished;

       never again will they have a part

       in anything that happens under the sun.

Bibles teaching of Heaven

Psalms 6:5..... No one remembers you when he is dead.

       Who praises you from the grave

Answer 6

The Christian Heaven and h**l is all in the New Testament!!!

By believing in Jesus and being “saved” the Bible teaches that you will get one of the first seats in Heaven to watch how the vast majority of all the human beings perhaps into the TRILLIONS including your “unsaved” family members and old acquaintances will be especially tormented one by one in a sulfuric lake of fire or what have you for ever and ever. You will be encouraged to poke fun at them showing a wet big finger for them to l**k to quench their thirst because in h**l there is no fresh water and you can tease them all you want for ever and ever! That’s HEAVEN! No wonder Jesus said that you must hate your father and your mother and everybody else to follow him, especially if they are "unsaved" and go to h**l! You will hear a lot of “I told you so…” from Sweet Jesus! He thought of everything even some low IQ teasing games that WE CAN ALL PLAY with the damned in h**l! Heaven is for the childlike poor and uneducated so please bear with me in this story right out of God’s Holy Word, the Bible!

Luke 16:23-25-NIV (Jesus is telling us…) AND BEING IN TORMENTS IN h**l, he* (*Not a g*y person, or an Atheist, but a rich Jewish person whom Jesus knew personally!) lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom* (*If you go to h**l you will recognize EVERYBODY in Heaven, and vise versa!). “Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; FOR I AM TORMENTED IN THIS FLAME.’ (and Jesus all excited and turned on like mad continues the story telling…) But Abraham said, ‘Son* (*this rich man was an ancestor of Abraham! Notice how little compassion any member of your own family will have for you if you end up in h**l!), remember that in your lifetime you received your good things* (*in this story, to be rich is a sin! Christian preachers now use it to make it applicable to ANY SIN!), and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted* (* for all eternity, for ever and ever, and ever! billions and trillions of years…!!!) and YOU ARE TORMENTED!

The Bible God promised the Jews to be “rich lenders not borrowers” like this rich man in h**l, otherwise they will be poor “slaves and borrowers” like Lazarus! This story is more proof that nothing in the Bible makes any sense or can be taken seriously! Especially the silly teasing words that Sweet Jesus aka “Creator of the Universe” is dreaming up in anticipation of the day when he will personally enjoy watching the Christians POKING FUN AT ALL THOSE IN h**l FOR EVER AND EVER for rejecting the Jesus idea, or for never hearing about him, or not having the mental faculties in order to “accept” Jesus, and to obey the clergy, and pay the tithes and offerings ON TIME! It will be a long time before everybody in Heaven can possibly get bored… Only Jesus knows what other torments await those who never heard about Jesus or all the atheists who end up in HELL…!!! Low IQ people will love to be entertained for ever like that… or wouldn’t they? But what the heck! It is all in the Bible that Christians hardly read!

Luke 19:27 (NIV) (Jesus is very excited telling this other story, too!) But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them–bring them here and kill them in front of me.* (*Not even the Mafia measures up to Jesus! Christianity surely is a “slaughter house” religion!)

Revelation 14:10-11 (NIV) [Jesus says] "he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. HE WILL BE TORMENTED WITH BURNING SULFUR IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY ANGELS AND OF THE LAMB* (*i.e. God the Son Jesus Christ, and the Christians who managed to be saved in spite of all the hurdles that he set up -John 17:24) And THE SMOKE OF THEIR TORMENT RISES FOR EVER AND EVER. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name."

On a second thought I give you my personal view on Heaven and h**l that some Bible writers share with me... Relax, there is no Heaven and h**l it is all a money making scheme banking on human religious gullibility! I echo the same opinion held by some of the most honest writers of the Bible who couldn’t resist telling everybody the ultimate truth of life on this Earth…!!! In fact, one of them is the Bible God’s certified WISEST MAN ever to set foot on this Earth King Solomon, but Christian preachers hate him because he doesn’t go along with the prosperity and get well message that is so popular today!!!

Ecclesiastes 9:5,10 (NIV) For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward* (*The grave is the final reward!), and even the memory of them is forgotten. [10]   WHATEVER your hand finds to do, DO IT WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT* (*without any restriction just be wise!), for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 3:19 (NIV) Man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is vanity.

Job 7:9 (NIV) As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to the grave does not return.

Believe it or not, some of the Bible writers were VERY HONEST about what happens to any of us after we die. The rest of the writers knew how to exploit human gullibility in the supernatural arena fantasy. They created Christianity for us and throughout history the clergy was fooled on this premise. Still, the preachers surely laugh all the way to the Bank. They never had to be a productive member in our society at all! They live on people’s religious’ gullibility!!!

Jeremiah 6:13 (NIV) "From the least to the greatest, ALL are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, ALL practice deceit."

Answer 7

The Christian concept of heaven/h**l differs from Judaism in that Jews believe there are many paths to God regardless of religion or lack thereof.  There is no mention of a place of eternal torment in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible).  Christians have borrowed that concept from Zoroastrianism or Mithraism.

Whats-it-mean's quote proves that in the Hebrew Bible "when you're dead, you're dead!"

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Answer 8

h**l is first mentioned in Deuteronomy, but heaven, as a place where the dead go, does not  get mentioned until the NT.

Answer 9

New Testament. Luke.