Sermon Tone Analysis
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Cup of Water ()
Little Children / Millstone ()
Worm that does not die
Fire that is not quenched (,,)
Fire that is not quenched (,,)
The instruction to hack off body parts that cause one to stumble is an example of metaphoric hyperbole characteristic of Jesus and is not meant to be taken literally.
(Mark, Pillar New Testament Commentary)
The Greek word for “hell” in vv.
43, 45, and 47 is Gehenna, from which the Hinnom Valley, the steep ravine to the southwest of Jerusalem () where human sacrifice had been practiced under Ahaz and Manasseh (; ), derives its name.
The detestable practice of human sacrifice was later excoriated by Jeremiah (; ) and abolished by King Josiah (), who desecrated the Hinnom Valley by making it a garbage dump.
“ ‘To go into hell, where the fire never goes out,’ ” became a symbol of divine wrath and punishment in subsequent Judaism and Christianity, or of the darkness, pain, and torment resulting from it.22
The Greek word for “hell” in vv.
43, 45, and 47 is Gehenna, from which the Hinnom Valley, the steep ravine to the southwest of Jerusalem () where human sacrifice had been practiced under Ahaz and Manasseh (; ), derives its name.
The detestable practice of human sacrifice was later excoriated by Jeremiah (; ) and abolished by King Josiah (), who desecrated the Hinnom Valley by making it a garbage dump.
“ ‘To go into hell, where the fire never goes out,’ ” became a symbol of divine wrath and punishment in subsequent Judaism and Christianity, or of the darkness, pain, and torment resulting from it.22
(Mark, Pillar New Testament Commentary)
But this does not lessen the seriousness of the warning; Mark knows nothing of an easy universalism or of a ‘second chance’ after death, or even of a limited period of punishment, even if such punishment is self-inflicted by refusal to respond to God’s grace.
But this does not lessen the seriousness of the warning; Mark knows nothing of an easy universalism or of a ‘second chance’ after death, or even of a limited period of punishment, even if such punishment is self-inflicted by refusal to respond to God’s grace.
Illustration - Cancer Cells in a member of your body
Illustration - Cancer Cells in a member of your body
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