or “Pure From the Blood of All Men”, by Charles H. Welch
Hell – Pure from the Blood of all Men (PDF)
A discussion of the traditional ideas of the immortality of the Soul, Hell, and kindred subjects. Relevant texts are considered in their true context and setting.
Contents (and page no):
A word of explanation………………………………………………………………….5
The pattern of sound words ……………………………………………………….. 5
What constitutes sound doctrine?……………………………………………….. 5
Would Paul pass the orthodox test? ……………………………………………. 6
Pure from the blood of all men …………………………………………………… 6
What did Paul teach about hell?………………………………………………….. 6
Paul uses the word but once………………………………………………………… 7
A specious argument exposed……………………………………………………… 8
Matthew’s terms examined………………………………………………………….. 8
Hell (hades) ………………………………………………………………………………. 8
Gehenna, or hell-fire ………………………………………………………………….. 9
Gehenna in Matthew …………………………………………………………………. 10
Gehenna and its contexts……………………………………………………………. 11
Gehenna and its dispensational setting………………………………………… 11
Everlasting punishment……………………………………………………………… 12
Terms of eternal life in Matthew 25……………………………………………… 13
Try the things that differ…………………………………………………………….. 14
The Hebrew word sheol……………………………………………………………… 15
Hell in old English …………………………………………………………………….. 15
Sheol as used in The Old Testament…………………………………………….. 16
An orthodox witness – A.J. Pollock ……………………………………………… 17
Ecclesiastes compared with the Psalms……………………………………….. 18
For ever, everlasting, and eternal ……………………………………………….. 18
F.W. Grant on aion …………………………………………………………………… 19
The root meaning of olam …………………………………………………………. 19
Tradition versus truth ………………………………………………………………. 20
The usage of olam in the Old Testament……………………………………… 20
The fitness of the word “age” ……………………………………………………… 21
The doctrine of the soul……………………………………………………………… 21
Nephesh in the book of Genesis………………………………………………….. 22
Article VI of the “Thirty-nine Articles of Religion” ……………………….. 22
Immortality of the soul a doctrine of demons ………………………………. 23
Immortality in Scripture…………………………………………………………….. 24
“Endless Being” quoted………………………………………………………………. 24
The use of torment in the Scriptures…………………………………………….. 25
The rich man and Lazarus ………………………………………………………….. 25
Luke records several “contrast” parables………………………………………. 26
Statement or Question? ……………………………………………………………… 26
Is Luke 16:19-30 Pharisaic tradition?…………………………………………… 27
Two parables exposing the Pharisees in their doctrine and practice….. 29
As touching the resurrection ………………………………………………………. 29
The Old Testament a faithful witness…………………………………………… 29
Death as sleep. The testimony of Old and New Testaments………………. 29
Do Paul, Job and Daniel agree? ………………………………………………….. 30
Conclusion and concordance ……………………………………………………… 31
A concordance key. …………………………………………………………………… 31
A concordance to the word sheol. ………………………………………………. 32
A concordance to the word hades. ……………………………………………… 35