"We have literalized scripture and ignored the Word of God." ~~~Wm. Paul Young

Believing in eternal hell says more about what is in our heart, and our fear of punishment (or our desire others have it) then what is in the heart of Love. 1 John 4 makes it clear. Those who fear are in fear because they believe in torment. And until that is removed from them they do not know Gods love.

So grateful for the scriptures and the logic. He is the Logos! Thank you.

Hebrew “sheol” means grave. Greek “hades” means grave. Wages for sin is death not eternal conscious torment in God’s firery torture chamber.

The Gospel of Truth says that, " It was amazing: they were within the Father while not recognising Him..." God brings knowledge. Hell is being in forgetfulness of God.

Thank you ❤️

Paul, this is great. I agree and am so blessed by you. God has been teaching me so much on this subject, and it is not what I used to believe. Great job.

All the best points!

Thankyou so much! That was extremely helpful as after 20 years of being a Christian my mind is starting to open up to other possibilities! I agree with all you are saying!

I agree 100%. I came from the traditional background believing in Hell but, when I took the time to do a focused study and discovered that the word “Hell” is not found in any of the original languages I had to change my mind. Hell had to had come from the Greek influence seeing how Hades is a Greek God of the underworld and Tartarus is another Greek Godlike creature. The word Jesus used “Gehinnom” is a physical location where they did Human sacrifice of babies 1,000 years before, and Jesus used Gehinnom because His audience knew their history. These 3 words cover all the words used to translate into Hell as eternal, conscience torment and could not possibly be accurate. The last world, “Sheol” is the Hebrew OT world which simple means, The Grave or pit where all go after death…… the righteous and the unrighteous….

...thanks for this. there's way too much content for me to respond to in particular, but i really appreciate it.

This is exactly why I was an agnostic for like 10-11 years. None of the teachings I'd been taught up to that point made any sense, as William Paul Young here points out very well.

What a difference it makes when you read Bibles that are translated from the Hebrew and Greek ( Young’s Literal Translation, Rotherham Emphasized Bible), compared to the English translations that came from Latin translations. It gives you clarity and the true meanings of certain words. It also reveals the Augustine agenda influence that created fear and control. For example; Matthew 25:41 these shall go away into age-abiding correction (Rotherham) Depart from me, ye cursed into everlasting fire.(kjv).

I saw NIV version in luke 9:56 the verse is remove but the version of Tyndale , Geneva and KJV is complete , Luke 9:56 [56] For the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives, but to save them. Then they went to another town.

My son completely quit being a Christian when he studied to be a Special Education Teacher, and had worked with MR/DD adults. He said they cannot understand this gospel, so he thought it was a very unfair God. He went so far as to throw the baby Jesus out with the bathwater, and to this day he is a secular humanist.

Wonderfully put, Mr William Paul Young! Thank you so much from Germany!

It was all those convolutions that got me wondering and questioning.. because about the soteriologies that the general populations of Christendom would generate out of a loose account of "witnesses" in the scriptures or entirely philosophically derived, such ideas as "the age of accountability" or "who gets a direct pass because of states of health" etc. These all come by what assumptions they thought ought to be made to uphold what doctrines they've been inundated with as "the truth". And it's always tandem with E.C.T. or Annihilationism, usually the former. Goes with the whole thing Paul warned about when he said "they've preached a different gospel than the one I've given [*amplification*: the only one we ought to give, to be equally yoked by]". Because all the most horrendous convolutions come from philosophizing about half-baked notions about justice and judgment, falsified philosophies born out of the worldly minds of humankind that never investigates nor ponders long enough about the full context of what universalism as a concept implies. Universals versus particulars, parts are parts of a whole, that's what hermeneutics is all about. We ought to see that the problem is entirely solved and entirely coagulated in the One True God already and always. And yet the fact that Alchemy and Christianity have a long history together is no surprise to the adept student and yet also this fear-inducing stigma has kept the adherents of the faith pejoratively in fear of hell against seeing what these esoterics have been withholding this whole time.. Anyway, not to digress too much. But indeed it was these very things that really always rubbed me the wrong way and eventually got me to dive in to investigating universal salvation, where all convolutions are demystified, and where real mysteries become apparent. Now I'm invested and certain and can never believe the things that were once novel and distracting but showed me that all the convolutions came from their plot holes of reasoning and lack of knowledge. P.S. Here's a plot hole that isn't only scripturally able to be answered quite easily, not only philosophically and therein logically figured out but ought to immediately upon hearing such plot holes the Holy Sprit within begs us through intuition is silly and false. Many uphold the notions of freedom and justice, but they only allow these terrible things that we all know are wrong to manifest on one side of the cosmic drama. Some will say that the Holy God cannot look upon evils as they manifest yet still has an account, like somebody else watched for Him and He must trust another's witness and thus not directly know all things. Others will say that the Holy God knows all things very intimately, and I'd go with the latter out of the two. But to say that once one goes to Hell in the model of E.C.T. is suddenly no longer free in pretty much any regard because it's the most isolated and empty of all places in which no sense can be made. Some say this. This goes against the libertarian free-will notions. Others will say that all manners of sin persist and that evil people forever do deceitful, decrepit and depraved vulgarities against each other. This goes against the people who say the Holy God is forever and always about justice. To think that the Holy One will simply remain blind to any cosmic point and has no plan is paramount to extinguishing the very essence of our need for salvation and why its promises are so crucial for us to investigate. Really now, to think that the Holy God is so small to have no plan to rectify the injustices of any place is simply anathema to the very worldview Christians are supposed to be sharing. How far have we gone? To all what degrees has the gospel been so very perverted?? It's about time to really step up the revival folks. Let us keep working hard and faithfully! - Your Quality Apologist

If Universalist are right and true, why is it that the early apostolic christian fathers like st. Clement of rome, st. Ignatius and st. Polycarp and St. Ireneaus write letters about warning about the punishment to come eternal punishment in lake of fire, and that in there letters concerning about Eternal conscious torment punishment, and the doctrine of apokatastasis is only exist in the time of st. Clement of alexandria and Origen,

Wow

On what all sin is founded? On pride, yes, pride is the root and the foundation of all sin and evil. There is not one place found in the Bible that would say that God is so unimaginably weak and powerless that He has no abilities to deal with pride and humble it down, not one place which would say that pride is as indestructible and as eternal as God himself is and that God cannot do anything about it. What Bible does mention in many places is the following: Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble. Daniel 4:37 "Go into the rocks, hide in the ground from the fearful presence of the Lord and the splendor of his majesty! The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled and human pride brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day." Isaiah 2:11 "Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low, look at all who are proud and humble them" Job 40:11 "Now your impurity is lewdness. Because I tried to cleanse you but you would not be cleansed from your impurity, you will not be clean again until my wrath against you has subsided." Ez 24:13 So the idea that many Christians are claiming, that God is this total failure who cannot humble down pride and make all sin disappear is not Biblical. It is created for the following reasons: many Christians do not want to believe that God can humble all sinners down and cleanse them from their filth, yet still, even after there is no more pride, no more rebellion and no more sin left, God would continue to burn them forever and ever in flames of fire, because that would be the purest forms of evil, so they came up with this unbiblical idea that God has no power to humble the sinners down, therefore He would have no choice but torment them in flames of fire forever and ever.

Excellent interview, and great content

There's so much here that I agree with, but also some that I find frustrating. He seems to be equating eternal conscious torment with externally imposed punishment. While there certainly have been views like that, I would argue that the earliest Christians believed in ECT, but believed it was a result of how our sin had shaped us, not something imposed by God.

In Lamentations 3:31, God said that he would not cast off anyone forever, and in 2nd Samuel 14:14 God devizes ways that people will not be banished from him, just those two verses seem to make it plain enough, but if it's not enough, Isaiah 25.8, this is a prophecy of what Jesus would come to do, he will swallow up death in victory and wipe away tears from All faces!!

Very well explained ! What about the so called unforgivable sin of blasphemy against the holy spirit however ?

How would you explain the tree of life?

What about NDE's many talk about seeing hell, and demons.

My comment while ago got cut off accidentally so read both of them together about 2nd Thessalonians 1:9 this is destruction it actually means ruin this destruction is something that is coming from God not that we are being pushed away from God the church has twisted this passage to fit their eternal doctrine this is age-abiding destruction coming from God

As I said in earlier comments,

I am convinced that the bible teaches Eternal Annihilation or Annihilation the Total Detruction of unsaved in the sense that they will Never be existed or ceased to exist. Thats Biblical, Bible Teaches that Immortality and Eternal living is Given to those who believe only and Believe in the Finish work of Jesus Christ through His Death, Burial and Ressurection

I don't believe in hell. See? It's easy to say!

I feel “eternal life” and “eternal punishment” are qualitative and not supposed to be referencing time. You could also say “the life that comes from God” or the “the punishment that comes from God. The only question to answer now is if Gods punishment never ends to which I would say “Mercy triumphs over judgement” So no, he’ll doesn’t last forever but it is still fearful to go through Gods eternal court.

What good is this for a starving woman dying in a desert watching her malnourished baby die, like there was in Ethiopia.

Give me some verse that proves that the Eternal hell or lake of fire is just purgatorial or restorative or temporary, No where in the bible says its temporary but the bible says in matthew 25 :41 Eternal punishment , Revelation 14:11 their torment forever and ever

If Universalist where right why is that the apostolic fathers like, st. Clement of Rome, st. Polycarp amd ignatius in there letters for the church in the early centuries, have warned again to the punishment to come after judgment, they teach eternal torment punishment and warned the church, so the apostolic faithers they are the disciples of st. John and st.peter who teaches also eternal punishment torment in the lake of fire, so why is it universalism and apocatastasis exist? Its starts from origen of alexandria and clement of alexandria

The Bible teaches over and over again all through the Old testament and Paul taught it in Romans 8:39 not even things to come can separate us from the love of God then people will say yeah but what about second Thessalonians 1:9 boy Jesus is going to come and separate all of us in Romans chapter 9 through 11 Paul made universal salvation abundantly clear so what he said in second Thessalonians 1:9 the church has twisted it around even in The New American standard version they added the word away to fit the doctrine but what 2 Thessalonians 1:9 is really saying this word from is atto.

Hell is an Experience; NOT A PLACE !!! Jonah, King David; where did They Experience hell ? There is NOTHING THE/OUR Almighty God is not in charge of; Amen Isaiah 45-7 Deut. 32-39. Etc. The The allegory of Lazarus and the rich man is about going out of the law day church and the coming in the grace day church ! The Five Brothers are A reference to the Five Books of Moses !

Revelation 14:9-12 says, "Whosoever's name was not found in the Book of Life was thrown into the Lake of Fire and the smoke of their torment (not annihilation) rises forever and they shall have NO REST DAY OR NIGHT." If the wickeda are burned up and annhilated, then why would the Bible say, "The smoke of their torment rise forever with no rest day or night?" If the wicked are annihilated then there is no rest or reason to consider rest. And if annhilated, there is no day or night. There is nothing.

Still sounds terrifying.

He'll is real!!!!.. eternal torment, don't believe this sweet dessert. Don't wait until you reach there to find out.

What happens when death is swallowed up?

Salt is a preservative

I am not sure what hell is. But I do know one thing. I know sadistic narcissist abusive Muslims (I am Iranian) that do the wrongest acts but still do their prayers and feel safe and comfortable. If God is not holding them accountable we should. It is just psychology, they think do whatever they want but won't be punished because they pray so they feel good.

History shows that the doctrine of eternal punishment was an invention of people, long before it was introduced into the Christian faith. So it deserves as much discussion time as Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy.

Here's the bottom line, what did Jesus come to do? Here are just a couple of scriptures, Isaiah 25:8 Hosea 13 verse 14, which go directly to 1st Corinthians 15 and 55, and last but not least, 2nd Timothy 1 10.

As I said in earlier comments no one would even be talkin about hell if they weren't reading toxic Bibles, he'll came to Us by Augustine through the Latin Vulgate, there is no hell in the true Hebrew or Greek from cover to cover,!!

Are we not all mentally impaired?

Don’t be deceived ,God is not mocked that what a man sows he shall also reap. Hell is real likewise heaven is real as Jesus talk about both places and said you must be born again , and Jesus said he is the way, the truth, and the life no man can come to the father except through him .

The scripted answer from those who believe in E.C.T. is, God is not just a God of love, He is a God of justice. To which i reply, your God is far more retributive than loving. He can love me for 80 year's, then torture me eternally for the bad deeds of a lifetime. That's not balanced, c'mon who you trying to convince.

My answer to his comment at 14:22 Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

He'll is separation, from a Holy and Righteous God. Jesus said, he'll is a place, whear the worm, dieth not, the fire is not quench, their will be weeping, and wailing, and nagging of teeth. You are not Jesus.

U have ni answers seek God be saved..bible describes hell sir❤

Jesus taught the regeneration of all things , Matthew 19:28, Jesus said if I be lifted up I will drag all people into me John 1232, the apostle Peter taught it in acts3 21 Paul taught it all through Romans, in Colossians chapter one among other, scriptures,. Look them all up.

When I was evangelical I had that exact question you mentioned as well. If Jesus payed the price for our sins and took on our punishment to fulfill God's wrath, then wouldn't he be in hell for eternity being tortured? Cuz that's the punishment we are told we deserve and await in hell. Jesus should be in hell right now being tortured, but obviously that's not true. Penal Substitutionary Atonement is not and cannot be the fullness of the Gospel.

The bible says eternal lake of fire forever and ever torment especially in book of revelation brother. Why we are believed that are this universalism true ??

Separation is a quality we declare, claim and maintain (out of ignorance)by our resistance. Hell is the state experienced when we are RESISTING The Presence of God as if we are separate. The “eternal” aspect of hell is in the experience, because if I experience separation from God, and all I see from inside my resistance is that separation, how would I ever imagine any relief or resolution? I couldn’t imagine or hope for an end to it.

Thank you for this. I dialogue with Christian’s all the time about how the Bible never says that it is the inerrant word of God but it literally says that Jesus is!

God created hell, for the devil and his angels. If you deny he'll, you deny Jesus teachings, and you are not a believer.

Stop making up man's narratives! Christ made this subject matter clear) Believe This man or Christ?

I could kind of go along with everything up until he said he doesn't believe we have a sin nature...and then he basically negated any respect I have for him as any kind of scholar. It's beyond preposterous insanity to turn on the news or walk down the street or listen to our own thoughts and to deny the absolutely biblical fact that Christ came to save sinners. I was so ready to watch everything Paul has on youtube until that point in the video. Substitutionary penal atonement is not up for debate. Hell and the interpretation of it is possibly up for a possible translation error but not Christ's work. This is a walk away from Truth and he should be ashamed that he is spewing this dangerous nonsense. This is apostate level blasphemy and calls to be fully rejected.

Such a shame because for the most part I loved the Shack and my clients told me I could have written it. Jesus said In Matthew 25:41; “then He will say to those on His left depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angles.” 2 Peter 2:4; Rev. 20:10. Matt. 26:46. The serpent on the bronze pole represented sin. God is not the camera. Human beings have the chance to know God before choosing to go to hell. This is simply grievous as to how he is imposing his deceived fabricated beliefs as Biblical truths. I pray for Paul’s soul. George MacDonald, C.S. Lewis and Augustine’s beliefs are not to be used to support the Word of God.

Just from the title sure is.

If Universalist where right why is that the apostolic fathers like, st. Clement of Rome, st. Polycarp amd ignatius in there letters for the church in the early centuries, have warned again to the punishment to come after judgment, they teach eternal torment punishment and warned the church, so the apostolic faithers they are the disciples of st. John and st.peter who teaches also eternal punishment torment in the lake of fire, so why is it universalism and apocatastasis exist? Its starts from origen of alexandria and clement of alexandria