Location of Hades/Hell/Lake of Fire

[aksd]

Please help me ascertain if the Bible specifies the location of Hades/Hell. From Revelation 20:11-15 it seems that Hades and Hell are somehow connected to Earth whereas Lake of Fire is someplace else, like God's heaven. Does 'under the earth' of Phillippians 2:10 pertain to Hades/Hell?

 

[kay-gee]

I believe Hades refers to a place of waiting before the day of Judgement It contains 2 compartments with a chasm between. In Luke read the story of the rich man and Lazurus. One is firey, the other is peaceful as in Abrahams bosom. That is where Jesus meant the Thief on the cross would go that day. Heaven and Hell are different. Hell is yet to come and is being reserved for the Devil and his angels along with all rejecters of Christ. There is popular teaching that says good people are in heaven now. Not true. That is the place of eternal reward AFTER the day of judgement when everyone is ressurected and face the great white throne. Literal locations can't be verified as these are spiritual concepts known by God only. Hope this helps
all the best...

 

[stephen]

"And I saw the dead small and great stand before God, and the books were opened, and another book was opened which was the book of life, and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them, and they were judged every man according to their works"

This is not the judgement of the living, but of the dead - of all who have no part in the first resurrection - "the dead small and great"......not the dead in Christ who share the first resurrection on whom "the second death hath no power" (v6) but the rest of the dead who live "not again until the thousand years were finished" (v5) for Jehovah has sworn "every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God" (Romans 14 v 11) All therefore must give account of himself either before the judgement seat of Christ, or before the great white throne.

"The books were opened"
No sin or sinful thought can be forgotten, a record is kept, and the books will be opened, " for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and hid that shall not be known" (Matt 10 v 26)

This is the resurrection of judgement spoken of by Jesus in John 5 v 28/29 for all who are in their graves shall come forth, either to the resurrection of life......or to the resurrection of judgement, to stand before the great white throne.

"And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire"

From henceforth the illimitable universe of God and throughout the boundless ages of eternity, no more separation of soul and body, no more death except in the lake of fire. and whosoever was not found written in the book of life will have their eternal portion there.

On the one hand eternal death, without the prospect or the hope of life, on the other hand, eternal life, without the fear or the possibility of death.

This is what these verses are saying.......as I see it.