Although this is an illustration to demonstrate the error of this teaching, hell was not taught/referenced to more than kingdom of heaven/God Mouse over references to see text
References to "hell" in the gospels (e-Sword word search on hell NKJV)
Matthew 5:22; Matthew 5:29; Matthew 5:30; Matthew 10:28; Matthew 11:23; Matthew 16:18; Matthew 18:9; Matthew 23:15; Matthew 23:33; Mark 9:43; Mark 9:45; Mark 9:47; Luke 10:15; Luke 12:5; Luke 16:23;
References to Kingdom of in gospels (e-Sword search on "kingdom of" NKJV)
Matthew 3:2; Matthew 4:17; Matthew 5:3; Matthew 5:10; Matthew 5:19; Matthew 5:20; Matthew 6:33; Matthew 7:21; Matthew 8:11; Matthew 10:7; Matthew 11:11; Matthew 11:12; Matthew 12:28; Matthew 13:11; Matthew 13:24; Matthew 13:31; Matthew 13:33; Matthew 13:43; Matthew 13:44; Matthew 13:45; Matthew 13:47; Matthew 13:52; Matthew 16:19; Matthew 18:1; Matthew 18:3; Matthew 18:4; Matthew 18:23; Matthew 19:12; Matthew 19:14; Matthew 19:23; Matthew 19:24; Matthew 20:1; Matthew 21:31; Matthew 21:43; Matthew 22:2; Matthew 23:13; Matthew 25:1; Mark 1:14; Mark 1:15; Mark 4:11; Mark 4:26; Mark 4:30; Mark 9:1; Mark 10:14; Mark 10:15; Mark 10:23; Mark 10:24; Mark 10:25; Mark 11:10; Mark 12:34; Mark 14:25; Luke 4:43; Luke 6:20; Luke 7:28; Luke 8:1; Luke 8:10; Luke 9:2; Luke 9:11; Luke 9:27; Luke 9:60; Luke 9:62; Luke 10:9; Luke 10:11; Luke 11:20; Luke 12:31; Luke 13:18; Luke 13:20; Luke 13:28; Luke 13:29; Luke 14:15; Luke 16:16; Luke 17:20; Luke 17:21; Luke 18:16; Luke 18:17; Luke 18:24; Luke 18:25; Luke 18:29; Luke 19:11; Luke 21:31; Luke 22:16; Luke 22:18; Luke 23:51; John 3:3; John 3:5
References to heaven in the gospels, particularly by Jesus (e-Sword search on "heaven" excluding "kingdom of" NKJV)
Matthew 5:12; Matthew 5:16; Matthew 5:34; Matthew 5:48; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:20; Matthew 7:11; Matthew 10:32-33; Matthew 18:18; Matthew 19:21; Matthew 23:9; Matthew 24:35; Matthew 28:18; Mark 10:21; Mark 11:25-26; Mark 12:25; Mark 13:31; Luke 6:23; Luke 10:20; Luke 12:33; Luke 15:7; Luke 15:21; Luke 18:22; Luke 21:11; John 6:31; John 6:32
Well from that, Jesus was obviously more focused on Kingdom and heaven rather than hell. Let's see what the Apostles had to say:
Hell
James 3:6; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 6:8; Revelation 20:13; Revelation 20:14
Hmm, strangely few verses.
Heaven? (esp. references to Heaven as where God is)
Acts 3:21; Acts 4:12; Acts 7:49; Acts 7:55-56; Acts 10:11-12; Acts 11:9-10; Acts 17:24; Romans 10:6; 1 Corinthians 15:47; 2 Corinthians 5:2; Ephesians 1:10; Ephesians 3:15; Ephesians 6:9; Philippians 3:20; Colossians 1:5; Colossians 1:20; Colossians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Hebrews 8:1; Hebrews 9:24; Hebrews 10:34; Hebrews 12:23; Hebrews 12:25; 1 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 1:12; 1 Peter 3:22; 2 Peter 1:18; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 4:1; Revelation 4:2; Revelation 5:3; Revelation 5:13; Revelation 8:1; Revelation 10:4; Revelation 10:8; Revelation 11:12; Revelation 11:13; Revelation 11:15; Revelation 11:19; Revelation 12:7-8; Revelation 12:10; Revelation 14:2; Revelation 14:13; Revelation 14:17; Revelation 15:5; Revelation 16:11; Revelation 18:1; Revelation 18:4; Revelation 18:5; Revelation 18:20; Revelation 19:1; Revelation 19:11; Revelation 19:14; Revelation 20:1; Revelation 21:2; Revelation 21:3; Revelation 21:10
So what do you think, was Jesus Kingdom orientated or Hell orientated?
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