For twenty weeks ReturningKing.com has been releasing the author’s The Spirit World book one chapter at a time.  Very soon this book will be complete in its online free distribution.  The Spirit World systematically traces the abodes of the departed spirits of men and angels throughout scripture.  It examines the nature of Sheol/Hades, the Abyss, [...]

Abraham’s Bosom
(This is a continuation of The Spirit World book series. This post assumes the prerequisite reading of earlier posts in the series.)
The Term
The terms “Abraham’s Bosom” are found only in Luke 16, in Jesus’ story of Lazarus and the rich man.  The terms are Greek “kolpos Abraam.”  Kolpos (or kolpon) is rendered “bosom” by [...]

The Pit
(This is a continuation of The Spirit World book series. This post assumes the prerequisite reading of earlier posts in the series.)
The term
“The Pit,” is to be described in this work using its English rendering because two different Hebrew terms are translated “the pit” in the Old Testament.  Both terms, when used metaphorically, clearly [...]

Hades
(This is a continuation of The Spirit World book series. This post assumes the prerequisite reading of earlier posts in the series.)
Skipping ahead to the New Testament, the next term to be observed in this work is the Greek term, Hades.  Obviously, being Greek, Hades appears only in the New Testament.  The term is used [...]

Sheol
(This is a continuation of The Spirit World book series. This post assumes the prerequisite reading of earlier posts in the series.)
Giving consideration to the fact that the Bible is translated from the Hebrew and Greek languages (with some Arabic), it is necessary to evaluate original language terms to have a consistent understanding of the [...]

Introduction
(This is a continuation of The Spirit World book series. This post assumes the prerequisite reading of earlier posts in the series.)
Numerous are the terms used in scripture to reference the other-worldly spiritual abodes which remain unseen to the human eye.  Some biblical students are content to quickly categorize these many terms into two simple [...]

Confusion abounds concerning the nature of the unseen spiritual worlds of men an angels. Biblical terms such as Hades, Abaddon, the abyss and others are often considered interchangeable by well-intended students of God’s Word. In some cases, the message of the text is no worse for the wear. In others, flagrant apostasy has developed because [...]