• Table of Contents
  • What you must know to read and understand this book
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: The Purpose of this Book
  • Chapter 2: The Dead Sea Scrolls Textual Variant
  • Chapter 3: The Dead Sea Scrolls Variant Points to the Old Testament Sacrifices
  • Chapter 4: The Second Coming Fulfills the Old Testament Sacrifices
  • Chapter 5: The Wicked are a Sacrifice
  • Chapter 6: The Meaning of the Sacrifice Symbolism in Isaiah 34
  • Chapter 7: Additional Hard Stops for the Duration of Punishment
  • Chapter 8: The End of the Wicked is Ashes Outside the City, Not Endless Torment
  • Chapter 9: The Wicked of the Sea are No More
  • Chapter 10: More "αἰῶνας αἰώνων" Pointers to Ashes, Dead Souls, and Second Coming Judgment
  • Chapter 11: Hell is Made Holy and Poetic Justice is Served
  • Chapter 12: The Language of Action with Endless Results and Finite Duration
  • Chapter 13: Final Interpretation and Checking the Answer in the Back of the Book
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography

Hell is Made Holy

How the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Book of Revelation show that the wicked and hell cease to exist

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By David Aaron Beaty

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Synopsis

Revelation 14:10-11 and 20:10 seem to be some of the strongest verses in the Bible supporting the idea that the wicked will be tormented for eternity. Their language seems to be quite clear, "The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever." Hell is Made Holy demonstrates that this language is very likely intentionally borrowed from the symbolism of the endlessly rising smoke of the Old Testament sacrificial system where it has nothing to do with endless torment. Additionally, Hell is Made Holy explores numerous other unique intentional pointing phrases in Revelation which are pointing to the same phrases being used in the ancient Greek and Aramaic^G Old Testaments. These Old Testament Bibles were the Bibles of John's ancient audience of Revelation. In the Greek and Aramaic^G Old Testaments these phrases are defined and used in ways which may be clear indications that the wicked ultimately cease to exist.

What you must know to read and understand this book..............

1. Terms and phrases used in this book which are likely to be unfamiliar to the layman are defined in the glossary in the back of the book. Some terms and phrases used in the glossary to define other terms and phrases are underlined where they appear in the text of the definitions. These underlined terms and phrases have their own glossary entry. The first few appearances of each word in this book which has a glossary entry is marked with a superscript G, like this, word^G.

2. Unless otherwise specifically noted, each suggested scripture passage for reading should be looked up and read in the NASB 2020 edition translation to avoid poor translation which may cover up important phrasal language connections and similarities between passages intended by this author for the reader to see. The NASB 2020 edition and virtually all other Bible translations of the Greek New Testament and Hebrew Old Testament referenced in this book are currently available for free on at least one of blueletterbible.org, biblegateway.com, studybible.info, or biblehub.com.

3. If needed, the meaning of all the various Bible translation name abbreviations used in this book, such as LES1, ESV, DSSB etc. etc. can be found in the bibliography in the back of this book.

4. All Bible chapter and verse numbers are per modern English Bible versification commonly seen in modern Bibles, and not per the old Septuagint^G or old Hebrew chapter and verse numbers used more commonly by scholars.

5. To help the reader access various source materials which I cite in this book, all the years of publication given in this book for source books and source papers are the year of copyright and not the year of reprint or republication.

6. Bibliographic citations inserted into this author's narrative of this book are in a format like this for a single citation, (Chilton, 1990, Vol. 11, pg. 68), and like this with the pipe symbol, "|" separating each individual source for citations referring to two or more multiple sources, (Kim, 2008 | Flesher, 2011, pg. 386 | Chilton, 1990, Vol. 11, pg. 128). Each inserted in-line citation directly follows text in the narrative of this book which is boldened. The source material or multiple materials indicated in each citation provides evidence to support the boldened text which directly precedes it. All citations in this book correspond to identically labeled and alphabetically ordered entries in the bibliography in the back of this book which fully describe each source.

7. All source materials named conversationally by author, book title, and copyright year, directly in the narrative of this book, without a citation using the format described above in item six, have a corresponding entry, located by alphabetical order according to the primary author's last name, in the bibliography.

What's new to the second edition?

1. The "The Purpose of this Book" section has been changed from the first edition to show a more charitable tone towards those who ought to be praised in their efforts of tirelessly laboring in this debate.

2. Wording adjustments are done throughout the book to add clarity to all arguments being made.

3. A glossary is added to the back of the book to make terms and phrases which may be unfamiliar to laymen easier to access. A superscript G is also added to the first few uses of each glossary word in the narrative of the book like this, interpretation^G, to make readers aware that a glossary definition is available.

4. At the beginning of chapter 2, starting at page 10, extensive support is added to show how the tight interrelation between all four of Revelation 14:10-11; 19:3; 20:10; and 20:15 creates a situation where any well supported interpretation^G of one of them will shed significant light on all the others.

5. In chapter 5, from pages 83 to 124, much additional evidence is added to support the idea that the New Testament uses material from the Aramaic^G Targums^G. Much dating evidence is also added to show that the Targums^G

very likely contain both pre-New Testament and post-New Testament material.

7. In chapter 6, pages 165 to 175, important additional evidence from the Targums^G is shown which may help to clarify the concept of "no rest" in Revelation 14:11: "They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast".

8. In chapter 10, starting at page 233, very important additional scriptural evidence is given to support the idea that the smoke going up forever and ever in Revelation 14:11 and 19:3 is referring to the virtually endless smoke of the Old Testament continual morning and evening regular sacrifice^G.

9. Additional support from biblical scholar Sigve K. Tonstad is added to chapter 12, page 290 to support the assertion that the language of Revelation 20:10 can be describing the death of satan, the antichrist, and the false prophet.