Comments by "ALLHEART" (@ALLHEART_) on "Dante's Inferno u0026 The 9 Levels of Hell Explained" video.
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@marcusanthony9322 That's more correct, yes. "The LORD is a consuming fire", as the verse goes. But, in addition, it's worth noting that, one of the words most used by Christ for hell is Gehenna, which is an allusion to an area, the Valley of Hinnom, that used to be used for pagan Baal worship (cannibalism, human sacrifice) and was later used as a garbage dumb where waste would be left and burned, and elsewhere, such as by St. John the Baptist, fire is mentioned in the context of alluding to ultimate rejection of God and what that experience is like. So, "fires of Hell" isn't an entirely unbiblical way of speaking, although you're also correct, and, additionally, Dante's portrayal of Hell as cold captures an important aspect of Hell beatifully. The idea of being frozen in place, bound down, chained, lacking the freedom that comes with knowing God.
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