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Abyss
1. a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm.
2. anything profound, unfathomable, or infinite: the abyss of time.
3. the primal chaos before Creation. - the infernal regions; hell.

Adam & Eve
In the Bible, the first man and the first woman. The Book of Genesis tells that God created Adam by breathing life into “the dust of the ground.” Later, God created Eve from Adam's rib. God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, telling them that they could eat the fruit of all the trees in the garden except the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. They lived happily until the serpent (Satan) tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. She ate, and gave the fruit to Adam, who also ate; they immediately became aware and ashamed of their nakedness. Because of Adam and Eve's disobedience, God drove them from the garden into the world outside, where Eve would suffer in childbirth and Adam would have to earn his livelihood by the sweat of his brow. The consequence of Adam and Eve's disobedience was death: “ Dust you are,” said God, “and to dust shall you return.” After their expulsion, Eve gave birth to sons, first Cain and Abel and then Seth, and thus Adam and Eve became the parents of humankind. Adam and Eve's sin and their consequent loss of God's grace and the enjoyment of paradise are referred to as the Fall of Man or simply “the Fall.”
 
Believer
True Believers are the followers who believe, trust & abide everyday. They're not perfect, but they don't give up or leave the faith.
1. to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
2. to have confidence or faith in the truth of (a positive assertion, story, a person, etc.); give credence to,
confidence in.

Bible
1. the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments Also called Hebrew Scriptures.
2. the collection of sacred writings of the Jewish religion: known to Christians as the Old Testament.

Biblical
1. of or in the Bible: a Biblical name; in accord with the Bible.
2. evocative of or suggesting the Bible or Biblical times.

Creation
1. the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
2. the fact of being created. Something that is or has been created.
3. the Creation, the original bringing into existence of the universe by God; the world; universe; creatures collectively.

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Demons
An evil supernatural being; fallen angels who work against God.
A persistently tormenting person, force.
 
Death
1. the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism.
2. Also called spiritual death. loss or absence of spiritual life.

Devil / Satan
The major personified spirit of evil, ruler of Hell, and foe of God, Satan.
A subordinate evil spirit; a rebellious angel, Lucifer.
Wicked or malevolent being.
An energetic, mischievous, daring, or clever being.
Disembodied - adjective.
1. not having a material body; "bodiless ghosts"

Escape
1. to slip or get away, as from confinement or restraint; gain or regain liberty.
2. to slip away from pursuit or peril; avoid capture, punishment, or any threatened evil.

Eternity
1. infinite time; duration without beginning or end.
2. eternal existence, esp. as contrasted with mortal life: the eternity of God.
3. Theology. the timeless state into which the soul passes at a person's death.

Eternal Judgment
An eternal misfortune believed to be sent by God as punishment for sin.
The Last Judgment.
 
Eternal Life
This expression occurs in the Old Testament only in Daniel 12:2 ("everlasting life").
It occurs frequently in the New Testament (Matt. 7:14; 18:8, 9; Luke 10:28; comp. 18:18).
It comprises the whole future of the redeemed, and is opposed to "eternal punishment".
It is the final reward and glory into which the children of God enter.. The newness of life which the believer derives from Christ is the very essence of salvation, and hence the life of glory or the eternal life must also be theirs. It is the "gift of God in Jesus Christ our Lord". The life true believers have here on earth is inseparably connected with the eternal life beyond, the endless life of the future, the happy future of the saints in heaven.
 
Faith
Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing. 
The theological virtue defined as secure belief in God and a trusting acceptance of God's will.
A set of principles or beliefs.
 
Fallen Angels
A fallen angel is an angel that has been banished from Heaven - a demon.

Fate
1. something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot.
2. the universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed; the decreed cause of events; time.
3. that which is inevitably predetermined; destiny: Death is our ineluctable fate; a prophetic declaration of what must be.
4. death, destruction, or ruin.

Eternal Fire/ Unquenchable Fire / Lake of Fire
Some believe that the fires of hell are symbolic and/or temporal. But the following verses show that they are not. The Bible - Matthew 3:12 says, "And His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." (See also Luke 3:17.)
The Bible - Mark 9:43 says, "And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire." The word "unquenchable" is "asbestos" in the Greek. According to the enhanced Strong's lexicon, it means "unquenchable, the eternal hell fire to punish the damned." The following citations are from Greek dictionaries and Lexicons. They show that the word "unquenchable," which is "asbestos" in the Greek, means unquenchable, without end.

God
Hebrew Deity - YHWH Elohim, Jesus Christ
1. the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
2. the Supreme Being considered with reference to a particular attribute: the God of love.

Grace
1. the freely given, unmerited favor and love of God
2. the influence or spirit of God operating in humans to regenerate or strengthen them.
3. a virtue or excellence of divine origin.

Heart
1.the center of the total personality, esp. with reference to intuition, feeling, or emotion.
2. as contrasted to the head as the center of the intellect. capacity for sympathy; feeling; affection. spirit, courage, or enthusiasm.
3. the innermost or central part of anything. the vital or essential part; core.

Hebrew Deity - YHWH Elohim
1. GOD, Creator of all things.
2. a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants - YHVH

Hell
1. the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna, Tartarus.
2. any place or state of torment or misery; the abode of the dead; Sheol or Hades.

Human
A member of the species Homo sapiens; a human being.
Who we are as beings; a living part of creation.
 
Immoral
1. deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong.
2. not adhering to ethical or moral principles; degrading way of life; dishonorable; unethical practices.
3. morally unprincipled, "immoral behavior"; characterized by wickedness or immorality. [bad]
4. deviating from what is considered right or proper or good.

Incorruptible
Incapable of being morally corrupted.
Not subject to corruption or decay.
Irrevocable - adjective
not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
 
Jesus Christ - Person/Son of God
1. Also called Christ Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth. born about 4 B.C., crucified A.D. 29?, the source of the Christian religion.
2. The Son of God. God's nature expressed through one human being, Jesus the Christ or Jesus the Messiah.

Joy 
1. the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation.
2. a source or cause of keen pleasure or delight; something or someone greatly valued or appreciated.
3. the expression or display of glad feeling. festive. rejoicing.

Lake of Fire: see Eternal Fire

Lord
A man of high rank in a feudal society or in one that retains feudal forms and institutions, especially: A king, A territorial magnate, God, Christianity - Jesus.
A man of renowned power or authority, A man who has mastery in a given field or activity.
Archaic - The male head of a household.
 
Mind
1. (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges.
2. the totality of conscious and unconscious mental processes and activities.
3. intellect or understanding, as distinguished from the faculties of feeling and willing; intelligence.
4. a particular instance of the intellect or intelligence, as in a person
5. intellectual power, ability, purpose, intention, or will.

Moral Rule
Moral rules are often complex definitions of right and wrong that are based upon well-defined value systems. They dictate proper personal conduct. Although some people might think that a moral code is simple, rarely is there anything simple about one's values, ethics, etc. or, for that matter, the judgment of those of others. The difficulty lies in the fact that morals are often part of a religion and more often than not about culture codes. Sometimes, moral codes give way to legal codes, which couple penalties or corrective actions with particular practices. Note that while many legal codes are merely built on a foundation of religious and/or cultural moral codes, oftentimes they are one and the same.
 
New Earth
'And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away …' (Revelation 21:1).
In the beginning, God created a perfect world. It was a beautiful place—full of life, without death, disease, pain or suffering. Adam's disobedience changed all that. When he ate the fruit God had told him not to eat, sin and death entered the world (Romans 5:12). This corruption completely changed the world so much that what we see today is only a reflection of the world that was. Adam's sin led to the catastrophe of Noah's day, the confusion at Babel, and the death of Christ on the Cross.
God, in His great mercy, has promised to not leave His creation in its sinful state. He has promised to do away with the corruption Adam brought into the world. He offers us this salvation through His Son. Also, He has promised to remove, in the future, the Curse He placed on His creation (Revelation 22:3)! He will make a new heaven and a new Earth one day—one which we can't even begin to imagine (2 Peter 3:13). In this new place there will be no death, no crying, no pain (Revelation 21:4). No one will be sad. As those who have repented and believed in what Jesus did for us on the Cross, we can look forward to this new heaven and Earth, knowing we will enjoy God forever in a wonderful place. The corruption that was introduced in the Garden of Eden will be taken away by God, giving us, once again, a perfect place to live.

Outer Darkness
In Christianity, the outer darkness is a place referred to three times in the Gospel of Matthew (8:12, 22:13, and 25:30) into which a person may be "cast out", and where there is "weeping and gnashing of teeth". Generally, the outer darkness is thought to be hell; however, many Christians associate the outer darkness more generally as a place of separation from God. Translated literally, the Greek text of Matthew reads "into the darkness, the outer".
 
Salvation 
1. the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
2. the state of being saved or protected from harm, risk, etc
3. a source, cause, or means of being saved or protected from harm, risk, etc.
4. Theology. deliverance from the power and penalty of sin; redemption

Satan: see devil

Separation 
1. an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
2. a place, line, or point of parting.
a gap, hole, rent, or the like.
3. something that separates or divides.

Shameful
1. causing shame: shameful behavior.
2. disgraceful or scandalous: shameful treatment.
 
Sin / Sinful 
1. transgression of divine law: the sin of Adam.
2. any act regarded as such a transgression, esp. a willful or deliberate violation of some religious or moral principle.
3. any reprehensible or regrettable action, behavior, lapse, etc.; great fault or offense.

Soul 
1. the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
2. the spiritual part of humans regarded in its moral aspect, or as believed to survive death and be subject to happiness or misery in a life to come.
3. the disembodied spirit of a deceased person.

Torments 
Great physical pain or mental anguish.
A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation. 
To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish.
To agitate or upset greatly.
To annoy, pester, or harass
 
True Believers: see Believers

Violates
To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example).
To do harm to (property or qualities considered sacred); desecrate or defile.
To disturb rudely or improperly; interrupt.
 
Wrath 
Forceful, Punishment or vengeance as a manifestation of anger.
Divine retribution for sin.