What is the Truth About Hell Fire?

Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

The word “hell” is used 54 times in the Bible. It is translated from several different words with various meanings as indicated: {In the Old Testament:} 31 times from the Hebrew “Sheol,” which means “the grave”

{In the New Testament:} 10 times from the Greek “Hades,” which means “the grave” 12 times from the Greek “Gehenna,” which means “a place of burning” 1 time from the Greek “Tartarus,” which means “a place of darkness” “Tartarus” is used once, (2 Pet 2:4 ) For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; “a place of darkness or restraint.” “Tartarus” is where Satan and his demons reside now. It isn’t a place of punishment or flames. “Gehenna” means a place of fire, brimstone, and punishment as in (Mat 13:40-42 ) "Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. {41} "The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, {42} "and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.and (2 Pet 3:7) But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. these flames are in the future as well till to the end. “Hades” means “the grave” (Acts 2:31) Steven speaks of David; "he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. (1 Cor 15:55) "O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?" (Rev 20:14) Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. (“Hell”) is eventually “cast into the lake of fire.” So as you we see “Hades” itself is not a fiery place, but is cast into “the lake of fire” (hell fire). So Speaking according to the word Hades means the grave. This is easy to prove from 1 Corinthians 15:55 says "O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?"

By looking at the context, in the Strongs it is obvious that “Hades” means “the grave” because it is God’s saints who rise out of “Hades” when Jesus Christ returns.in (1Cor 15:50-55)

Therefore, “Hades” cannot mean a place of burning, for who can imagine God’s people writhing in flames as they await the resurrection? That would be absolutely ludicrous! Additional proof that “Hades” means “the grave” is the fact that “Hades” was the place Jesus Christ’s body rested in immediately after His death.

Acts 2:31 reads, [Christ’s] soul was not left in hell [Hades] neither [did] his flesh see corruption.”