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Historical Places Strong: G1067

Gehenna (Valley of Hinnom (Historical Site))

EN — Transliteration: Géenna

A physical valley outside Jerusalem's walls (Valley of Hinnom) used as a garbage dump. It was transformed into a mythological place of eternal torture by dogmatic translators.

📖 Réf. : Mt 5:22 | Mt 5:29-30 | Mt 10:28 | Mt 23:15 | Mt 23:33 | Mk 9:43 | Mk 9:45 | Mk 9:47 | Lk 12:5 | Jas 3:6

Gehenna is not a spiritual place of eternal torture, but a physical geographical valley in Jerusalem that had a traumatic history.

🔬 A Physical Valley, Not a Mythical Hell

Geographical Site: The Valley of Hinnom (Ge-Hinnom) is located southwest of Jerusalem. In antiquity, it was a place where child sacrifices were made to Molech, and later it became a garbage dump where fires burned constantly to consume waste.

Metaphor of Ruin: Jesus used Gehenna as a metaphor for the physical ruin and national destruction that would strike Jerusalem in 70 AD under Roman armies, not as a threat of post-mortem torture.

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