THE ALPHA FREQUENCY #713: UNDERSTANDING OUTER DARKNESS & THE SPIRITUAL WASTELAND

The Words for the Waste

Kia ora, whānau. Today we are looking at a topic that is often used to scare people, but when we look at the original words Yeshua used, we see a very different picture. He wasn't talking about a basement of fire under the earth, He was talking about the danger of spiritual waste and losing our purpose.

To understand this teaching, we have to look at the physical places Yeshua was pointing to and how they translate into English and Te Reo Māori:

• Gehenna (Greek / Aramaic: Ge-Hinnām): In English, this is often translated as Hell. In Te Reo Māori, it is often called Kehena, but a better descriptive term is Te Wāhi Whakangaro, which means the place of destruction or waste. It was a real physical valley outside Jerusalem where trash was burned.

• Outer Darkness (Greek: Skotos to exōteron): In Te Reo Māori, we can call this Pōuri Kerekere, or the intense darkness. It describes being excluded from the light and joy of the community feast.