2Pe 2:4 “God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell (note: not ‘hades’ but the Greek word ‘Tartarus’) and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment.”
Peter borrows a word from Greek mythology for hell, it’s “Tartarus”. The Greeks taught that tartarus was a place lower than Hades reserved for the most wicked of human beings, gods, and demons. The Jews eventually came to use this term to describe the lowest hell, the deepest pit, and the most terrible place of torture and eternal suffering.
Hell is described in the Bible as a place of torment (Mat. 13:42). That description sounds terrible, but do you know what the worst part of hell is? Hell is total separation from God, which means hell is the exact opposite of everything God is. God is love, so there is no love in hell. God is light, so hell is complete darkness. God is good, so there is absolutely nothing good in hell. God is life, so that means hell is death. God is gracious, so that means there’s no grace in hell.
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