The temperature of Heaven can be rather accurately computed. Our authority is Isaiah 30:26, "Moreover, the light of the Moon shall be as the light of the Sun and the light of the Sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days." Thus Heaven receives from the Moon as much radiation as we do from the Sun, and in addition 7 x 7 (49) times as much as the Earth does from the Sun, or 50 times in all. The light we receive from the Moon is one 1/10,000 of the light we receive from the Sun, so we can ignore that. The radiation falling on Heaven will heat it to the point where the heat lost by radiation is just equal to the heat received |
by radiation, i.e., Heaven loses 50 times as much heat as the Earth
by radiation. Using the Stefan- The exact temperature of Hell cannot be computed. However, Revelation 21:8 says "But the fearful, and unbelieving ... shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone." A lake of molten brimstone [sulphur] means that its temperature must be at or below its boiling point, 444.6ēC. We have, then, that Heaven, at 525ēC is hotter than Hell at 445ēC. |
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Here is what one correspondent tells us: Regarding the calculations of the temperatures of heaven and hell using real Bible passages as the source as presented on your website, these were presented in the Journal of Applied Optics, a well respected, important journal in its field. I am not positive of the actual citation, but it may be in the August 1972 issue of said journal. If not in the August issue, it indeed appeared it that journal during that time period. I also do recall that in the journal they gave no source, stating that it was merely passed from one to another to another to another... Hope this helps! JB |
... and from another correspondent:
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry midterm. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues via the Internet, which is of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well. Bonus Question: Is Hell ... |
Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same,
the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
So which is it?
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