GRAVE, The, Is it ever called Hell C. H. Cayce We are asked the following question: “Do the Scriptures teach that the grave is hell—that we are banished from God, when we are laid in the grave, until the day of the resurrection?” The word hell in our (King James) translation of the Scriptures is some translated from a word which means the grave. Hence we would say that the word hell sometimes means the grave. The Scriptures do not teach that God’s people are banished from God at death until the resurrection. When a child of God dies he immediately goes to God in spirit, while the body goes to the grave. The spirit goes to God who gave it. The Savior said to the thief, “Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.” Paradise is not the grave. The body went to the grave, and the spirit to paradise, or rest, in the presence of God. God’s people do rest, in body, in the grave, because Jesus has gone there and gained the victory over it. It was an enemy, but it has been conquered by the Savior. The Primitive Baptist, November 19, 1912.