The region between Earth's core and mantle, referred to by Jesus as a mega chasm or great gulf, has to transition from water filled to open space due to the expansion of hell.
Tehom became Sheol
In Hades he Looked Up
The rich man, in hell, lifts up his eyes and speaks of his torment in flame. Here's the thing: Abraham and Lazarus are also in hell, but they're not in flame. This may be confusing, but it's compatible with our model.
Spirits in Prison – Part 1
In making the case that Jesus was the one who preached to the dead the very first issue that we have to deal with is: what does dead mean? How can someone who's dead listen to preaching?
He Also Descended
Who descended and what are the lower parts of the Earth? Fortunately this isn't a mystery and we've already done the work needed to resolve both issues.
The Volume of Earth’s Mantle
It's very useful to know the volume of material in the Earth's crust and mantle, but before we move on it's also worthwhile to note that the Earth's crust and mantle have several Biblical synonyms.
Present Day Earth
With a few pieces of information we can take what we know about the Earth today and deduce what the Earth was like in the past. This is the alternative to using Uniformitarianism to assume that things were the same in the past.
Hell is a Destination for Souls
We (that's me and the Holy spirit) have made an extensive study of how the zones of the interior of the Earth, or levels of hell, may be deduced from Biblical Hebrew and Greek.
Above and Below
A recurring theme in scripture is heaven above and Earth below. Orientation occurs for the first time on the second day. It's an ordering of the universe which occurred in response to the creation of gravity.
Let’s All Calm Down and Make Sense of That Antarctic Mantle Plume
Three decades ago, scientists began to study the possibility that there was a plume of hot rock coming up from the mantle, heating parts of Western Antarctica.
Hell From Beneath is Moved for Thee
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. (Isaiah 14:9) KJV