Do you believe the account of Lazarus and the rich man? If so, you’d know that the heart of the is hell, what you’re calling Sheol (some kind of RCC purgatory) and it has fire and torment.
The doctrine of the "heart of the earth" as to its foundational ground is found , I would offer in Genesis 4. The Curse
The parable of Lazarus and the rich man does not define hell. Rather it defines the one manner by which we could know God after called the gospel. Or sola scriptura (all thing written in the law and the prophets) . The rich mans hope was in necromancy .He was not given ears to hear the Spirit of God shown by the result.
The same as those who give mysterious life to venerable dead bones in Rome. Its appointed for all men to die one and then comes the execution of his judgement, the last day .Those who have been freely given a new spirit that will never die
will raise on the last day . The same day twinkling of the eye. the letter of the law
(death) will be cast into the judgment of God . That Law will never rise and condemn another creation corrupting it.
Death as the wrath of God is being revealed from heaven, even today.
Believers have a living hope that goes beyond human hope .The promise of the eternal One, the Lord Jesus. The Christ.. For as scripture informs who hopes for something they already have. It keeps us moving toward the goal of Hebrew 11:39.
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a
lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Romans 8:24 For we are saved by
hope: but
hope that is
seen is
not hope: for what a man seeth,
why doth he "yet"
hope for?
The heart of the earth. I would suggest is the corrupted blood of believers. It cries out to be clothed with our new incorruptible bodies, the righteousness of Christ, the righteousness of faith according to His labor of love.
Under the sun the labor of eating because of the curse can be more than a punishment we can bear. Because of the curse the wage of sin takes hold. It corrupted the ground .Therefore no sabbath rest as a living hope of a new incorruptible body. The hope of all who do beleive as a anchor to ones soul. .
The heart of the earth is as a deceitful corrupted heart. Like who could know it? . A born again heart seeks the soil of the good ground as a foundation. . . the living abiding Word of God. His Law.
For three day and nights in the heart of the corrupted earth. The Son of man, Jesus by reason of suffering as a living sacrifice cried out for strength to finish doing the will of the father. Their combined labor of Love or called work of faith .One faith. One Lord
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy
brother's blood crieth unto me from
the ground. And now art thou
cursed from the earth, which hath opened
her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;When thou tillest the ground, it
shall not henceforth yield unto thee
her strength; a
fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Genesis 4:10-13
Cain became the restless wanderer. No sabbath rest as a future hope. He had no city of refuge. He had no interest in the things not seen. The Holy Spirit marked him a beast of the field with 666. No short cuts no sabbath rest forever. A punishment Christ bore for us
Those who see no value in the unseen eternal things of God. Like Esau a first born or Cain to represent in Adam "all die". another example, sold the birth rite for a cup of chicken noodle soup .
We are to buy spiritual truths and not sell them. . They can give us His rest when we do mix faith, the unseen eternal, in what we see or hear . Then we can rejoice and acknowledge Christ in us working to both will and empowering us working with us as Emanuel . . to do His good pleasure .