Also the stiry in Luke was real not just a parable.
On Sat, 08 Jan 2000 14:58:51 -0500 Edward Christiansen
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> This was not purgatory. Purgatory is defined as a place where
> souls go when they die in a state of grace, but all of their
> guilt is not expiated yet. The catholics use a scripture in
> the apocryphal books of macabees to support this. Purgaory
> is where sould suffer to complete their redemption. Abraham's
> Bosom was simply a place to wait. There was no suffering, and
> the folks who were there understood atht it was merelya a matter
> of time before heaven would welcome them because they put their
> trust and hope in Him. They are totaly different, especially
> since purgatory is a farsical catholic myth, and Abraham's Bosom
> was evidently real.
>
> Aside from the scripture that claims Christ lead a host of captives
> free, I know of know scriptures that give any detail. I would
> welcome any more thoughts, as this is merely my best guess at
> this time.
>
> White Buffalo
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 1/5/00 7:44:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> > > No-no. All the Godly who died before Christ go to a place in
> hell
> > > called Abraham's Bosom. From there, they can see Hell and
> those
> > > in Hell can see them. (Which is why the one Pharisee could see
> Lazarus)
> > > Abraham's bosom and hell are separated by a chasm? When Jesus
> died, He
> > > went to Hell, bridged the gap and brought those in Abraham's
> Bosom back
> > > to Paradise with him.
> > >
> > > This is the big picture I remember, but I'm fuzzy on all the
> details...
> > >
> > > At 11:38 PM 1/5/00 +0800, Ernie wrote:
> > > >Guys, thanks for the answer, but I'm still quite confused.
> > > >Now, what about salvation for the ppl BEFORE Christ was born
> and was NOT
> > > >within the Jewish community and the LAW?
> > > >History tells us the Egyptians, Chinese, Indians and Chaldeans
> already
> > had
> > > a
> > > >civilization then and the population could total up to easily
> a few
> > million.
> > >
> > > >Did THEY go to hell with no chance of redemption?
> > >
> > > ========================================================
> >
> > Now I got a question.
> >
> > What are the Scripture references for something along these lines
> and if
> > there isn't one where does this come from? I question this
> because I have
> > never heard of anything of the sort except by the Catholics who
> told of
> > purgatory, but I found no references to that either in a regular
> canonized
> > Bible, not the ones the Catholics use.
> >
> > Iron Mike
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