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Purgatory
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Numbers 20:12 - Moses and Aaron, though forgiven, are still punished
2 Samuel 12:13-14 - David, though forgiven, is still punished
1 John 5:16-17 - There is sin that is not deadly
Revelation 21:27 - Nothing unclean shall enter heaven
Hebrews 12:23 - All in heaven have been made perfect
Matthew 12:36 - "On judgment day men will account for every careless word they
utter"
Matthew 18:23-35 - In the kingdom of heaven you will remain in prison until your
debt is paid
1 Corinthians 3:11-15 - Fire will test each ones work. He will be saved but only as
through fire
Luke 12:41-48 - There are different degrees of punishment after death
2 Maccabees 12:42-45 - He prayed for the dead that they might be freed from their
sin
2 Timothy 1:16-18 - Paul prays for his dead friend Onesiphorus
Sola Scriptura Christians deny the doctrine of Purgatory, and Praying
for the Dead. This is predicated on their denial of the two old testament books
that give the strongest proof of Purgatory, Wisdom & 2 Maccabees. This
denial is based on their misunderstanding of the Jewish Canon; (see Canon of Scripture)
and the denial of Church Authority to Determine Canon:
*Wisdom 3:1-8 1 But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no
torment shall touch them. 2 They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be
dead; and their passing away was thought an affliction 3 and their going forth
from us, utter destruction. But they are in peace. 4 For if before men, indeed,
they be punished, yet is their hope full of immortality; 5 Chastised a little, they
shall be greatly blessed, because God tried them and found them worthy of
himself. 6 As gold in the furnace, he proved them, and as sacrificial offerings
he took them to himself. 7 In the time of their visitation they shall shine, and
shall dart about as sparks through stubble; 8 They shall judge nations and rule
over peoples, and the LORD shall be their King forever.
*2 Mac 12:41-45 41 They all therefore praised the ways of the Lord, the just
judge who brings to light the things that are hidden. 42 Turning to supplication,
they prayed that the sinful deed might be fully blotted out. The noble Judas
warned the soldiers to keep themselves free from sin, for they had seen with
their own eyes what had happened because of the sin of those who had fallen.
43 He then took up a collection among all his soldiers, amounting to two
thousand silver drachmas, which he sent to Jerusalem to provide for an
expiatory sacrifice. In doing this he acted in a very excellent and noble way,
inasmuch as he had the resurrection of the dead in view; 44 for if he were not
expecting the fallen to rise again, it would have been useless and foolish to
pray for them in death. 45 But if he did this with a view to the splendid reward
that awaits those who had gone to rest in godliness, it was a holy and pious
thought.
Indeed it is a holy and pious thought, even if you do not accept these books
as Canon, they are still useful in seeing what the Jews believed and practiced
in the past! The fact remains that the Jews believed in praying for the Dead,
as they still do today!
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