Bible Question: I would like to answer your questions, with some questions of my own. How can there be a good and bad part of Sheol? And how did God decide who goes were? The reason i ask these questions is because God will not judge anybody before the last day. 2Peter2:9 says that he reserves the unjust until the day of judgment. Can a person be given the verdict before the judgment? According to Heb.6:1-3 I do beleive that this is a very important subject. To be blunt there is no good or bad part of Sheol. I'm under the impression that you gathered this through the parable of the the rich man and Lazzereth. This parable has nothing to do with Sheol at all. Its about the Jews and the Gentiles. If anybody respondes to this letter I would be happy to give more evidence why. As far as Jesus teaching in Sheol, well this also is a common misunderstanding? The Bible says that Jesus was dead for three days. How could he be teaching if he was dead? Please show me the scripture were it says that Jesus preached the gospel to anyone who was dead when he himself was dead? Quick note to you: Sheol(hell) is nothing more than the grave, or sometimes refered to as the pit. Amos 9:2 "Though they dig into hell(sheol-7585)thence shall my hand take them;though they climb up to heaven; thence will I bring them down." Here we can at least tell that to get to Heaven you must go up. And to get to sheol you must DIG.Ecc.9:10 and Isa.38:18 shows that ther is NO knowledge or praise to anyone in the grave. And psalm 146:4 states that there thoughts perish. Last question for you now. How could Jesus preach to anyone in there death without making these sciptures false. And how could he have been Dead if he was awake? |
Bible Answer: "I. THE PARTICULAR JUDGMENT 1021 Death puts an end to human life as the time open to either accepting or rejecting the divine grace manifested in Christ.[590] The New Testament speaks of judgment primarily in its aspect of the final encounter with Christ in his second coming, but also repeatedly affirms that each will be rewarded immediately after death in accordance with his works and faith. The parable of the poor man Lazarus and the words of Christ on the cross to the good thief, as well as other New Testament texts speak of a final destiny of the soul-a destiny which can be different for some and for others.[591] 590 Cf. 2 Tim 1:9-10. 591 Cf. Lk 16:22; 23:43; Mt 16:26; 2 Cor 5:8; Phil 1:23; Heb 9:27; 12:23." The Catechism Emmaus |