where is Purgatory in the bible?

[PinkAquarius84]

It just doesn’t make sense. We ask for forgiveness but yet we have free will that equals to temptation. I am not mad at God for this, but i just don’t really get it.
There was a story about a man who lived almost his whole life being mea to people and did not believe in a God, and yet when he almost died he went to hell and God rescued him and a spirit told him live his life with love…
youtube.com/watch?v=8ffU5JHBXxo

 

[beckycmarie]

It makes sense in light of the fact that God loves us so much that He gives us every chance to turn to Him and be saved up until the moment of death.

The word “purgatory” doesn’t appear in the Bible. Neither does the word “Trinity.” There are passages in the Bible that imply the existence of Purgatory.

I found a very thorough answer to your question here:

Purgatory

 

[bpbasilphx]

Where is “Bible” in the Bible?

Where is “sola scriptura” in the Bible?

Where are revivals, invitation hymns, and altar calls in the Bible?

Where are the formulas “accept Christ” or “personal Savior” in the Bible?

 

[Mark_Robert]

As Catholics, we believe not only in scripture as a source of divine revelation but also in sacred tradition. Our tradition teaches that purgatory exists. It is therefore an article of faith that must be accepted to be in good standing with the Church.

 

[hawkeye]

It just doesn’t make sense. We ask for forgiveness but yet we have free will that equals to temptation. I am not mad at God for this, but i just don’t really get it.
There was a story about a man who lived almost his whole life being mean to people and did not believe in a God, and yet when he almost died he went to hell and God rescued him and a spirit told him live his life with love…
youtube.com/watch?v=8ffU5JHBXxo

You won’t get the word Purgatory…but **What about Lazarus? He was already dead four days (John 11:17) when Jesus arrived at his tomb. Where was his soul during those four days? It could not be heaven or hell for the same reasons as for Moses and Elias. **
His soul had to have been in a third place.

1Corinthians 3:12-15:If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire."*

The Greek word used for fire is “pursw” (puroo) of which “pur” is the root word for Purgatory.

Source

 

[PhilotheaZ]

Thus he made atonement for the dead that they might be freed from this sin. (2 Maccabees 12:46)

Judas prays for some sinners who have died. If the dead were already in heaven, there would be no need for atonement. If they were in hell, atonement would be useless, since the punishment of hell is eternal. Thus the dead in question must have been in some “intermediate” place, i.e., what we call Purgatory.

“Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court with him. Otherwise your opponent will hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison. Amen, I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny.” (Matthew 5:25-26)

Here Jesus speaks of a purifying punishment that is temporary, from which we will finally be released, i.e., what we call Purgatory.

“And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.” (Matthew 12:32)

This implies that there are some sins that can be forgiven after death. Purification after death is what we call Purgatory.

“But if someone’s work is burned up, that one will suffer loss; the person will be saved, but only as through fire.” (1 Corinthians 3:15)

Purgatory has been described as a purifying fire.

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus because he often gave me new heart and was not ashamed of my chains. But when he came to Rome, he promptly searched for me and found me. May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day. And you know very well the services he rendered in Ephesus. (2 Timothy 1:16-18)

Here Paul prays for his dead friend Onesiphorus. Again, if Onesiphorus were in heaven, he would not be in need of prayers, and if he were in hell, prayer would be pointless. This implies that Paul believed in Purgatory.

… nothing unclean will enter it … (Revelation 21:27)

That is, nothing unclean will enter the city of God, which is heaven. Few of us are perfectly pure or free of sin at the time of death. If there were no Purgatory, most of us would be doomed to hell. Thank God for His mercy in giving us the opportunity for final purification (what we call Purgatory)!

 

[JesuXPIPassio]

Where is “Bible” in the Bible?

Where is “sola scriptura” in the Bible?

Where are revivals, invitation hymns, and altar calls in the Bible?

Where are the formulas “accept Christ” or “personal Savior” in the Bible?

That’s very well put. In fact, if anything, the Bible tells us that it isn’t a complete story. The Gospels tell us that Jesus did many things that they *didn’t *record.

Purgatory is in there. For example, in 2 Maccabees 12, some Jewish people were fighting for God, but brought with them idols. It ends telling us to pray for the dead so they may be released from their sins.

Protestants are sola scriptura – as long as they get to dictate what makes up scripture. Luther removed books from the protestant Bible, including Maccabees.

From a practical sense, I don’t even get where Luther gets off thinking he had any authority to remove anything from the Bible. The Bible was written and compiled by the Church in a democratic fashion; they decided together what to put in the Bible, just as they decided together the true nature of Jesus Christ. Luther came in, self-appointed, in a dictatorial fashion, and decided unilaterally to cut the Bible. “Scripture alone” as long as you get to pick the scriptures.

 

[littleone]

It just doesn’t make sense. We ask for forgiveness but yet we have free will that equals to temptation. I am not mad at God for this, but i just don’t really get it.
There was a story about a man who lived almost his whole life being mea to people and did not believe in a God, and yet when he almost died he went to hell and God rescued him and a spirit told him live his life with love…
youtube.com/watch?v=8ffU5JHBXxo

Just believe this that it is by God’s love and MERCY that we are given the chance to be forgiven. It is by God’s love that not all things are written in the bible only enough for salvation, otherwise we would be stifled with the information.

Godbless

 

[rolandjames]

Where is purgatory in the bible?
2 Maccabees13:43-44 " …inasmuch as he had the resurrection of the dead in view; for if he were not expecting the fallen to rise again, it would have been useless and foolish to pray for them in death…13:46 Thus he made atonement for the dead that they might be freed from this sin." In other words, why pray for the dead if they are already in hell then they are there for all eternity. Hell is permanent. You can’t get out. However, if you are in a temporary prison, then people can pray for your soul and petition the Lord with prayer. Why do you think people pray at funerals. It would be a foolish waste of time to pray for the dead if they are already in their final permanent place, be it heaven or hell. Apparently, praying for the dead is an old Christian tradition that we all do because of the chance the dead may be in purgatory.

 

[rolandjames]

Where is purgatory in the bible?
2 Maccabees12:43-44 " …inasmuch as he had the resurrection of the dead in view; for if he were not expecting the fallen to rise again, it would have been useless and foolish to pray for them in death…12:46 Thus he made atonement for the dead that they might be freed from this sin." In other words, why pray for the dead if they are already in hell then they are there for all eternity. Hell is permanent. You can’t get out. However, if you are in a temporary prison, then people can pray for your soul and petition the Lord with prayer. Why do you think people pray at funerals. It would be a foolish waste of time to pray for the dead if they are already in their final permanent place, be it heaven or hell. Apparently, praying for the dead is an old Christian tradition that we all do because of the chance the dead may be in purgatory.