It was well-publicized that the Jews of New York kept vigil on the remains of the Twin Towers after they fell, for a period of 11 months, during which they prayed for the souls of the dead.
Our Good works stayed behind to bless those here on earth. But the rewards are in heaven awaiting us.
You believe in the “select” and the “non-select” and dismiss the interpretation of the third state of purgatory. All are offered the grace of God, but, free will, not all accept. Non-Catholics view purgatory as a bad place, whereas it is the act of a merciful God to allow those who, by human nature, are inclined to sin (can you say road rage?) and are cleansed by fire of their sins before entering Heaven.
If I understand the question you have framed it improperly. Two children are given the option by the good rabbi to play or to do homework. Both children know the rabbi would prefer they do homework. Both children hate the rabbi, without cause and irrationally; by extension they each hate anything and everything that the rabbi stands for, prefers, or would want for them. They would destroy the rabbi and put themselves in the rabbi’s place if it were in their power so to do. In fact, for this reason, each of the children has harmed other who love the rabbi.
The practices of modern Jews would not speak to the doctrines and practices of historical Judaism. In any case, even modern Judaism does not teach a doctrine of purgatory. Jews pray for the dead (called "kadish’ if I have the spelling correct) because God, who exists outside of Time, can intervene mercifully in behalf of the departed “before” those souls die from a human perspective.
Maccabees is a DEUTEROcanonical book, meaning it is part of a secondary canon even within the Catholic canon. It is of secondary, or lesser authority even within your own Church. .
God says every man will die ,then comes the judgement. You are either entering heaven or you will go to hell. As christians through our confession and repentance and His forgiveness we are washed dayly by His blood and made clean.We are in the state of grace and If God called us home, Jesus would say enter in my good and faithful servant.The cleansing and the purging was done at the cross ovr 2000 years ago, Praise God.
Uh, no. It was not framed improperly (maybe not as well presented), but you chose to take my words and twist them into some warped personal perspective. You assumed the children (whom you doubled) hated the rabbi. Why would you assign such hostile and hateful feelings? Where did that come from?
Because its our works that are put through the fire.We are saved from the fire.We shall not be harmed because we have been saved.
I know Jesus was tempted by the devil while here on earth. When Jesus was tempted He spoke the Word for He said it is written,and the devil departed. In heaven this will not happen because nothing un holy can enter in. Not an issue…
I,m sure your familiar with the book of Daniel. Though the were in the fire they were not harmed and they even didn,t smell like smoke.And how does “won’t be harmed when going through the fire” translate to “won’t even be in the fire, at all”?
But we could be harmed if our works do not add up? Why do I have a picture of a blindfolded lady justice holding a balance aloft? If our works weigh enough then we are saved. If not then we are not saved, which meant we were never saved to begin with even though we thought we were saved?
Since when are we saved by our good works?
Sorry. I assumed you were more familiar with Biblical theology than that. The doctrine of Total Depravity teaches that by nature all human beings hate God and hate all good, even though we were originally created to know God, love Him, and serve Him. We are God’s implacable enemies by nature, and this despite the fact that we owe Him everything we have and are. The Scriptural case for this totality of fallenness is quite impressive and well-established:
The general impression of most Roman Catholics is that Protestants shucked books of the Bible and unique Catholic dogmas willy-nilly just on a whim. I am attempting to show that Protestant theology is as tightly-woven as Catholic theology–perhaps more so–and that because of the direct and indirect implications of Protestant theology, doctrines like Purgatory are superfluous at best, and undermine the Work of Christ at worst.
Thank you for clarifying. I will take the “more familiar with Biblical theology than that” as a compliment
The only harm is the loss of rewards.Jesus said in my Fathers house there are many mansions.I believe heaven has many levels just as hell does. God decides which mansion we will be in according to the rewards we recieve. Of course this is only my oppinion.