![]() the Scriptures), and they should listen to them. The rich man desperately wants someone to go and speak to his family members, and plead with them lest they end up in Hades as well, but the man is told that his family members have been given Moses and the Prophets (i.e. Between the two parts of Sheol, the story tells us, is an uncrossable chasm, and there is no escape. Luke 16:19-31 gives us insight to this through the story of the rich man and Lazarus: Lazarus, a poor man who died in faith, is taken to Abraham’s bosom, whereas the rich man who died apart from faith is taken to Hades. What verses can you share with me about this? Luke 16:19-31: The Rich Man and Lazarus Hades, on the other hand, remains in tact, and those who die apart from faith still go there. Those who die now in faith in Jesus go to Heaven, i.e. It seems that in the time between Jesus’ death and resurrection, Jesus descended into Sheol and released those from Abraham’s Bosom and led them to Heaven. Did this change after Jesus’ death and resurrection? Hades, like Abraham’s Bosom, was/is a holding place or waiting room for the souls of those who have died apart from faith, and though those in Hades suffer torment presently, one day Hades will be emptied into the Lake of Fire, meaning that Hades is not the final destination for those who have died apart from faith. Hades, on the other hand, was a place of torment for those who died apart from awareness of their shortcomings and apart from faith and trust in God’s mercy and grace. Since they had not yet been redeemed through the death and resurrection of Jesus, they could not go to Heaven, so this was a sort of holding place, or waiting room for the souls of the Old Testament believers who died in faith, trusting not in their own works or performance to garner them favor before God, but casting themselves on God’s mercy and grace to save them through the Messiah who was to come. It would seem (I’ll give Scriptural justification for this below) that Sheol was divided into two sections: Abraham’s Bosom and Hades.Ībraham’s Bosom was a place of comfort for those who died in faith. Is this saying that God is present in Hell? No. Psalm 139:7-8, for example, says: “Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!” The Old Testament talks a lot about “Sheol” which is the dwelling place of the dead. Where had everyone who died gone before Jesus died and rose? Let me answer each of those questions in order: Is this saying that people didn’t go to Heaven before Jesus’ death and resurrection? What verses can you share with me about this?.Did this change after his death and resurrection?.Where had everyone who died gone before Jesus died and rose?.Is this saying that people didn’t go to Heaven before Jesus’ death and resurrection?.In John 3:13, Jesus says , “No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven-the Son of Man,”
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