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Re: What's your view on Hell?
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Originally Posted by 1 God
Doubting Jesus’ literal words about eternal hell and the rich man in it seeking a drop of water to cool his tongue is a salvation issue. Obviously, the dead, rich mans soul was not asleep. We are not given the luxury to second guess what Jesus meant in the passage.
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The rich man and Lazarus is a story about Israel, Abrahamic promise, the untouchable non Judean, and the soteriological power of understanding Moses.
Heaven isn't a reclining couch, where we can watch people suffer in torments.
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