What's your view on Hell?

[diakonos]

Originally Posted by 1 God

22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

There’s your proof. It is not inside Abraham but metaphoric for Abraham’s faithful.

Metaphor? He saw Abraham AND Lazarus.

[1 God]

Originally Posted by diakonos

Metaphor? He saw Abraham AND Lazarus.

The term Abrahams bosom is metaphoric for where Lazarus and Abraham were.

[diakonos]

Originally Posted by 1 God

The term Abrahams bosom is metaphoric for where Lazarus and Abraham were.

Abraham was in his own bosom?

[1 God]

Originally Posted by diakonos

Abraham was in his own bosom?

Yes

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by diakonos

Abraham was in his own bosom?

Originally Posted by 1 God

Yes

Like I always said Sean, Bible study group with you must be gladiator school.
Here are you teaching, and the people you are teaching are asking questions. If Abraham's Bosom is a place, then is Abraham in his own Bosom? Logically a good question. A question that has merit. Yet, you blow if off with a tired response. No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. Is Jesus in another holding area? Or is John speaking about the relationship of Christ and the Father as One? John 13:23 the beloved disciple is leaning on Jesus' bosom, what was the writer of John talking about here? The Elizabethan terminology "bosom" means close affection, (as in bosom friend) while in the Greek it means as a position of reclining, next to one another as sharing a meal. Rene, did you go to Stockton Bible college?

[Evang.Benincasa]

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.

Originally Posted by 1 God

The term Abrahams bosom is metaphoric for where Lazarus and Abraham were.

Typical Sean foot in the mouth.

I guess you are as lost as a potato.

Nowhere in the Bible is Abraham's Bosom described as a holding area for the spirits of the saints that are deceased. We don't hear it mentioned as a place anywhere in the Bible. Nor is it mentioned as a place in Luke where the story is told. Jesus doesn't call it a place, but speaks of the two individuals Abraham, and the untouchable Eliezer/Lazarus. The language which Sean is hung up on is Abraham, his bosom, which is also known as Abraham’s side, or simply with Abraham. Is not a holding area for the spirits of the saints that are deceased. Sean, always tries to wear his opponents out by bringing nothing more than repetitive posts saying the same thing, which causes anyone having to post with him do the same thing. No Rene he didn't cuss us out, he just acted just like you. Not because he was a dispensationalists and may or may not held the same beliefs as other dispensationalists. But "writings" it is writing, posting, that gives people away. While people may post under an alias, if they posted as much as Sean had in the past, there are different tells which appear in their posts. It sets them apart from everyone else. You can't change attitude in writing, that's how writers who are caught plagiarizing other works. Not just because we know those works, but we can see attitude and style. There is also, another way we can tell who you are, which we won't go into, we will just let you keep talking.