What is the Bible basis for the idea of a temporary holding place?
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A friend once told me about the idea that there are *two* temporary "holding places", so to speak. If a person died and would go to Heaven, but that time had not yet come, they would go to a temporary paradisaical place and similarly for Hell (not the Catholic Purgatory). Some support is given in Luke 23:
> **Luke 23:40-43** (NLT)
> '40 But the other criminal protested, “Don’t you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die? 41 We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.” 42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
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> 43 And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”'
Where did Jesus (and the criminal) go for the three days that He was dead?
There is also the fact that "Hades " refers to a different place than "Hell ".
So what other Biblical evidence is there for a temporary holding place?
Asked by El'endia Starman
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Aug 25, 2011, 07:03 AM
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