Re: Where is the Judgement?

"I'm not sure....is that like the belief system (even though opposite...heaven, not hell) that some people go into a state of purgatory? Which would be someone under the state of grace that is transitioning for heaven....which I believe is a catholic belief."
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No, this is not the same as the Catholic belief of Purgatory. It is the Hades mentioned in Rev 20:14. I personally believe that this Hades is where the unsaved go until they are thrown into the lake of fire. I think other scripture refers to this Hades as the pit. It is also referred to as hell in some translations. I don't have time to do a word search and study it more at this time. I think that it is a good possibility that demons are allowed to torture the unsaved dead in Hades as their own time of torture has not yet come. That is why I believe that some of these near death experiences of being in hell are true.

Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.
Rev 20:14

Yes, I am very aware already that the scriptures use the term sleep for those who die. I really do not need to do a word search. I still do not believe in soul sleep. To be absent with the body is to be present with the Lord. This verse, of course, refers to the saved. :)