Did the bible say that there was some place between heaven and hell?

Question

What exactly is it?

Answer 1

Not in so many words but Jesus did warn about a certain prison where a person would go and then be released when the last penny has been paid:

25"Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still with him on the way, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. 26I tell you the truth, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.[d]

12If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. 14If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. 15If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.

"...escaping though the flames"? Could this refer to the purgative state upon death? The person is saved but ONLY as one....through the flames.

Answer 2

No! That is the Catholic point of view. They claim that there is a place called Purgatory.

If you have a Bible. Read the account of the rich man and Lazarus, Luke 16: 19-31. Especially vs. 26; "And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed..."

This is the only parable taught by Jesus, in which He mentions someone by name.

" And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:" Hebrews 9:27.

When we die we will receive a partial judgment. Our souls go to either Heaven or Hell. At the end of time, the Bible states.
" And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away: and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God: and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:11-15.

There are two and only two possible destinations for us when we die!

If you are not ready. Get ready! Jesus could return before I finish this message. This is where time stops and eternity begins.

Answer 3

According to Catholics yes. But if you read and study the bible for yourself, you will that place doesn't exist. The only places one can go after physical death are either heaven or hell.

Answer 4

no.

Catholics believe in purguatory, but that may be because they do not use the standard protestant 66 book Bible. There's I think has more

Paradise aka Abraham's Bosom, a place for righteous people before the Holy Spirit came to earth to stay, was mentioned though.

Answer 5

No, friend. The Bible says "it is appointed unto man ONCE to die, but after this the judgment". Hebrews 9:27

You die then you're judged; ie Heaven or hell. Those are God's Words, not mine, btw.

Answer 6

I have read the Bible all the way through several times and have studied it in depth and I have never found an inbetween place...

Answer 7

Earth

Answer 8

Yes, a gulf.

Luk 16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Luk 16:20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
Luk 16:21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Luk 16:22 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;
Luk 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Luk 16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Luk 16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Luk 16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Luk 16:27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
Luk 16:28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Luk 16:29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
Luk 16:30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
Luk 16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

Answer 9

The waiting list line.

Answer 10

Brooklyn Bridge.