Who was the man released from hell...

[NealP]

I swear there is a story about a man released from hell, is this true, like he wanted forgiveness and God gave it. Do you know anything along these lines? Please help...

~*Neal*~

 

[Sabra]

NealP:

I swear there is a story about a man released from hell, is this true, like he wanted forgiveness and God gave it. Do you know anything along these lines?

I don't think so. There is a story about a rich man going to hell and a beggar who sat outside his home or table or something like that and he went to heaven. The rich man asked Abraham to go and warn his brothers about hell but he denied saying that there were already prophets and so on. I can't remember where that is in the Bible, but that's probably the closest thing I can think of. Once you're there in hell, you ain't getting out any time soon.

 

[StPaul]

I swear there is a story about a man released from hell, is this true, like he wanted forgiveness and God gave it. Do you know anything along these lines? Please help...

~*Neal*~

Jesus Christ did such a thing... but he was not 'released',... he 'rose himself'...

The Apostle's Creed:

I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
he descended into hell;
the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. AMEN.



Hope this helps, or answers your question!

God Bless!

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

Look to the Orthodox Church for your answer. It's there.

It's a good question for TAW....

Forgive me....

 

[Soon Rev 22:11-12]

It is in this life that eternal decisions are made. There are no 2nd chances.

 

[Lynn73]

There's no Scripture I know of of anyone being released from hell. The rich man wanted to go tell his brothers about that place but he wasn't allowed.

 

[talitha]

There is not a scripture - but there was a man a few years ago in Africa who was raised from the dead as an answer to prayer. He was going to hell because he did not forgive his wife of something, but his wife prayed and took his body which was already prepared for burial to a place where a minister was, and people there prayed with her for him, and he was raised. There is a video about it. Many venues in the U.S. have refused to play the video or have cut parts from it because this man was a pastor, and his story messes with the 'once-saved-always-saved' doctrine.

blessings in Christ alone
tal

 

[Diane_Windsor]

There is not a scripture - but there was a man a few years ago in Africa who was raised from the dead as an answer to prayer. He was going to hell because he did not forgive his wife of something, but his wife prayed and took his body which was already prepared for burial to a place where a minister was, and people there prayed with her for him, and he was raised. There is a video about it. Many venues in the U.S. have refused to play the video or have cut parts from it because this man was a pastor, and his story messes with the 'once-saved-always-saved' doctrine.

blessings in Christ alone
tal

Source?

DIANE

 

[Dragons87]

There is not a scripture - but there was a man a few years ago in Africa who was raised from the dead as an answer to prayer. He was going to hell because he did not forgive his wife of something, but his wife prayed and took his body which was already prepared for burial to a place where a minister was, and people there prayed with her for him, and he was raised. There is a video about it. Many venues in the U.S. have refused to play the video or have cut parts from it because this man was a pastor, and his story messes with the 'once-saved-always-saved' doctrine.

blessings in Christ alone
tal

Ya. I think I saw that video too.

 

[Lynn73]

I'm still going to believe the Bible over and above anyone's experience. How many of our sins were future when Jesus died for every one of them? All of them. I still don't believe Jesus will lose anyone who belongs to Him. I cannot live my life wondering every day if I've lost my salvation because of forgetting to ask forgiveness for something or for not being perfect. Nope, can't do it.

 

[talitha]

I first heard of it on TBN.
The uncut video is circulating around my church; I haven't had a chance to watch it, but I trust the discernment of people who have.
http://www.shepherdserve.org/special_reports/daniel1.htm
That's the first of four articles (you can keep clicking "next report" to go to the rest) - very good - I intend to go back and reread them now.....

blessings in Christ
tal

 

[Soon Rev 22:11-12]

Nobody is burning in a place of fire today. The fires of God's judgment are to fall in the future.

Matthew 13
49 So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, 50 and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”

2 Peter 3
7By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

 

[cg1970]

Jesus Christ did such a thing... but he was not 'released',... he 'rose himself'...

The Apostle's Creed:

I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
he descended into hell;
the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. AMEN.



Hope this helps, or answers your question!

God Bless!

Does scripture say that Jesus decended into Hell?

 

[Lynn73]

Nobody is burning in a place of fire today. The fires of God's judgment are to fall in the future.

The rich man was evidently burning somewhere because he wanted Lazarus to dip his finger in water and come and cool his tongue for he was tormented in the flame. Luke 16:24 There's a difference between the local jail and the penitentiary but both places are a place of confinement. There are unsaved dead souls today in the "local jail" awaiting judgment and sentencing to their level of punishment in the final "penitentiary."

 

[Tomaso]

Hell is the eternal separation of the soul from God.

 

[Quantos]

This would not be the first time the Dead were raised.

Lazerith, Christ's Death (The prophets toombs were opened), and even Jesus said that the appostles would raise the dead.

 

[StPaul]

Does scripture say that Jesus decended into Hell?

I Peter 3: 19



God Bless!

 

[cygnusx1]

Hell is the eternal separation of the soul from God.

men are born seperated from God.

hence the need for reconciliation.

 

[Soon Rev 22:11-12]

The rich man was evidently burning somewhere because he wanted Lazarus to dip his finger in water and come and cool his tongue for he was tormented in the flame. Luke 16:24 There's a difference between the local jail and the penitentiary but both places are a place of confinement. There are unsaved dead souls today in the "local jail" awaiting judgment and sentencing to their level of punishment in the final "penitentiary."

Fingers and tongues? What are they connected to? Bodies, but don't you believe bodies are in the grave? This is a parable - it is not literally true. And wouldn't you want more than a drop of water?

The unsaved do not go to any place of punishment as soon as they die, but are reserved in the grave until the day of judgement to be punished. Christ explicitly taught this truth in the well-known parable of the wheat and the tares. After the householder had sown the wheat in the field, his servant came to report that tares were growing among the grain. His question was whether he should pull up the weeds while they were still very small. The householder's answer was, "Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn." Matthew 13:29, 30.

Now follow the words of Christ as He explains the meaning of the parable: "He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." Matthew 13:37-43.

No one can simplify the parable by enlarging on what Jesus said. It is so clear that a child can understand it. He said the tares represented the wicked people, and that they would be cast into the fire "at the end of the world." It was in the harvest that the separation would take place, and He plainly stated, "The harvest is the end of the world." How can anyone misconstrue these words of Christ? The whole idea of the wicked going into the fire at the time of death contradicts our Lord's specific teaching that they would be cast into the fire at the end of the world.

Since the judgement also takes place after Christ comes we can see how impossible it would be for anyone to be punished before that time. Justice demands that a person be brought into judgement before being punished. Peter declared, "The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgement to be punished." 2 Peter 2:9. That certainly makes sense, doesn't it? Suppose a man should be brought into the court accused of stealing, and the judge said, "Put him away for ten years; then we'll try his case." Listen, even a human judge would not be that unfair! He would be impeached for such an action. Surely God would not be guilty of such a farce.

If we let the Bible mean what it says, there can be no doubt on this point. The wicked are "reserved" until when? Until the "day of judgement." To be what? "To be punished"! This means they cannot be punished before that judgement day. Does the Bible tell where they are reserved until then? Christ Himself said, "Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." John 5:28 29

How plain! Jesus said that both good and bad will come forth from their graves to receive either life or damnation. This proves that from the time of death until they come forth in the resurrection they are not receiving any recompense or punishment. It all happens after they come forth. They are reserved until that day just as Peter indicated, but Christ spelled out where they will be reserved--"in the graves."

If plainer words are needed, listen to Jesus speaking in Luke 14:14, "Thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just." Or hear Him again in Matthew 16:27, "For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works." When is "then"? When He comes with His angels. No reward or recompense is handed out until the resurrection of the just, when He comes with all the angels. These verses are beyond controversy. Taken in their context, they contain no ambiguity or hidden meaning.

Again Christ is quoted in the very last chapter of the Bible, "And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be." Revelation 22:12. Here He reminds us that "every man"--every person--will receive his just reward when Christ returns to this earth. Job declares "that the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction. They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath." Daniel wrote that they which "sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt." Daniel 12:2.

Can there be any doubt where the wicked are reserved before facing resurrection, judgement, and punishment? We have the testimony of Peter, Daniel, Job and the Master Himself. There is no room to quibble. They are reserved in the grave.

 

[IgnatiusOfAntioch]

I swear there is a story about a man released from hell, is this true, like he wanted forgiveness and God gave it. Do you know anything along these lines? Please help...

~*Neal*~

Can you please cite the book, chapter and verse?