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My point is that “purgatory” is a made-up RCC doctrine/teaching/word and not an idea from Jesus or His apostles or the Holy Bible or anywhere other than from Catholic writers. It is not Scriptural or in agreement with Scripture.

I have no disagreement with you on that, I was just pointing out a few scriptures that plainly show where Jesus did go and preach to the spirits in prison and the other scriptures which show where these he preached to did go with him.

The fact that Jesus did go and preach to the spirits in prison is most likely where the Catholics get the idea of purgatory which I believe they are widely missing the point.

At the same time I also believe Protestants are missing a lot by not reading these scriptures.

If it is a “state of sleep”, they are still effectively dead. Do you mean Hades?>>>>>>>>>

I guess hades being a place of the dead could be as good a word as any, their bodies were dead but their spirits were just asleep that is why it says in Hosea 6, he will revive us (awaken us) and on the third day he will raise us up.

That is why Paul says in 1 cor 15

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

Paul was not saying we would not die but that we would not sleep in death for hundreds of years as the ones who Jesus revived.

Paul was not saying we would not die but that we would not sleep in death for hundreds of years as the ones who Jesus revived.

Scripture reference for this please. Your understanding of this is different than mine.

Since His resurrection from the dead and later ascension to the Father in Heaven, all who have died in Christ are still asleep in Christ (effectively: still dead) until the next resurrection of the dead (asleep) in Christ.

Then comes the Day of the Lord, and it will be a most terrible Day for all who have spurned Jesus. On that Day, He has promised to appear with His saints and all His angels in full regalia to confront the kings and armies of humans (and demons) still in opposition to what He finished on the Cross and the work the Father completed by raising Him from the dead. (How COULD He remain dead? How could we whose lives are hidden in Christ remain dead?)