Where these souls were waiting has been described in various ways : hell, the Bosom of Abraham, Sheol, the limbo of the fathers, etc . and not all people have imagined that the righteous and evil were mingled together .-Nunh-huh 19 : 28, 14 January 2016 ( UTC)
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The suite ends with Sunday-go-to-meetin'exuberance as women flutter and spin around the stage in flowing yellow dresses and wide-brimmed hats, while men saunter and sway among them-- all to the joyous sounds of " Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham ."
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In a parable about " The Rich Man and Lazarus " in, the poor man Lazarus enjoys a blissful repose in the " bosom of Abraham " ( ), while the rich man who was happy in life is tormented by fire in Hades ( ), the two realms being separated by a great chasm ( ).
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Thus, according to Byzantine Rite theology, Jesus'salvific work on the Cross has been accomplished, and the righteous departed in the Bosom of Abraham have been released from their bondage; however, the Good News of the Resurrection has not yet been proclaimed to the living on earth ( this will occur during the Paschal Vigil ).
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In " Kiddushin " 72b, Adda bar Ahavah of the third century, is said to be " sitting in the bosom of Abraham ", Likewise " In the world to come Abraham sits at the gate of Gehenna, permitting none to enter who bears the seal of the covenant " according to Rabbi Levi in Genesis Rabba 67.
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Proponents of the mortality of the soul, and general judgment, for example Advent Christians, Conditionalists, Seventh-day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Christadelphians, and Christian Universalists, argue that this is a parable using the framework of Jewish views of the Bosom of Abraham, and is metaphorical, and is not definitive teaching on the intermediate state for several reasons.
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By the third to second century BC, the idea had grown to encompass separate divisions in " sheol " for the righteous and wicked ( cf . the Book of Enoch ), and by the time of Jesus, some Jews had come to believe that those in Sheol awaited the resurrection of the dead either in comfort ( in the bosom of Abraham ) or in torment.
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On the other side in the Bosom of Abraham : " You have escaped from the Abyss and Hades, now you will cross over the crossing place . . . to all the righteous ones, namely Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Enoch, Elijah and David . " In this story Abraham was not idle in the Bosom of Abraham, he acted as intercessor for those in the fiery part of Hades.
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On the other side in the Bosom of Abraham : " You have escaped from the Abyss and Hades, now you will cross over the crossing place . . . to all the righteous ones, namely Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Enoch, Elijah and David . " In this story Abraham was not idle in the Bosom of Abraham, he acted as intercessor for those in the fiery part of Hades.
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Proponents of the mortality of the soul, and general judgment, for example Advent Christians, Conditionalists, Seventh-day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Christadelphians, and Christian Universalists, argue that the story of the rich man and Lazarus is a parable using the framework of Jewish views of the Bosom of Abraham, and is metaphorical, and is not definitive teaching on the intermediate state for several reasons.
