October 17, 2011 – Luke 12:35 - 13:9

Another verses or parable that support the theology of purgatory. When Jesus talks about talking with someone on the way to court and settling your score before you get there. The outcome if you do not settle out of court is that you are brought to judgment and punished until everything is paid back in full. The reason I see this pertaining to purgatory is because the way that the punishment is seen as finite. Hell is eternal, just as Heaven is, and so there must be a finite place or system where people can go to “pay back” their debts. I think it is fair to say that when Christ talks about punishment and judgment, He speaks, at least partly, about eternal punishments and judgments. Christ speaks of being kept until all your debt is paid. This does not sound like eternal damnation, but as I say, something finite. I seems to me that purgatory appears very rational and works out well into God’s plans when you see Christ talking and explaining stories and parable about judgment.