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Originally Posted by aron
God's throne is based on righteousness. If Moses makes it through the gates into the kingdom, without first crossing Jordan, then God has to allow everyone the possibility. The kingdom is watching God's judgment, which cannot arbitrarily allow one person a "middle position" and consign the rest to irretrievable ruin.
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This gets to the heart of the matter -- is God's judgment fair?
Will He judge the faithful martyrs the same as the one who rejected salvation until his death bed?
And what will He do with those saved in childhood, yet went on to live the rest of their life as if they were never saved?
Protestants have reject the notion of a "purgatory" based on papal corruptions, but they can not deny the underlying scriptural basis for it.
Scripture is filled with descriptions of discipline and rewards for the Lord's servants. How can we look at each one of them and simplistically conclude, "good guys go to heaven, bad guys go to hell.