Copperhead
Well-Known Member
You just did.
Oh, I don't think so. A look up of many definitions regarding purgatory and they specifically suggest it is a place of purification or cleansing of unrighteousness, which includes some sort of suffering and expiating sins from the person. As if there is a second chance at salvation. Paul makes it clear that judgement is what awaits us after death. Not some sort of second shot at getting it right.
Of course, if one plays semantic games with a definition of purgatory, then just about any presupposition is possible.
I sure didn't see that regarding Lazarus in the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16. Lazarus was comforted and provided for with no hint that he needed to expiate any sin. Whereas the rich man was undergoing suffering, not to purify him, but in waiting for the final casting into outer darkness when Hades is cast into the lake of fire. Both of their fates were sealed.