Does The Bible Teach There Is A Second Chance In The Afterlife To Be Saved By Jesus?

[Alfred Persson]

"Does the Bible teach there is a second chance in the afterlife to be saved by Jesus?

Some believe we have only one life on earth to make our decision for or against God. Hebrews 9:27 says "it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment." They believe Jesus' parable reveals no second chance for the uncharitable Rich Man in Hell. When he asks Lazarus to warn his family about hell he is told they have sufficient warning in the Bible to take the opportunity to repent and be saved during this life.

However, the very next verse (Hebrews 9:28) says after death and the "judgment" those judged "eagerly wait" for Christ's Second coming, for salvation. Therefore, the "judgment" (2920 κρίσις krisis) is "the second chance", in Greek krisis is a "trial, contest, selection…opinion or decision given"-Strong's Concordance. Clearly, all who repent and believe in Jesus "won" this "contest", because now they "eagerly wait for Him…for salvation":

27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment (2920 κρίσις krisis),
28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. (Heb. 9:27-10:1 NKJ)

Jesus taught the same thing. While still in the Grave the Dead will hear Christ's voice, and those who obey "do good" and therefore will rise to the "resurrection of life":

28 "Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
29 "and come forth-- those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. (Jn. 5:28-29 NKJ)

What about Jesus' parable? To begin with, its not a parable, it’s a prophecy Christ would send the risen Lazarus to the mocking Pharisees (Luke 16:14) and they would treat Lazarus (John 12:9-11) just as they treated Moses and the prophets, rejecting their testimony about Christ (Luke 16:29-31). As a "prophecy" it is truth, not "false prophecy."

The context implies a second chance exists for the Rich Man.

1.)Rather than a self-absorbed man who curses both Abraham and God for his plight, the Rich Man shows selfless concern for his family (Luke 16:. 2.) Abraham affectionately calls the Rich Man "son" (Luke 16:25). It is impossible Abraham would speak affectionately if the Rich Man were an irredeemable enemy of God: "Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate you? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?" (Psalm 139:21). 3.) Abraham and others wanted to comfort the Rich Man, but an impassible chasm prevented them (Luke 16:26). It is impossible the redeemed would rebelliously want to subvert God's punishment of the wicked (Rev. 15:3-4). Therefore, the scene does not depict God's punishment. 5) When the Rich Man cried "I am tormented (3600 ὀδυνάω odunao) in this flame (5395 φλόξ phlox)", his words convey meaning many don't see. The Rich Man is in "sorrow" (cp. Acts 20:38 3600 ὀδυνάω odunao) for his sins, for the first time he is 100% aware how badly he missed the mark of God's perfection. God's inspection, His "eyes like a flame of fire" are bringing every dark secret and sin to the light, all self-delusion is being purged. Just as it is written: The Lord has washed away the filth… and purged the blood of Jerusalem…by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning" (Isa. 4:4 NKJ)

Christ's prophecy to the Pharisees revealed even the children of Abraham(Matthew 3:9-10) like the Rich Man, if they die enemies of the gospel rejecting His authority, they will be chastised in Hades contrary to their belief Abraham would not permit an Israelite enter Hades: “In the world to come Abraham sits at the gate of Gehenna, permitting none to enter who bears the seal of the covenant” (Genesis Rabbah xlviii). Paul touches on this subject declaring "the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable". All Israel will be saved even if they must pass suffer the torments of hell first (Romans 11:26-33; 1 Corinthians 3:11-15).

Those who have not committed eternal sins will be purged of all that subverts their ability to make the free will confession Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God and have life in His Name (John 20:28-31). All addiction to sin and self-delusion is burned away by the torment (931 βάσανος basano) of God's inspection, revealing the truth of the individual, who he really is. Once liberated and fully able to make a free will choice the gospel of Christ is preached, for belief or non-belief in Christ are the only grounds for judgment (Matthew 21:42; Mark 12:10; John 3:16-18; 5:24; 14:6; 20:31; Acts 4:11-12;1 Peter 2:6-8). Therefore, only after a definite and formal presentment of the Gospel of Christ is made to a soul fully capable of making an informed and free judgment will God judge the conscious and deliberate acceptance or rejection of Christ.

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[Alfred Persson]

Other New Testament texts showing a second chance for salvation exists in the Afterlife.

Forgiving sins in the 'age to come' implies a "second chance" (Matthew 12:31-32).

As believers are forgiven in this age (John 5:24), forgiveness of sins in the "age to come" implies a second chance for unbelievers:

31 "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
32 "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. (Matt. 12:31-32 NKJ)

The apostle Peter reveals the second chance when he says the dead have the gospel preached so they can choose to live "according to God in the spirit":

For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. (1 Pet. 4:6 NKJ)

The "second chance" is on display when Christ preached to the dead "spirits in prison" after He Himself was put to death.

Some believe 'Christ proclaimed doom to the damned'. That is impossible, the antitype of baptism, being saved out of the water symbolizes how "we were buried…in death and then raised with Jesus" (Rom. 6:4; Col. 2:12) when we gave the "answer of a good conscience toward God". The theme of salvation contradicts completely any idea Christ is preaching damnation. The context implies these "spirits in prison" were among the "captives in His train" (ᾐχμαλώτευσεν αἰχμαλωσίαν) (Eph. 4:8) when He ascended into heaven:

18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
20 who formerly were disobedient (544 ἀπειθέω apeitheo), when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
21 There is also an antitype which now saves us-- baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him. (1 Pet. 3:18-22 NKJ)

Human dead are "souls in hades", not "spirits in prison." Nor can they be the "sons of God fallen angels" of Noah's Day (Gen. 6:2, 4) because they remain bound (Jude 1:6). These "spirits" were the hybrid angel-human "men of renown" dead who could not believe (544 ἀπειθέω apeitheo) Noah's preaching God would forgive the abomination of their hybrid nature. It defiled the image of God in man with that of angels. This is why Christ made a "special trip", to prove God would forgive and elicit the "answer of a good conscience towards God". They went with Christ into heaven as part of Christ's triumph over Satan.

 

[Alfred Persson]

Paul implied the existence of a second chance when he said a sinner's spirit "may be saved" after the destruction [death] of his flesh, on judgment Day ("the Day of the Lord Jesus").

Deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. (1 Cor. 5:5 NKJ)

The book of Revelation reveals the second chance when Death and Hades releases all the dead in them and ONLY those not found written in the book of life are cast into the "second death"---the death from which there is no return:

13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.
14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:13-15 NKJ)

John focus' is on those "not found" in the book because those who rise in the resurrection of life rise in glorious resurrection bodies (Dan. 12:2; John 5:28-29; Ac. 24:15; Gal. 6:8; 1 Cor. 15:42-57); but the wicked resurrection body reeks of corruption and death (Dan. 12:2; Isa. 66:24; Mt. 10:28; Gal. 6:8; Mk. 9:42-48). The horror of the scene would rise to prominence, garner John's attention.

Old Testament Scriptures that imply a second chance by revealing repentance in and salvation from hell occurs:

 

[Consecrated Life]

Paul implied the existence of a second chance when he said a sinner's spirit "may be saved" after the destruction [death] of his flesh, on judgment Day ("the Day of the Lord Jesus").


The book of Revelation reveals the second chance when Death and Hades releases all the dead in them and ONLY those not found written in the book of life are cast into the "second death"---the death from which there is no return:


John focus' is on those "not found" in the book because those who rise in the resurrection of life rise in glorious resurrection bodies (Dan. 12:2; John 5:28-29; Ac. 24:15; Gal. 6:8; 1 Cor. 15:42-57); but the wicked resurrection body reeks of corruption and death (Dan. 12:2; Isa. 66:24; Mt. 10:28; Gal. 6:8; Mk. 9:42-48). The horror of the scene would rise to prominence, garner John's attention.

Old Testament Scriptures that imply a second chance by revealing repentance in and salvation from hell occurs:

If one would choose the world & reject the Great Example & Ideal, whose purpose is Faith that God has been set before us today, His wealth and His care encircling us every moment of every day, what would then be the motivation for choice in the hearts of those you speak of at that time ?

" I am poor and needy , yet the Lord thinketh upon me." ( Psalm 40:17 )

 

[Alfred Persson]

If one would choose the world & reject the Great Example & Ideal, whose purpose is Faith that God has been set before us today, His wealth and His care encircling us every moment of every day, what would then be the motivation for choice in the hearts of those you speak of at that time ?

" I am poor and needy , yet the Lord thinketh upon me." ( Psalm 40:17 )

The analogy of angels, 1/3 followed Satan (His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven Rev. 12:4 NKJ), suggest 1/3 of humanity will choose to do likewise and be eternally lost. A second chance is just that, a chance. Not a certain win.

After God restores the true individual and their ability to make a free will choice, they are presented the Gospel of Christ. They can't feign or fake anything. If they are children of the Devil, they can't hide that fact. Then God judges them according to their works, sets their punishment. Some will persist in Gehenna for all eternity, if they are guilty of eternal sins. Some will be utterly consumed by the fires, and cease to exist. Both possibilities exist:

They remain dead, do not rise in a resurrection to life and are exterminated in the lake of fire:

They are dead, they will not live; They are deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And made all their memory to perish. (Isa. 26:14 NKJ)

They are consumed, turned into ashes. That implies they no longer have a body, abominable or glorious to exist in:

You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this," Says the LORD of hosts. (Mal. 4:3 NKJ)

But others guilty of eternal sins will suffer eternal torment:

42 and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea.
43 'And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire -- the unquenchable --
44 where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.
45 'And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into the life lame, than having the two feet to be cast to the gehenna, to the fire -- the unquenchable --
46 where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.
47 And if thine eye may cause thee to stumble, cast it out; it is better for thee one-eyed to enter into the reign of God, than having two eyes, to be cast to the gehenna of the fire --
48 where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched;
(Mk. 9:42-48 YLT)

9 Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand,
10 "he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
11 "And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name."
12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. (Rev. 14:9-12 NKJ)

 

[Consecrated Life]

The analogy of angels, 1/3 followed Satan, suggest 1/3 of humanity will do likewise and be eternally lost. A second chance is just that, a chance. Not a certain win.

Angels and the estate they were created in have nothing in common with the lost estate we inherit through Adam.
Scripture tells us that the angels have no concept of salvation thru Christ, and though intrigued by it, cannot understand with the heart .

1Pe 1:12
.... have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

There has to be another answer to my first question pertaining to a second chance that concerns the human heart alone.

Angels vs Humans where salvation thru Christ Jesus is concerned is literally comparing apples & oranges .

 

[Alfred Persson]

Angels and the estate they were created in have nothing in common with the lost estate we inherit through Adam.
Scripture tells us that the angels have no concept of salvation thru Christ, and though intrigued by it, cannot understand with the heart .

1Pe 1:12
.... have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

There has to be another answer to my first question pertaining to a second chance that concerns the human heart alone.

Angels vs Humans where salvation thru Christ Jesus is concerned is literally comparing apples & oranges .

Evidently, I didn't understand your question and still don't. Why not rephrase it?

As for angels, the analogy is sound because Free Will is the same in angels and men, and as confirmation just as humans are of "the elect", so can angels be:

21 I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality. (1 Tim. 5:21 NKJ)

As for salvation, they understand the issues perfectly, especially the concept of salvation. Recall they informed Mary of the prophecies she would fulfill. And the disciples at the Tomb after Christ rose. Or at His ascension.

The text you cited is about prophecy, which angels study just as we do to, and argue about just as we do:

"But I will tell you what is noted in the Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against these, except Michael your prince.) (Dan. 10:21 NKJ)

 

[for_his_glory]

NO, that's a doctrine of lies as there is no such thing as having a chance as the after life when Christ returns is either you have eternity with Him in the New Jerusalem or you your destination is damnation in the lake of fire.

John 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
John 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

 

[for_his_glory]

However, the very next verse (Hebrews 9:28) says after death and the "judgment" those judged "eagerly wait" for Christ's Second coming, for salvation. Therefore, the "judgment" (2920 κρίσις krisis) is "the second chance", in Greek krisis is a "trial, contest, selection…opinion or decision given"-Strong's Concordance. Clearly, all who repent and believe in Jesus "won" this "contest", because now they "eagerly wait for Him…for salvation":

Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Heb 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many and it is those who are Christ own that look for His second coming as at that time Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Matthew 24:29-31.

 

[for_his_glory]

What about Jesus' parable? To begin with, its not a parable, it’s a prophecy Christ would send the risen Lazarus to the mocking Pharisees (Luke 16:14) and they would treat Lazarus (John 12:9-11) just as they treated Moses and the prophets, rejecting their testimony about Christ (Luke 16:29-31). As a "prophecy" it is truth, not "false prophecy."

Sorry, but that is only a teachable parable like all the parables Jesus used as analogies to teach us. Lazarus is not in heaven as that would make Jesus a liar in John 3:13.

 

[Consecrated Life]

Evidently, I didn't understand your question and still don't. Why not rephrase it?

As for angels, the analogy is sound because Free Will is the same in angels and men, and as confirmation just as humans are of "the elect", so can angels be:

The question boils down to this.
Having already found the Love of God's redemptive sacrifice to be worthy of disdain and rejection, what would be the motivation for someone to be any more loving & any less obstinate a second time ?





No Angel ever met God for the first time having already rejected the Love of God & in desperate need of not only a first chance, but a second chance no less.
An angel has to pro-actively do nothing at all to remain in God's heaven forever.
Angels do not share our frailty of a ready made sin nature, but neither will they share the Glory to be revealed in those who overcome this great frailty of sin by the Blood of Christ.
In example of this frailty that is uniquely pervasive to us and not angels, there are people by the millions today & every day rejecting Jesus Christ, yet since that one moment before the earth existed when a group of angels joined Satan, not a single angel has used " Free Will " to reject God.
With a "free will" that comparable to ours how is it possible that since that one moment, not even a single one angel has ever rebelled against God since then ?
This obviously cannot be explained from a human perspective .

 

[Alfred Persson]

The question boils down to this.
Having already found the Love of God's redemptive sacrifice to be worthy of disdain and rejection, what would be the motivation for someone to be any more loving & any less obstinate a second time ?





No Angel ever met God for the first time having already rejected the Love of God & in desperate need of not only a first chance, but a second chance no less.
An angel has to pro-actively do nothing at all to remain in God's heaven forever.
Angels do not share our frailty of a ready made sin nature, but neither will they share the Glory to be revealed in those who overcome this great frailty of sin by the Blood of Christ.
In example of this frailty that is uniquely pervasive to us and not angels, there are people by the millions today & every day rejecting Jesus Christ, yet since that one moment before the earth existed when a group of angels joined Satan, not a single angel has used " Free Will " to reject God.
With a "free will" that comparable to ours how is it possible that since that one moment, not even a single one angel has ever rebelled against God since then ?
This obviously cannot be explained from a human perspective .

If your premise covered everyone the logic is impeccable, as Heb. 6:4-6 confirms.

But its not true everyone born in this fallen realm found the love of God, heard about Christ correctly enough to know what He did and is. Moreover, the delusion of evolution has powerfully swayed many to be atheists or seek other gods who don't claim to be the Creator. Also, many poor are driven into crime Cartels just to survive, while they were yet children etc.

And there are those who have heard the gospel, but didn't fully convert. The church is filled with them. I'm not talking about the TARES sown among the wheat, I'm talking about those who just haven't "got there" yet. Some of them are in deep sin. Paul mentions one involved with incest:

NKJ 1 Corinthians 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles-- that a man has his father's wife!
2 And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you.
3 For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed.
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5 deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. (1 Cor. 5:1-5 NKJ)

Paul is giving this guy a second chance. After Satan kills him, his "spirit may be saved" if he repents in hell, and when raised up his name will be found in the book of life. That's the Day of the LORD Jesus, Judgment Day.

Peter also said the mockers of Christ and his church would have the gospel preached to them when they were dead,, and they won't be speaking evil of God or Christians in hell, when they are judged for things they did according to the flesh. But when they repent, they can 'live according to God in the spirit."

3 For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles-- when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
4 In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.
5 They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
6 For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. (1 Pet. 4:3-6 NKJ)


Angels study the scripture to learn truth, to learn what God will do in the future. Look at this verse in context:

10 Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,
11 searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.
12 To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven-- things which angels desire to look into. (1 Pet. 1:10-12 NKJ)

Even the prophets didn't fully understand their prophesies, how they would be fulfilled wasn't known until Christ came and did what He did. Also those about the church, NOW God has revealed the fulfillment of these prophecies.

Angels are very interested in God's Plan, how its working out in history, how obscure prophecy is fulfilled in the Church. They love this knowledge. They talk about among themselves, and argue about it also. Sometime the angels don't understand the Messages they bring from God, and argue about its details among themselves, how exactly it might be fulfilled:

1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, but the appointed time was long; and he understood the message, and had understanding of the vision...

14 "Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come."...

21 "But I will tell you what is noted in the Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against these, except Michael your prince.) (Dan. 10:14, 21 NKJ)

Daniel had some understanding of the vision but asked for more, he was troubled by it. An angel was sent to supply that understanding. But as for some of the particulars, as Peter noted the prophets didn't fully know how their prophecies would be fulled, neither do the angels. But they desire to know these things just as we do and they debate them among themselves before they are fulfilled, just as we do.

 

[Consecrated Life]

If there was a second chance how could the final population of hell ever be greater than that of heaven ?

 

[Alfred Persson]

If there was a second chance how could the final population of hell ever be greater than that of heaven ?

Where are your numbers? I never heard that. I did hear the promise God made to Abraham:


Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be." (Gen. 15:5 NKJ)

 

[Alfred Persson]

NO, that's a doctrine of lies as there is no such thing as having a chance as the after life when Christ returns is either you have eternity with Him in the New Jerusalem or you your destination is damnation in the lake of fire.

John 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
John 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

A logical argument is not a lie. This is the argument:

Jesus implied the existence of this “trial” saying the dead in the grave “will hear His voice” and “those who have done good” will rise to the “resurrection of life”:

28 “Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
29 “and come forth– those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. (Jn. 5:28-29 NKJ)

 

[Alfred Persson]

Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Heb 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many and it is those who are Christ own that look for His second coming as at that time Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Matthew 24:29-31.

No, the context is clear. Christ sacrificed Himself "at the end of time" so it would apply to everyone since Adam and Eve:. After men die the judgement is the second chance. Those who pass this judgment then eagerly wait for Christ's second coming for salvation from hell:

24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another--
26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
(Heb. 9:24-28 NKJ)

 

[Alfred Persson]

Sorry, but that is only a teachable parable like all the parables Jesus used as analogies to teach us. Lazarus is not in heaven as that would make Jesus a liar in John 3:13.

No, its a prophecy. Unlike parables, Lazarus is named.

As for your misreading John 3:13, the context explains Christ's meaning:

"no man has ascended (to return to earth and teach you heavenly things, you never met anyone who did), I alone can tell you heavenly things because I am from heaven, I witnessed them.

11 "Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness.
12 "If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 "No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. (Jn. 3:11-13 NKJ)

 

[for_his_glory]

A logical argument is not a lie. This is the argument:

Jesus implied the existence of this “trial” saying the dead in the grave “will hear His voice” and “those who have done good” will rise to the “resurrection of life”:

A logical argument can also distort the word of God as one misinterprets it. Yes, the dead, both that are or are not in Christ will hear His voice and be raised from their graves as this happens when Christ returns on the last day when the sheep will be separated from the goats and final judgement is made as the books are opened at that time as there are no second chances when Christ returns and the door of God's salvation is closed forever.

Rev 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Rev 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Rev 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

 

[Consecrated Life]

Where are your numbers? I never heard that. I did hear the promise God made to Abraham:


Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be." (Gen. 15:5 NKJ)

The vast majority of Abraham's descendants in Jerusalem cried out for Jesus to be nailed to a cross that day.
All the offspring of Abraham & Hagar are also his descendants .
Including those that seek to eliminate all Jews & Christians in the name of Allah .
Human nature abhors the cross.
Are you unaware of Jesus speaking to the numbers?

 

[for_his_glory]

No, the context is clear. Christ sacrificed Himself "at the end of time" so it would apply to everyone since Adam and Eve:. After men die the judgement is the second chance. Those who pass this judgment then eagerly wait for Christ's second coming for salvation from hell:

24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another--
26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
(Heb. 9:24-28 NKJ)

What part of verse 27 says there will be a second chance? Many will die, Jesus returns on the last day and judgements are then made when the books are opened at what the Bible calls the Great White Throne Judgement. There is no more time being it' the last day, but that of this earth and heaven that will pass away and a new heaven and earth made new again in preparation of God ushering down the new Jerusalem.

Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Rev 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.