I have my own personalized way of explaining the
necessity of a final purification after death, and why it is important for us
to pray for the dead. I offer it here for what it is worth.
Let’s start with a question: If you were to die tonight
in your sleep, are you ready to enter heaven and the presence of God
completely purified without any stain or blemish, with all things settled in
your life? Are you completely reconciled to the people in your life? Are you
free from your weaknesses and from your failings? Are all of your sins forgiven
and are you free from the burden of guilt that we all carry with us for
whatever reasons there may be?
You were created in the image and likeness of God (see
posts from June 2014 for more discussion of this). Is that image clear and
clean and spotless?
Or do you need more time?
That, in a nutshell, is my explanation.
If I die tonight, please pray for me. I’d appreciate it
and I know I need it.
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