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Old 05-12-2007, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by bookslover View Post
Lazarus went to Heaven (duh!). There is no other place (limbo, purgatory, etc.).

When Jesus resurrected him, it makes sense to say that He gave Lazarus instructions to not speak of what he saw and heard there (along the lines of Paul saying the same kind of thing about his experience).
Of course, we are just guessing but I think your reasoning is pretty sound. It's nothing that we can prove and the Bible doesn't say this is what happened, but it's the most logical explanation to me.

I have a church member who asked me this question and I pretty much told her the same thing, but she wasn't satisified with that answer. I told her that she may just have to be dissatisfied then. I also told her that we could ask Lazarus when we see him. He can tell us then.
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