OK, I just sent the following e-mail to Bill Wiese:
Dear Mr. Wiese:
I read with interest a portion of your book online, and I have a couple questions.
On page xvi of the introduction, you wrote: "The reason I was shown this place was to bring back a mesage of warning."
Isn't that what the rich man wanted to do? Go back and warn his brothers?
"For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment" (Luke 16:28).
But what did Abraham have to say about that? Look at verses 29-31:
"Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
Was Abraham wrong? Should he have let the rich man go back to warn his brothers?
Also, if you (and others) were rescued from hell by God's loving hand, why wouldn't God do the same for everyone? From your own testimony, it IS possible to be released from hell.
I'll let you all know if I get a reply, and what he says.
Sandy