True, John the Baptist did come with the spirit and power of Elijah. Being the last great prophet of the Old Testament, his main mission was to witness to the people of Israel who Jesus was and to follow him for the rest of his life, testifying about Jesus. Since he was so famous and admired by the people of Israel, the people would have easily believed in him and follow his advise to follow Jesus. WHY didn't they? When he baptize Jesus, he gave the entire foundation of the Old Testament to Jesus, thus ending the Old Testament age. Then he should have followed Jesus. BUT, he walked away. Why? He disbelieved in the revelation from God, he couldn't believe that his poor relative was chosen by God, and he was blind to his one lack of faith. Instead of being with Jesus all of his life, he died a shameful death. Jesus said that the least in the Kingdom of Heaven was greater than John, meaning John was not allowed into the Kingdom.
Ken, I respectfully disagree. John The Baptist Most Certainly acknowledged Jesus as The Messiah, and in reference to what Jesus states about John...the key is a very significant distinction that I believe Jesus was making with HIS statement,,,that of ALL those "born of a woman", John is The Greatest, yet the least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he...Here is the distinction: Jesus says, "you must be Born Again" to enter the Kingdom of Heaven as Contrasted to Everyone born into this Earth,,, is born from a woman, and with this 1st birth we are dead in ours sins,,,,and therefore being Born Again we have been redeemed and bought back into The Kingdom of God by the Blood of Christ Jesus. In essence, Jesus is backing up HIS statement of the Need to be Born Again. We are all born of flesh and blood and dead in our spirit and until we get born again even the person who is considered "least in the Kingdom" IS Born Again.
SINNERS --- WHY THEY HATE THE CHOSEN “Every… plant… fruit… They will be yours for food.” Gen 1:29 “Do not use force to overcome evil… court… give… cloak” Mt 5:38 “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor.” Mt 19:21 A vegetarian pacifist with no more wealth then the poor, that is a hallmark of the chosen and why your family members want you out of the house. And if you inquire of the reason, a reply will be, “You make me feel guilty.” For the book of Job tells us little about sinners, as it is all about how hated are the chosen by sinners. “Then the LORD said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.’ ‘Skin for skin!’ Satan replied. ‘A man will give all he has for his own life. 5 But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.’ The LORD said to Satan, ‘Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.’” For sinners are all identical, as they were created to do the identical thing, to exacerbate, humiliate and crucify the chosen, surely a living hell on earth. For planet earth was created for one purpose, to show that God is more humble then all his created beings, as he owns nothing and controls nothing. For in heaven, the only motivation in control is the power above all powers, even above the power of God, as it is the humiliation of gratitude, the pride killing admission that you could not make it on your own. For in this paradise for ingrates, everyone must be willing to enrich themselves upon the misery of those who have less education, less wealth or less whiteness of skin. And if one fails to do that, identified you are as among the chosen, whereupon you encounter real problems too numerous to mention. For since the beginning of civilization, the more intelligent upper-half of society has hoarded all the land, wealth, knowledge, political power and healthcare. And so, the chosen stop working for those more educated, devote fulltime to serving those less educated and strive to show that healthcare is a waste of money. As eating nothing processed by man or animal eliminates 99% of illness and establishes that healthcare has become the most corrupt money maker known to man.
Pastor Batchelor salutations luke 16:22 is NOT a parable, Jesus made His word clear and simple the warning to those who do such is recorded in Revelations 22:18-19 to the Jew first and also unto the greek. (2) The soul goes on to it's eternal destiny as Heb 9:27 denotes. Examples Enoch, Elijah,, Christ when He transfigured before Peter, James and John Then Elias and Moses appeared Who discussed what the Lord was go through. It is by the Holy Spirit I am telly you this.(3) I had a NDE con't
It is obvious this is a parable. consider this...Jesus recognized the value of parables in teaching the people. He desired to stimulate their deepest thought and contemplation, and He knew that if He spoke too literally, certain of His hearers would quickly forget His words. Not only that, but others, for whom certain of His parables contained stern rebuke, would be so angered by straight speaking that they would attempt to silence Him by violence. Wise as a serpent but harmless as a dove, Jesus recalled the words of Isaiah 6:9 and told His disciples, “Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.” Luke 8:10. Cruden’s Concordance explains: “Our Saviour in the gospels often speaks to the people in parables. He made use of them to veil the truth from those who were not willing to see it. Those who really desired to know would not rest till they had found out the meaning.” It is appropriate here to ask to whom Jesus was speaking in Luke 16:19-31. Which category of people was He dealing with? The last verse before Jesus’ voice begins in this passage tells us. Verse 14 says, “And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.” Jesus was speaking to the Pharisees, a class of men who were notorious all through the Gospels for their refusal to deal honestly with Him and the truths He taught. We can be sure that of all the people Jesus taught, none were handled more guardedly than the wily Pharisees. They dealt in deception and subterfuge, but Jesus dealt with them wisely and truthfully. The safest way for Him to do this was by parable and allegory. Evidence that they did not understand many of His teachings can be found in Jesus’ prayer in Luke 10:21, “I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hath revealed them unto babes.” Mark 4:33, 34 clearly shows that Jesus’ lessons were almost invariably couched in parables: “And with many such parables spake he the word unto them: as they were able to hear it. But without a parable spake he not unto them; and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.” Now we are ready to examine the story of the rich man and Lazarus itself, and try to ascertain the real message Jesus was seeking to convey through it. “There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.” Luke 16:19-21. Who was the symbolic rich man? The Jews had been blessed above measure by a knowledge of God and his plan of salvation for all mankind. They had received “the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises.” Romans 9:4. Only a Jew would pray to “Father Abraham,” as we find the rich man doing later in the story. The Jewish nation was clearly represented by this character. By contrast, Lazarus symbolized all those people in spiritual poverty-the Gentiles-with whom the Israelites were to share their heritage. The words of Isaiah were well known to the Jews. “I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.” Isaiah 49:6. Unfortunately, the Jews had not shared their spiritual wealth with the Gentiles at all. Instead, they considered them as “dogs” that would have to be satisfied with the spiritual crumbs falling from their masters’ tables. The metaphor was known. Jesus had used it before in testing the faith of the Canaanite woman. “It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.” She responded accordingly: “Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ tables.” Matthew 15:26, 27. The rich Jews had hoarded the truth, and in so doing, they had corrupted themselves. Only moments before relating this parable, Jesus had rebuked the Pharisees for their spiritual conceit. “Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.” Luke 16:15. What was to be the result of this terrible conceit? “And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.” Luke 16:22-26. The Jews had enjoyed “the good life” while on earth but had done nothing to bless or enrich their neighbors. No further reward was due. “Woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger.” Luke 6:24, 25. Conversely, the poor in spirit, symbolized by Lazarus, would inherit the kingdom of heaven. The Gentiles who hungered and thirsted after righteousness would be filled. The “dogs” and sinners, so despised by the self-righteous Pharisees, would enter heaven before they would. “Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.” Matthew 21:31. The parable concludes with the rich man begging for his brethren to be warned against sharing his fate. Asking Abraham to send Lazarus on this mission, he alleges “if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.” Luke 16:30. Abraham replies, “If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” Verse 31. Jesus thus rebuked the Pharisees for their disregard of the Scriptures, foreseeing that even a supernatural event would not change the hearts of those who persistently rejected the teachings of “Moses and the prophets.” The miracle of raising the real-life Lazarus from the dead soon afterward confirmed the accuracy of Jesus’ conclusion. One did rise from the dead, yet the brothers of the “rich man” did not repent. In fact, the Pharisees even plotted to kill Lazarus after his resurrection. His very life was a reminder to them of their own hypocrisy. Today many Christians believe that the story of the rich man and Lazarus is a historical account of two individuals’ literal experiences in the afterlife. Based on this belief, some people teach that those who are consigned to the fiery torments of hell will never stop burning throughout all eternity. As with the parable of the trees and the bramble (Judges 9:8-15), however, serious problems arise with a literal interpretation of the story elements. Can we believe that all the saints are even now gathered in Abraham’s bosom? If they are, in whose bosom does Abraham rest? And if there is really a great gulf fixed between heaven and hell, how could the rich man possibly have been heard by Abraham? Perhaps more disturbing, how could the saints enjoy the comforts of heaven while enduring the cries of the wicked being tormented? Another dilemma that arises with a literal interpretation of this story could be called “the mystery of the empty graves.” If this is taken literally, apparently neither of the two leading characters spent very long in the grave-both being whisked away rather quickly to their respective places of reward. Their bodies obviously came along, for we find the rich man lifting up his eyes, and desiring to have his tongue cooled by a drop of water from the finger of Lazarus who was resting, as we have seen, in Abraham’s bosom. Enough graves have been exhumed in recent years to know that the bodies of the deceased are carried neither to heaven or hell after burial. They finally turn to dust and await the resurrection. From these few examples, we begin to see that in this parable, Jesus was not trying to explain the physical realities of the afterlife. Instead, He was referring to the unfaithfulness of the Jews regarding their assigned responsibility. As stewards of the special message of truth, they utterly failed to share it with the Gentiles, who were eager to hear it. In fact, the entire chapter of Luke 16 is devoted to the subject of stewardship.
Luke 16:22 is fiction put in Scripture by St Jerome when he published the Catholic Vulgate Bible in AD 382. The Vulgate being so corrupt as to start the Dark Ages and Christian Crusades.
Elijah never died he was translated. Moses body was resurrected by Michael the Archangel who was disputing with the devil Jude 9. Both these individual represent the two states of people when Jesus comes back the second time. Elijah represent those who are alive and are translated and Moses represent those who are dead and are resurrected when Jesus comes back. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. Jesus call death a sleep through the story of raising Lazarus from the dead.
and was in Hell surrounded by blackness " I called out to Jesus To save me instantly I was brought back to my body. and the therapist could not find pulse on me. I had High cholesterol blockage and died for 10 min. On youtube a " Korean Artist goes to Hell" also Mary K Baxter "A divine revelation of Hell"/ Bill Wiese 23 min in Hell" I am praying for you and a your ministry. Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the light of the world John 14:6 He is blessed forever . Your Brother . EVG Travis
Man! you are mixing the Truth with a Lie!!!....Is is evident that your scriptural interpretation is based upon Human wisdom alone and NOT by the Spirit of God! and Yes! you seem to be good at it...Understand me clearly, there is truth in some things that you say but there is Lie in others also...
John the Baptist contradicted everything of the SDA doctrine. SDA doctrine is not the Bible. He was dirty, a wild man, he ate bugs and honey…. (Unclean)…, he didn’t not wear fancy suits, he was aggressive, and he wasn’t worried about hurting anyones feelings to preach Christ and a new covenant that the Pharisees hated to hear…. Because they could not see past the written law.
If you believe that, than you must believe all the other fiction in the Bible, even the fiction that Christ also died without faith. Keep in mind, only the inspired ancient Greek manuscripts of the New Testament were authored by the Holy Spirit.
Amen🤗🤗Thank you Pastor Dough for delving into the role of John The Baptist. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Speaking to a higher authority representing Christ, is called Holy boldness.
Great ministry!
JTB is a very Holy man.
December 24, 2019
AMEN!
Powerful
WHY DO ALL THE DELIVERIES OF GOD COME FROM MEN WITH 3000 SUITS AND DRIVE HALF A MILLION DOLLAR CARS AND LIVE THE LIFE OF LUXURY?????????
Bingo. Sleep church sitters don’t see this.
amen amen
True, John the Baptist did come with the spirit and power of Elijah. Being the last great prophet of the Old Testament, his main mission was to witness to the people of Israel who Jesus was and to follow him for the rest of his life, testifying about Jesus. Since he was so famous and admired by the people of Israel, the people would have easily believed in him and follow his advise to follow Jesus. WHY didn't they? When he baptize Jesus, he gave the entire foundation of the Old Testament to Jesus, thus ending the Old Testament age. Then he should have followed Jesus. BUT, he walked away. Why? He disbelieved in the revelation from God, he couldn't believe that his poor relative was chosen by God, and he was blind to his one lack of faith. Instead of being with Jesus all of his life, he died a shameful death. Jesus said that the least in the Kingdom of Heaven was greater than John, meaning John was not allowed into the Kingdom.
Ken, I respectfully disagree. John The Baptist Most Certainly acknowledged Jesus as The Messiah, and in reference to what Jesus states about John...the key is a very significant distinction that I believe Jesus was making with HIS statement,,,that of ALL those "born of a woman", John is The Greatest, yet the least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he...Here is the distinction: Jesus says, "you must be Born Again" to enter the Kingdom of Heaven as Contrasted to Everyone born into this Earth,,, is born from a woman, and with this 1st birth we are dead in ours sins,,,,and therefore being Born Again we have been redeemed and bought back into The Kingdom of God by the Blood of Christ Jesus. In essence, Jesus is backing up HIS statement of the Need to be Born Again. We are all born of flesh and blood and dead in our spirit and until we get born again even the person who is considered "least in the Kingdom" IS Born Again.
@@user-su6fy4pw2h Jesus said that John took offense at him. He was angry at John. That's the problem.
@@kenowens9021 Nope...John Honorably and Faithfully prepared the Way for Jesus as The Messiah. May The Holy Spirit open your eyes to the truth.
@@user-su6fy4pw2h Yes, but he didn't follow him. He was ideal to be Jesus' number one disciple. But, he walked away, leaving Jesus alone.
Ken, you’re assuming things should have gone the way you think, rather than how they went; thereby assuming additional conflict. Not smart.
SINNERS --- WHY THEY HATE THE CHOSEN
“Every… plant… fruit… They will be yours for food.” Gen 1:29
“Do not use force to overcome evil… court… give… cloak” Mt 5:38
“If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor.” Mt 19:21
A vegetarian pacifist with no more wealth then the poor, that is a hallmark of the chosen and why your family members want you out of the house. And if you inquire of the reason, a reply will be, “You make me feel guilty.”
For the book of Job tells us little about sinners, as it is all about how hated are the chosen by sinners.
“Then the LORD said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.’
‘Skin for skin!’ Satan replied. ‘A man will give all he has for his own life. 5 But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.’
The LORD said to Satan, ‘Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.’”
For sinners are all identical, as they were created to do the identical thing, to exacerbate, humiliate and crucify the chosen, surely a living hell on earth. For planet earth was created for one purpose, to show that God is more humble then all his created beings, as he owns nothing and controls nothing. For in heaven, the only motivation in control is the power above all powers, even above the power of God, as it is the humiliation of gratitude, the pride killing admission that you could not make it on your own.
For in this paradise for ingrates, everyone must be willing to enrich themselves upon the misery of those who have less education, less wealth or less whiteness of skin. And if one fails to do that, identified you are as among the chosen, whereupon you encounter real problems too numerous to mention.
For since the beginning of civilization, the more intelligent upper-half of society has hoarded all the land, wealth, knowledge, political power and healthcare.
And so, the chosen stop working for those more educated, devote fulltime to serving those less educated and strive to show that healthcare is a waste of money. As eating nothing processed by man or animal eliminates 99% of illness and establishes that healthcare has become the most corrupt money maker known to man.
I am the definition of poor. Not spiritually but fiscally. So why do i suffer and these people live like political kings????
If u had $$$
U WOULD LOSE YOUR SOUL
STAND STRONG
YOUR RICHES ARE COMING
PEACE TO U
LAZARUS AND THE RICHMAN?
Pastor Batchelor salutations luke 16:22 is NOT a parable, Jesus made His word clear and simple the warning to those who do such is recorded in Revelations 22:18-19 to the Jew first and also unto the greek. (2) The soul goes on to it's eternal destiny as Heb 9:27 denotes. Examples Enoch, Elijah,, Christ when He transfigured before Peter, James and John Then Elias and Moses appeared Who discussed what the Lord was go through. It is by the Holy Spirit I am telly you this.(3) I had a NDE con't
It is obvious this is a parable. consider this...Jesus recognized the value of parables in teaching the people. He desired to stimulate their deepest thought and contemplation, and He knew that if He spoke too literally, certain of His hearers would quickly forget His words. Not only that, but others, for whom certain of His parables contained stern rebuke, would be so angered by straight speaking that they would attempt to silence Him by violence. Wise as a serpent but harmless as a dove, Jesus recalled the words of Isaiah 6:9 and told His disciples, “Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.” Luke 8:10. Cruden’s Concordance explains: “Our Saviour in the gospels often speaks to the people in parables. He made use of them to veil the truth from those who were not willing to see it. Those who really desired to know would not rest till they had found out the meaning.”
It is appropriate here to ask to whom Jesus was speaking in Luke 16:19-31. Which category of people was He dealing with? The last verse before Jesus’ voice begins in this passage tells us. Verse 14 says, “And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.” Jesus was speaking to the Pharisees, a class of men who were notorious all through the Gospels for their refusal to deal honestly with Him and the truths He taught.
We can be sure that of all the people Jesus taught, none were handled more guardedly than the wily Pharisees. They dealt in deception and subterfuge, but Jesus dealt with them wisely and truthfully. The safest way for Him to do this was by parable and allegory. Evidence that they did not understand many of His teachings can be found in Jesus’ prayer in Luke 10:21, “I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hath revealed them unto babes.” Mark 4:33, 34 clearly shows that Jesus’ lessons were almost invariably couched in parables: “And with many such parables spake he the word unto them: as they were able to hear it. But without a parable spake he not unto them; and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.”
Now we are ready to examine the story of the rich man and Lazarus itself, and try to ascertain the real message Jesus was seeking to convey through it.
“There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.” Luke 16:19-21.
Who was the symbolic rich man? The Jews had been blessed above measure by a knowledge of God and his plan of salvation for all mankind. They had received “the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises.” Romans 9:4. Only a Jew would pray to “Father Abraham,” as we find the rich man doing later in the story. The Jewish nation was clearly represented by this character.
By contrast, Lazarus symbolized all those people in spiritual poverty-the Gentiles-with whom the Israelites were to share their heritage. The words of Isaiah were well known to the Jews. “I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.” Isaiah 49:6.
Unfortunately, the Jews had not shared their spiritual wealth with the Gentiles at all. Instead, they considered them as “dogs” that would have to be satisfied with the spiritual crumbs falling from their masters’ tables. The metaphor was known. Jesus had used it before in testing the faith of the Canaanite woman. “It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.” She responded accordingly: “Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ tables.” Matthew 15:26, 27.
The rich Jews had hoarded the truth, and in so doing, they had corrupted themselves. Only moments before relating this parable, Jesus had rebuked the Pharisees for their spiritual conceit. “Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.” Luke 16:15. What was to be the result of this terrible conceit?
“And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.” Luke 16:22-26.
The Jews had enjoyed “the good life” while on earth but had done nothing to bless or enrich their neighbors. No further reward was due. “Woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger.” Luke 6:24, 25.
Conversely, the poor in spirit, symbolized by Lazarus, would inherit the kingdom of heaven. The Gentiles who hungered and thirsted after righteousness would be filled. The “dogs” and sinners, so despised by the self-righteous Pharisees, would enter heaven before they would. “Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.” Matthew 21:31.
The parable concludes with the rich man begging for his brethren to be warned against sharing his fate. Asking Abraham to send Lazarus on this mission, he alleges “if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.” Luke 16:30. Abraham replies, “If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” Verse 31.
Jesus thus rebuked the Pharisees for their disregard of the Scriptures, foreseeing that even a supernatural event would not change the hearts of those who persistently rejected the teachings of “Moses and the prophets.” The miracle of raising the real-life Lazarus from the dead soon afterward confirmed the accuracy of Jesus’ conclusion. One did rise from the dead, yet the brothers of the “rich man” did not repent. In fact, the Pharisees even plotted to kill Lazarus after his resurrection. His very life was a reminder to them of their own hypocrisy.
Today many Christians believe that the story of the rich man and Lazarus is a historical account of two individuals’ literal experiences in the afterlife. Based on this belief, some people teach that those who are consigned to the fiery torments of hell will never stop burning throughout all eternity. As with the parable of the trees and the bramble (Judges 9:8-15), however, serious problems arise with a literal interpretation of the story elements.
Can we believe that all the saints are even now gathered in Abraham’s bosom? If they are, in whose bosom does Abraham rest? And if there is really a great gulf fixed between heaven and hell, how could the rich man possibly have been heard by Abraham? Perhaps more disturbing, how could the saints enjoy the comforts of heaven while enduring the cries of the wicked being tormented?
Another dilemma that arises with a literal interpretation of this story could be called “the mystery of the empty graves.” If this is taken literally, apparently neither of the two leading characters spent very long in the grave-both being whisked away rather quickly to their respective places of reward. Their bodies obviously came along, for we find the rich man lifting up his eyes, and desiring to have his tongue cooled by a drop of water from the finger of Lazarus who was resting, as we have seen, in Abraham’s bosom. Enough graves have been exhumed in recent years to know that the bodies of the deceased are carried neither to heaven or hell after burial. They finally turn to dust and await the resurrection.
From these few examples, we begin to see that in this parable, Jesus was not trying to explain the physical realities of the afterlife. Instead, He was referring to the unfaithfulness of the Jews regarding their assigned responsibility. As stewards of the special message of truth, they utterly failed to share it with the Gentiles, who were eager to hear it. In fact, the entire chapter of Luke 16 is devoted to the subject of stewardship.
alvin banks jr hopechanel
Luke 16:22 is fiction put in Scripture by St Jerome when he published the Catholic Vulgate Bible in AD 382. The Vulgate being so corrupt as to start the Dark Ages and Christian Crusades.
he says dead people dont come to amongst the living again but moses and elijah did come to earth!
Elijah never died he was translated. Moses body was resurrected by Michael the Archangel who was disputing with the devil Jude 9. Both these individual represent the two states of people when Jesus comes back the second time. Elijah represent those who are alive and are translated and Moses represent those who are dead and are resurrected when Jesus comes back.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. Jesus call death a sleep through the story of raising Lazarus from the dead.
and was in Hell surrounded by blackness " I called out to Jesus To save me instantly I was brought back to my body. and the therapist could not find pulse on me. I had High cholesterol blockage and died for 10 min. On youtube a " Korean Artist goes to Hell" also Mary K Baxter "A divine revelation of Hell"/ Bill Wiese 23 min in Hell" I am praying for you and a your ministry. Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the light of the world John 14:6 He is blessed forever . Your Brother . EVG Travis
You can read all the books you want. It's not the bible!
John the Baptist wore camel clothes in desert, but when he's with the esene he wore white.
I had a dream that I bowled with John the Baptist and he used his own head to convert the seven-ten split. It was a remarkable shot.
Man! you are mixing the Truth with a Lie!!!....Is is evident that your scriptural interpretation is based upon Human wisdom alone and NOT by the Spirit of God! and Yes! you seem to be good at it...Understand me clearly, there is truth in some things that you say but there is Lie in others also...
Exodus Apostle he's a false prophet
Exodus Apostle, teach God's word. But as you know, your life and deeds will be judged by God alone. GO and judge no more.
If you dont Mind?, can you please explain which are lies.please
This is SDa for you.
John the Baptist contradicted everything of the SDA doctrine. SDA doctrine is not the Bible.
He was dirty, a wild man, he ate bugs and honey…. (Unclean)…, he didn’t not wear fancy suits, he was aggressive, and he wasn’t worried about hurting anyones feelings to preach Christ and a new covenant that the Pharisees hated to hear…. Because they could not see past the written law.
His name was not John, there was no one running around the Holy Land called John.
John failed in his faith towards Jesus - what a shame. A warning and lesson for us all.
Neil Williams Are you perfect? No you are not. You’re an idiot.
If you believe that, than you must believe all the other fiction in the Bible, even the fiction that Christ also died without faith. Keep in mind, only the inspired ancient Greek manuscripts of the New Testament were authored by the Holy Spirit.
Old argument. If it's a do or dont do, event it's not worth worrying about.
John the first and greatest con-artist.
Repent ! Ben