I once went to a wealthy church where they never mentioned this parable, or was it a true story like some American website said
2006-11-01 00:36:10 · 9 answers · asked by ucanseethejoin 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Luke 16:31 "He said to him,'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"
What rich person or any person for that matter listens to what Mosheh taught and that is the Laws of Yahweh? This is the great gulf fixed between you.
When the rich man finally understood that he should have kept the laws, he wanted them taught to his family left behind, that is when he was told that even if the dead were to rise the world still would not believe that we are supposed to be keeping the Laws. Lazarus kept the Laws and he was a friend of Yahshua, that is why he was seen in the bosom of Abraham!
Isayah 59:1-15—
1 Behold, Yahweh's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear.
2 But your own iniquities have separated you from your Father; and your own sins have caused Him to hide His face from you, so He will not listen.
2006-11-01 00:46:12 · answer #1 · answered by YUHATEME 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't find a name for him. 'Rich man' seems to be used, here and elsewhere, for someone with other things on his mind rather than the scriptures, feeling for his fellow-man or the search for truth. So, a shallow person, perhaps?
It's not a real story, it's an allegory. To take it as real contradicts other Bible teaching. Have a look at the story of Lazarus, for example - when Jesus turns up after two days to resurrect him, the people don't object saying that he'll have gone to heaven/hell, but that he'll stink! Hell is an eternity of lost opportunity, of not knowing God or being in his Kingdom. The word simply means 'the grave'. The stuff about burning fires comes from gas escaping from the earth and always burning, and from a pit outside Rome in which rubbish was burnt.
Re. your second point, I've found that different churches have their favourite parts of the Bible, which they keep going back to, ignoring other parts. Maybe some rich Christians aren't happy, knowing that they could do more to help the under-priviledged, but don't. There is a book on this subject called 'Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger' by R.J.Sider.
2006-11-01 09:06:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Friend, I am not sure what you mean about the word DIVES, it is not in those verses, This is not a parable but a true event, as far as the American website you mention, I don't know what web site you mean, I am An American, Any American web-site can not over rule the word of God.
2006-11-01 08:48:09 · answer #3 · answered by birdsflies 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This story is not a parable. And the name of the rich man isn't given.
2006-11-01 08:42:14 · answer #4 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dives is Latin for "rich", and Latin was the official language of Catholic Church up to some 40 years ago.
2006-11-01 09:43:17 · answer #5 · answered by Grilla Parlante 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the verses the rich man is not named anything but the rich man. KJV
2006-11-01 08:40:47 · answer #6 · answered by WhyNotAskDonnieandMarie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Friend, I study Latin. 'Dives' is the Latin for rich man. That should answer your question.
2006-11-01 08:51:01 · answer #7 · answered by The Black Knight 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Which translation of the Bible do you get that from? I know different translations use different words, but they're not that different: I've never come across that name.
2006-11-04 19:17:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which version are you reading?
2006-11-01 08:43:07 · answer #9 · answered by enGAGEd!!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋