If hell and heaven are so close like when Lazarus and the Rich man?

Question

So are we going to see our families , friends or peer at school or Jobs that are not christian screaming and burning their faces?

Answer 1

Is the account, at Luke 16:19-31, literal or merely an illustration of something else?
The Jerusalem Bible, in a footnote, acknowledges that it is a “parable in story form without reference to any historical personage.”
If taken literally, it would mean that those enjoying divine favor could all fit at the bosom of one man, Abraham; that the water on one’s fingertip would not be evaporated by the fire of Hades; that a mere drop of water would bring relief to one suffering there.
Does that sound reasonable to you?
If it were literal, it would conflict with other parts of the Bible. If the Bible were thus contradictory, would a lover of truth use it as a basis for his faith?
But the Bible does not contradict itself.

What does the parable mean?
The “rich man” represented the Pharisees. (See verse 14.) The beggar Lazarus represented the common Jewish people who were despised by the Pharisees but who repented and became followers of Jesus.
(See Luke 18:11; John 7:49; Matthew 21:31, 32.)
Their deaths were also symbolic, representing a change in circumstances. Thus, the formerly despised ones came into a position of divine favor, and the formerly seemingly favored ones were rejected by God, while being tormented by the judgment messages delivered by the ones whom they had despised.—Acts 5:33; 7:54.

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Answer 2

Lazarus died and went to paradise, and was in the bosom of Abraham, where he was comforted. The rich man who passed by Lazarus outside his gate each day, also died, but because he refused to aid Lazarus, he was sent to purgatory.

Paradise and Purgatory are divided by the Great Gulf, the Holy Place. The rich man knew he was in hell. As Moses he could not touch the flowing snow water of the Holy Place, and had to ask Abraham to send Lazarus so that Lazarus may dip his finger in the water, and place the water on the lips of the rich man. Abraham explained to the rich man that the Great Gulf can not be crossed. To cross it during this generation you must be invited by Jesus.

The rich man asked Abraham to send Lazarus to his father's house, so that Lazarus could warn his brothers, because the rich man came to realize the things Moses told them were lies, but Abraham told the rich man, let them hear Moses and the prophets.

The rich man knew he was in hell, and he as a spirit knew all things as the angels did, he was aware that Lazarus was going to be raised from the dead, in his old body, by Jesus. This is why he asked Abraham to send Lazarus to his father's house so his brother could see for themselves, that he rose from the dead, because he believed in Jesus, and that he the rich man, who beilieved in Moses and the prophets, remained dead and in the grave.

The rich man was an unclean spirit, and when he died, (left his house, body) he went to hell, a dry place without water, and because he was in hell on the wrong side of the Great Gulf, he could not find comfort and rest as Lazarus had done in the Bosom of Abraham.

Therefore the rich man went back to his house (body) from which he came, but when he got there he found that it had been emptied, no knowledge of his death, heaven or hell, or his brothers.

He found it swept, he was young again, a baby. No new wine in old bottles.

And he found it garnished, it was given a sex, but this time his sex was that of a girl.

However, the only way the rich man could return was if he took 7 other spirit with him, so now he not only had to overcome his own sins, but theirs too.

When the baby took it's first breath did they all enter and dwell therein. And this last life is worse then the first. so will it be for this wicked generation. This is what happens to your spirit evey time you take your last breath, until the last generation, until the last person of the last generation dies.

Then Jesus will call to them and the spirits of all those who died will hear his voice, and Jesus will meet them in heaven, after he goes to hell and releases all the lost spirits.

Then Jesus sent his Elect back into the world to preach the Gospel to the New Age. Then Jesus ascended to heaven and all those spirits who went before him will see him coming in his kingdom, and he will pass judgment on all the spirits, Jesus said I judge no man, but I judge the spirits and my
judgement is just.

This Age the the final generation of the 6th Age ended 1960,
and now Jesus is waiting for the last person to died, and then we shall be Judged,

The 7th and final Age began 1960 and is 980 years long, a half time, what you call the "rapture" will take place in the year 2800, and the 7 utterances will be finished by 2941

Answer 3

In Luke 16:26 " 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 ". In heaven you will only see and remember God and other believers . In hell no light ,very hot ,and being tormented forever," Why didn't I listen to my friends and the pastor"!!!!

Answer 4

the richman and lazarus didnt see each other when the man was in hell He was trying to communicate with the living but couldnt

Answer 5

wHY DO YOU TAKE THIS ILLUSTRATION OR PARABLE LITERALLY ? IT WAS NOT INTENDED TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY IT WAS DESIGNED TO ILLUSTRATE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SPIRITUAL CONDITION THAT EXHISTED IN ISRAEL THE RICH MAN PREFIGURED THE CLERGY CLASS THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO FEED THE PEOPLE SPIRITUALLY BUT FAILED TO DO SO GIVING MERE CRUMBS BUT THAT CONDITION WAS SOON REVERSED WHEN J ESUS CAME HE FED THE PEOPLE SPIRITUALLY AND A FEW DECADES LATER THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES LOST BOTH THEIR PLACE AND NATION AND NOW HAD NOTHING AS THEY HAD ALSO REJECTED JESUS AS THE MESSIAH DEAD PEOPLE CANT BE IN TORMENT AS ECC 9;5-10 TELLS US HOPE THIS HELPS GORBALIZER

Answer 6

It's probably a "good side of the tracks / bad side of the tracks" type thing