"cerise" as well as "lover of Jehovah" gave the correct answers. Lazarus was in a state of inactivity before he was resurrected. Some time later, Lazarus did die again. He then returned to the state of inactivity. Ecc. 9:10, Psalms 146:4.
This state is what he is in right now. Until Jesus calls the dead from the their graves. John 5 :28,29
Jesus will do that after the war of Armageddon.
2007-08-05 03:48:22
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answer #1
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answered by sugarpie 4
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JOhn 5:28 shows that there will be a resurrection of the dead.
But it was future.
Colossians 1:18 says that Jesus was the first one to be resurrected from the dead that he might be first in all things.
He was still on the earth so how could Lazarus be in heaven either Lazarus that was mentioned in the bible.
The one with the rich man was a symbol not a true story.
anymore than a rich man can go through the eye of a nettle.
2007-08-05 11:23:48
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answered by Ruth 6
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The first-century Christians did not view the soul as the Greeks did. Consider, for example, the death of Jesus’ friend Lazarus. If Lazarus had had an immortal soul that flitted off, free and happy, at the time of death, would not the account in John chapter 11 read very differently? Surely Jesus would have told his followers if Lazarus was alive and well and conscious in heaven; on the contrary, he echoed the Hebrew Scriptures and told them that Lazarus was asleep, unconscious. (Verse 11) Surely Jesus would have rejoiced if his friend was enjoying a wonderful new existence; instead, we find him weeping publicly over this death. (Verse 35) Surely, if Lazarus’ soul had been in heaven, reveling in blissful immortality, Jesus would never have been so cruel as to summon him back to live a few more years in the “prison” of an imperfect physical body amid sick and dying mankind.
Did Lazarus return from death with glowing tales of his marvelous four days as a liberated, disembodied spirit being? No, he did not.
2007-08-05 05:22:21
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answered by conundrum 7
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That's a good question. I don't think anyone could answer that.
The way into heaven wasn't opened until the death of Jesus Christ, so we know that Lazarus didn't go to heaven the first time he died, but I don't think that the Bible tells us whether or not Lazarus died again before Christ was crucified.
If he did die before the Crucifixion, then no. But if he died afterwords...then, maybe.
That's the best I can do right now without research.
Sorry
2007-08-05 02:17:25
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answered by Howiej28 2
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The Bible teaches that the dead “are conscious of nothing at all.” They are not alive and have no conscious existence anywhere. The account of Lazarus confirms this. Upon returning to life, did Lazarus thrill people with descriptions of heaven? Or did he terrify them with horrible tales about a burning hell? No. The Bible contains no such words from Lazarus. During the four days that he was dead, he had been “conscious of nothing at all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5) Lazarus had simply been sleeping in death.—John 11:11.
(The resurrection is a hope base on God's promises)
2007-08-05 02:26:23
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answered by Anonymous
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According to the Holy Bible, the dead know not anything. Everyone who died and has not been resurrected is still dead, and in the grave until that bright morning when the voice of Christ calls the saints who have died to come from their graves. Then they will be taken up in the clouds where those of us who are still alive in Him will also be brought up in the clouds where we will be with God.
The Lazarus who was the brother of Mary and Martha died of old age after Jesus woke him from his death the first time. The Lazarus that Jesus spoke of to the Pharasees was a fictional character...Jesus was referencing a popular fable which happened to have a character with the same name as His friend Lazarus.
2007-08-05 03:37:00
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answered by xyoob_lauj 4
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Which time are you talking about Lazarus died twice.
The first time he died he went to sheol, which is incorrectly translated hell. Sheol had two compartments, one compartment was called paradise or Abrahams bosom, the other compartment is where the lost dead went and still are. At the ressurection of Christ the paradise side of sheol was taken into the direct presence of God or what we now call Heaven. read luke 16:19-31
The first time he died he went to paradise.
The Lazarus in luke 16 is not the same Lazarus that Jesus raised from the dead.
2007-08-05 02:13:47
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answered by Anonymous
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I don't think so till he died the next time, because Jesus hadn't been crucified and resurrected yet, I believe the bible says O.T. believers went to Abraham's bosom, then when Jesus was 3 days in the belly of the earth he took the keys to death and hell bible says. it also says ' in N.T. absent from the body present with the Lord
2007-08-05 02:15:02
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answered by Anonymous
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No. Since God knew that Lazarus would be coming back he did not go to heaven. People today can only see heaven in visions if God lets them. Had Lazarus been in heaven he would not wanted to leave.
2007-08-05 02:18:28
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answered by Curtis 6
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no Lazarus did not go to heaven. when Jesus resurrected Lazarus, Jesus knew he was not in heaven. if Lazarus was in heaven he would of said something to Jesus about it. he was only in the grave, coffin
2007-08-05 07:30:56
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answered by lover of Jehovah and Jesus 7
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