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. • Isa 66:22-24 . . From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me-- speaks The Lord. And they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of those who rebelled against Me: their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and...

. Jesus once told a parable that advises folk it's wise to exercise kindness and generosity on this side of life because people on the other side will doubtless remember how you treated them. The thing is: folks should expect to be the victims of a certain amount of cruelty on the wrong side of...

. It's amazing that Jesus lived such an ordinary life that so few had the slightest hint or inkling that he was anybody important, neither his townsmen nor even his cousin John whom, if he seldom saw during the year, he certainly saw at least during Jewish feasts that require a pilgrimage to...

. The rich man's dialogue with Abraham would likely go something like this in our day: "I beg you, father Abraham; send Lazarus to my five brothers, let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment." "Your brothers have Christ and the Apostles; they can listen to...

. If there is one good thing that can be said about the netherworld: it's the great equalizer. Political bullies like Kim Jong-Un, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Xi Jinping, Fidel Castro, Muammar Gaddafi, and Saddam Hussein, are powerless down below; they're just more nondescript...

. • Mark 4:34 . . But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. I would've liked to been on hand when Jesus expounded his defense for quoting Abraham saying things that he didn't really say; which in my judicious estimation is...

. • Luke 16:27-29 . . I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment. Judas goats are trained for use in slaughterhouses and herd control. In stockyards, they lead sheep to slaughter...

. • Luke 16:24-25 . . He cried out and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue; for I am in agony in this flame. It's often assumed that the rich man was aflame like a burning log; but the passage above...

. Fiction can be defined as stories about people, places, and events that, though untrue; are plausible; viz: realistic. Fantasy can be defined as stories about people, places, and events that are not only untrue; but implausible; viz: unrealistic. For example: a story about a wooden boy like...

. John 15:1-9 depicts Jesus as a vine, his followers as branches, and his Father as a vine dresser. Seeing as how Matt 16:18 testifies that the gates of Hades are unable to confine Jesus' church (a.k.a. his body), then I think it safe to assume that every Christian on earth, regardless of...

. There's any number of ways the lost could be making their journeys to the netherworld. For example instead of being dragged underground by ghastly beings such as those described in post No.27, they may just fall down into the ground like water through a sieve. That's not a ridiculous idea...

. • Luke 16:27-29 . .I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment. Abraham replied: They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them. Somebody needs to assist me with...

. • Luke 16:26 . . Between us and you a great chasm has been fixed Luke portrays only a small portion of the geography where Abraham and the rich man conversed; suggesting that the two locations of the chasm where the men stood are peninsulas or narrow cornices. But I rather suspect that the...

. • Luke 16:27-29 . . I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment. Abraham replied: They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them. Abraham recommended that the man's five...

. • Luke 16:25 . . Abraham said: Son, remember . . . Now right there we should bring in Solomon because he said: "As for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all." (Ecc 9:5) It's likely to me that Solomon's "the dead" refers to people's remains, i.e. their corpse. So if people's corpse...

. • Luke 16:22-24 . . The rich man also died and was buried. And in hades he lifted up his eyes . . . and saw Abraham far away . . and he cried out and said: Father Abraham! The New Testament's hades is commonly believed equivalent to the Old Testament's sheol, and both are commonly interpreted...

. I believe God has a right to pick his friends just the same as anybody else. Well; judging from several of Jesus' lectures, there are certain personality types with whom God does not care to associate, and one of those types is found in folks who lack the milk of human kindness. When we get...

. Jesus once told a parable that advises folk it's wise to exercise kindness and generosity on this side of life because people on the other side will doubtless remember how you treated them. The thing is: folks should expect to be the victims of a certain amount of cruelty on the wrong side of...

. • Luke 16:25 . . Abraham said to him: Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish. If true that it isn't necessary to be poor to be saved, nor necessary to be rich to be lost, then...

. In the story told at Luke 16-19-31, the beggar Lazarus died and was carried by angels to the afterlife. Curiously, the rich man's transportation isn't specified. One of the most disturbing scenes I've yet to observe in a Hollywood movie occurs in "GHOST" starring Patrick Swayze and Demi...