Firstly, I would contend that this parable or allegory is actually a judgment against Israel. At the end of the parable of the vine dressers in Mathew 21 Jesus told the chief priests and elders that the kingdom would be taken from them and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. This parable, Lazarus and the Rich Man, is also a judgment against them. It's drawn from four Old Testament prophecies. Duet. 32, Is. 28 and 50, and the book of Malachi. From these prophecies Jesus weaves this story together. The prophecies are about the destruction of the priesthood in AD. 70.
If you'd like I can give you a link to two audios that explain it in great detail. A lot more than I can do on a forum.
No thanks.
Jesus Himself reveals important Facts ABOUT the understanding OF Mysteries, that Expounds on the Mysteries Already Revealed.
John 14.
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6] Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Mark 4:
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2] And
he taught them many things [/B] by parables, [/B] and said unto them in
his doctrine,
Matt 13
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11] He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Luke.8
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10] And he said, 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.
Jesus' WORDS out of His Mouth -
He is the TRUTH.
He Speaks TRUTH.
He reveals HIS DOCTRINE.
He Reveals TRUTHS About MYSTERIES.
MYSTERY REVEALED: in the Beginning.
God CREATED;
• WHO- man KIND of thing.
• WHAT- male And female
• WHEN- 6th Day
• WHY- Gods Pleasure
• WHERE- Earth (outside of Gods Garden).
• NAMED- male and female; Adam
• Mankind of Thing- Bodily FORM, out of the Earth- GIVEN LIFE- SHALL CEASE Living- Die- RETURN to the Earth.
CREATION of man a Mystery? No.
Fully Told to man.
Man has Freewill TO Believe what knowledge was Revealed TO Him...or Not Believe it.
MAKING of a man a Mystery? No.
God CREATED a man-KIND of Thing- and THEN immediately-
MADE- His CREATED thing- "something" "MORE".
• WHO- Man-KIND of thing.
...BODILY Form - male and female
...DUST of the Earth
...NAMED Adam
• WHAT-
MADE that FORM ALIVE
...Gods BREATH.
• WHEN- immediately AFTER it was FORM-ED.
• WHY- For Gods Pleasure.
• HOW- Gods BREATH,
BLOWN INTO the Formed man.
MYSTERY-
• Mankind of thing, called
A LIVING SOUL
MYSTERY revealed-
• The Mankind of THING, "NAMED" ADAM-
...IS and HAS (possessive) ...
• A Formed Body...with ITS OWN Life- BLOOD
...ITS LIFE, SHALL Die.
• The SOUL in the Body- IS Given- BY God.
• THE SOUL- Has ITS OWN LIFE- Gods BREATH
• The Body- possessively- Belongs to the man.
• A Man Can KILL his OWN BODILY Form.
• The Soul- possessively- Belongs TO God- Called By the Same Name, as the man's Bodily Form.
• A man CAN NOT KILL Gods Soul.
• A man CAN "Corrupt" Gods Soul (that was given by God, INTO, that man's Body).
MYSTERY:
What Becomes of Gods SOUL IN a man-
WHEN the Man's Formed BODILY LIFE (BLOOD) ceases being ALIVE?
MYSTERY Revealed:
Gods Soul, with Gods Breath OF His LIFE, WITHIN an individual man's Identifiable NAME,
DEPARTES / LEAVES, "that" man's BODY, as its BLOOD LIFE is Dying.
MYSTERY:
WHERE does GOD'S Soul, Identified BY a Man's NAME, GO?
MYSTERY Revealed:
•
Escorted: by Gods Angel's TO:
A Place of Comfort- WITH God.
OR ...
•
Sent: TO a Place of Discomfort- WITHOUT God.
STILL ^^ a Mystery TO Some- for example;
(some claiming the soul DIES and is buried with the Body) <--- No.
MYSTERY-
WHAT "exactly" IS A "SOUL", With God Breath of Life "IN IT?"
MYSTERY: Revealed.
What a man CALLS "SENSES"...
The Specific BODY parts OF A CREATED Man
That FUNCTION, WITH GODS, Breath of Life.
A Man, Body of Dust..
HAS Eyes- (see)
HAS Ears- (hear)
HAS Flesh Skin- (touch/feel)
HAS A Nose- (smell)
HAS A Mouth- (speech)
The Man's Body Dies-
Eyes, Ears, Flesh, Nose, Mouth- Dies.
• A DEAD BODY-
Sees nothing-
Hears nothing-
Feels nothing-
Smells nothing-
Speaks nothing-
Listen- WHO? EVERY man.
Not Exclusive to- Jews, Tribes, Israel or Gentiles. --->
Luke 16:
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16] The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and
every man presseth into it.
Luke 16: 19-31
Clearly Revealed in Gen. and Clearly Verified in Luke.
• Body's and Souls have the Same Name Identity.
• Living souls Departed Out of Dead and Buried Body's ... Are escorted by Gods Angel's, TO Comfort.
• Living souls "of any man", Departed Out of Dead and Buried Body's, having Rejected Gods Truth...experience Discomfort and Separation FROM God.
• The LIFE of Gods Breath, Remains IN a Soul Departed Out of A Dead Body.
•
The Living Soul, (identified with A man's NAME), Departed OUT of a Dead Body...
CONTINUES:
Seeing
Hearing
Feeling
Smelling
Speaking
VIA "Gods Breath of Life", REMAINING IN the Living Soul "Departed" OUT of a Dead and buried Body.
Luke 16: 19-31 Reveals Mysteries ABOUT a Living Soul Departed OUT of a Dead and Buried Body.
• ITS Senses with Gods Life Continues,
beyond, BODILY (BLOOD) Death.
• Departed Souls that Reject God, and Gods Revealed TRUTH...experience "tormenting Discomfort", without God.
• Departed Souls that Embrace God, and Gods Revealed Truth...experience "Comfort", with God.
And A Most Revealing; Fact IS:
WHERE a Departed SOUL "WILL GO"...
IN Comfort, WITH God;
OR
IN Discomfort, WITHOUT God;
IS Expressly Decided by the man's Freewill Choice.....
WHILE the Living Soul IS "IN" a man's (Blood Living Body).
So no, I do not agree Luke 16: 19-31, is about a Judgement Against ISRAEL, but rather; according to Scripture;
• a Revealing of Knowledge ABOUT the Soul;
CONSEQUENCES-
• WHAT a faithful Departed soul (of ANY man) Shall experience.
• WHAT a UN-faithful Departed soul (of any man) Shall experience.
• WHEN a Living Soul, (of ANY man) Faithfulness OR unfaithfulness IS Established.
Glory to God,
Taken