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Dives Lazarus Paradise 147
The story of the beggar Lazarus and the rich man Dives is often presented to us as a parable but it is not. Jesus said, "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table."1 Jesus tells something about each of them and then relates the fact that they both had died. "The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side"2 Dives Lazarus "Paradise," was where all Old Testament saints were, even Abraham.
When the rich man died he found himself "In Hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side."3 The two places were separated by a great gulf. Under the Old Testament everyone who died went down to his own place. He either went to the bad portion of "Sheol" (Hades or Hell) or he went to "Paradise," the other portion, but it was always down.
How do I feel about Dives Lazarus Paradise?
1 Luke 16.19,20 2 Luke 16.22 3 Luke 16.23
"Dives Lazarus Paradise."
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