I would be curious to why some think it is not a parable. What would the lesson teach?
I would suggest the account in Luke is a parable. Parables hide the spiritual meaning from one while the Spirit of Christ that dwells in the other reveals the true.
Sometimes God uses historically true parables to teach us things about salvation. The creation account as would by the exodus of Egypt be two historically true parables. They serve the purpose of preaching the gospel in respect to the suffering of Christ beforehand. The goal of all parables is to preach the gospel of Christ in respect to that work of suffering. Parables and ceremonial laws become one. All of ceremonial laws that were necessary up until the first century reformation were used to preach the gospel in advance. They do preach the gospel of Christ in that way. In that way we are to learn what it means to eat and drink in the gospel spiritually, by faith.
When a person departs for this life they no longer have any part here forever more. They are dead with no spirit life by which they could work to see with the eyes that have decayed away, having finished their purpose here on earth to walk by sight.
People who are dead cannot see those who have departed and vice versa. They will not be given a opportunity to look for mercy. This seeing it is appointed for all men to die once and them comes the judgement.
God who is typified as the bosom of Abraham That is simply saying the presence of God who has no literal finger and therefore cannot dip his finger into the gospel represented by water. They have no tongue . It’s a righteousness not of their own selves hey are thirsting for. It is simply saying like the five virgin that had no oil. And it is not a literal flame but a representative of an unending judgement where unconverted persons will never rise to new spirit life again. The parable is in respect to a person going through a great tribulation described as hell .
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. Luk 16:23
The purpose of that parable is the same as that of the transfiguration with a vision using Moses and Elijah. Hear His Son .If they will not hear Jesus through the water of His word then neither would they believe he arose from the dead.
Mark 9:7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. Luk 16:29
The parable using Lazarus has a different outcome .It represents the gospel in a difrerent way.
I would be curious to why some think it is not a parable. What would the lesson teach?
I would suggest the account in Luke is a parable. Parables hide the spiritual meaning from one while the Spirit of Christ that dwells in the other reveals the true.
Sometimes God uses historically true parables to teach us things about salvation. The creation account as would by the exodus of Egypt be two historically true parables. They serve the purpose of preaching the gospel in respect to the suffering of Christ beforehand.
The goal of all parables is to preach the gospel of Christ in respect to that work of suffering. Parables and ceremonial laws become one. All of ceremonial laws that were necessary up until the first century reformation were used to preach the gospel in advance. They do preach the gospel of Christ in that way. In that way we are to learn what it means to eat and drink in the gospel spiritually, by faith.
When a person departs for this life they no longer have any part here forever more. They are dead with no spirit life by which they could work to see with the eyes that have decayed away, having finished their purpose here on earth to walk by sight.
People who are dead cannot see those who have departed and vice versa. They will not be given a opportunity to look for mercy. This is seeing it is appointed for all men to die once and then comes the judgement.... not a time to plead for mercy.
God who is typified as the bosom of Abraham That is simply saying the presence of God who has no literal finger and therefore cannot dip his finger into the gospel represented by water. They have no tongue . It’s a righteousness not of their own selves hey are thirsting for. It is simply saying like the five virgin that had no oil. And it is not a literal flame but a representative of an unending judgement where unconverted persons will never rise to new spirit life again. The parable is in respect to a person going through a great tribulation described as hell .
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. Luk 16:23
The purpose of that parable is the same as that of the transfiguration with a vision using Moses and Elijah. Hear His Son .If they will not hear Jesus through the water of His word then neither would they believe he arose from the dead.
Mark 9:7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. Luk 16:29
The parable using Lazarus has a different outcome .It represents the gospel in a different way.The good things given to one and not the other is not salvation .If it was it would make a literal understanding to no effect .What would he be thirsting for in regard to mercy if the Rich man already had the gospel?
