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Featured Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man

Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by saturneptune, Jan 30, 2014.

  1. agedman

    agedman Well-Known Member
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    Like I posted above:

    It is a parable because it is not a fable.

    ALL stories involving humankind and not involving plants and animals are by definition a parable.

    ALL stories involving plants, animals and or humankind or any combination of the three are fables.
     
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    prophet Active Member
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    This story is a parable. The word "Lazarus" has a meaning. "Abraham's Bosom" is what Jesus' called Paradise, and that has significance, too. These are not facts to be overlooked.
    All of Jesus' stories are true, He just told them, in front of the Jews, veiled in mystery. He purposefully hid the truth in parabolic proverb form, lest they should hear, and believe, and have their sins blotted out.

    Side Note: Anyone who has ever read Greek Mythology, and is a Bible Believer, knows that it is blashphemy to say that Jesus called Hell: "Hades".
    Had Jesus spoken Greek, which He did not, He wouldn't have used that word.
    Hades is not Hell. Hades is from the doctrines of devils, of the Idolatrous Greeks.

    I suggest you read what the Greeks meant by "Hades", before you fall sucker to some Satanic attempt to weaken the Scriptures.

    Hades was a place, from whence the dead could return, for one.
     
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    Jesus always used the word "geenna" or gehenah
     
  4. prophet

    prophet Active Member
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    A fire that was never put out, no?
     
  5. Revmitchell

    Revmitchell Well-Known Member
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    That is right, it is referring to the garbage dump outside the city.
     
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    :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

    And the OT equivalent was simply "sheoul" (abode of the dead) Is that correct?
     
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    "Sheol" typically is translated "grave" but yes, also meant "hell" or "pit." Interestingly, it's literal meaning is "without praise of God." Kinda makes it plain, doesn't it?
     
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    No it is a reference to hell itself not just the hole in the ground.
     
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    I've heard pastors say that a parable never uses names since it's a made-up story for illustration purposes. So that is more than likely a real story that proves the existence of hell--despite people denying it's existence.
     
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