Abraham's Lazarus/Rich Man correspondence = Hades temporary

24 And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'
25 But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. (Lk. 16:24-25 ESV)

While alive the Rich Man lived in paradise with plenty to spare yet failed to aid Lazarus at his gate who was in anguish from want and experienced only bad things while alive. To balance the scales, Lazarus now enjoys paradise with plenty to spare but is not permitted to aid the Rich Man in anguish from want in Hades and experiencing only bad things while dead.

It logically follows therefore, as Lazarus suffered until he died, the Rich Man’s torment ends when he “dies”. As the change that occurs during repentance is figuratively like “dying”, the “old man” is “born again” a “new man” (2Cor. 5:17. Rom. 6:4. Jn 3:3. Eph. 4:24), it follows the Rich Man’s torment ends when he repents.

 

Can't agree. The parable is in response to the Pharisees rejecting Christ's authority, and they would have understood it "literally", as referring to torment in Hades. That is what they believed with a caveat, they thought Abraham sat at the gates of Hades and wouldn't allow any circumcised Jew fall enter therein. Christ contradicted that, obviously.

Christ cited the zeal for money by the unrighteous Steward, to illustrate the "entrepreneurial zeal" believers should have seeking converts to the kingdom. He then say its impossible to do that if one loves money, for then the person is torn between two masters:

13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."
14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.

The Pharisees saw wealth as God's blessing, proof they were serving Him correctly. In context Jesus had been alluding to their traditions for a while, this last was the "last straw" and they were now openly rejecting the Messiah, mocking Him.

So Christ's answer affirms His authority (predicted by Moses and accepted by the people) and points to proof the Pharisees don't serve God, they serve themselves. That is why He cites "God's original intention" there be no divorce (Mt. 19:3-9). The Pharisees intensely debated this issue among themselves and against the Sadducees, who believed as Christ taught. The people would discern Christ was showing their traditions justified divorce for any reason, even a badly cooked meal, but it was so they could go into the arms of another woman. That they served themselves. Then Christ tells the parable about the Rich Man, who lives like a Roman. That also contradicts their teaching riches indicates God's approval. The Parable then, is a warning to the Pharisees not to reject His Messianic authority or they will go to Hades, and Abraham won't save them:

15 And he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
16 "The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.
18 "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
(Lk. 16:13-18 ESV)

 

Your interpretation rests upon denying what Christ taught. It presumes God the Son doesn't speak what's on His mind, tell it like it is.

There's another word for teaching souls are conscious in Hades, when they are not. Its called "lying."

To prove your premise Christ did not teach souls are conscious after death, you must go through His other parables and how where He "lied to teach truth." If you can find that phenomena in other parables, then you have proved its possible here.

Lacking that, we only have your denial of what Christ clearly taught. There is a punishment for sin in Hades.

But as I believe I have proved in this thread and on my site, its temporary until one repents.

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