This lake of fire is where the rich man finds himself. Rev 20:15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. Scripture describes the final fate of the wicked as being burned When the rich man is resurrected, he sees a flame which Luke 16:24 “Then 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.’ His death), and saw Abraham and Lazarus who had been resurrected and have been Grave), the rich man lifted up his eyes (which happens at his resurrection),Īnd found himself in torments (not knowing that 1000s of years had passed since To recap, what verse 23 says is: In Hades (that is the So, he is resurrected and reigns with Christ Lazarus is pictured as one of the saints. Rev 20:5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. In a different resurrection to the one Lazarus comes up in. When does that happen? When will the rich man lift up his eyes? When he is resurrected. So, the rich man was in Hades – that is the The word Hades comes straight from the Greek. The word order in the Greek is: “In Hades, he lifted up hisĮyes, being in torments,” which is what the KJV has. They change the order of the words compared to how they appear in the Translations – including the NJKV and the NIV – make a very bad translation error. This sounds like the rich man is being tormented in hell NIV – In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. What’s going on here? Let’s look at a different translation. Sounds like the rich man is being tormented in hell. “And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes”, Luke 16:23 “And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Luke 16:22 “…The rich man also died and was buried. The time when the angels carry Lazarus is the time of theĬarried by angels into Abraham’s bosom pictures him being resurrected in theįuture and carried by the angels through the air to meet Christ at His return Mat 24:31 “And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Share in the promises that were made to Abraham – which of course includeīut what have the angels got to do with it? Why is Lazarus carried there by the The angels into Abraham’s bosom,” it means that he was carried to receive and So when it says that after Lazarus died he “was carried by Gal 3:29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. Christians have an intimate relationship with Abraham. Lazarus is pictured as having an intimate relationship with Abraham. It is a picture of an intimate relationship. What does it mean that Lazarus went to Abraham’s “bosom”? If a parent gives their child a hug, they hold them to their bosom. But the verse doesn’t say that Lazarus went So think that Lazarus went to heaven to be with Abraham. Many people understand “Abraham’s bosom” to mean heaven, and Luke 16:22 “So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. Luke 16:21 “desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Luke 16:20 “But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, Luke 16:19 “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. The account of Lazarus and the rich man is found in Luke Passage of Lazarus and the rich man about? Why did Jesus tell the story of Lazarus and the rich Jesus Christ and that the rich man is burning in eternal hell fire. Many people think that Lazarus is in heaven right now with What is the story of Lazarus and the Rich Man about?
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