The story about the rich man and Lazarus is truly amazing because Jesus gave the people a picture of what happens when we die. I think this is particularly interesting because there is evidence in the Scripture that after Jesus rose from the dead, He brought people from paradise into Heaven with Him. But Jesus shows that there are two places where the souls of people go before the resurrection of the dead: paradise (Abraham's bosom) or Hades with torment. It is unclear why Lazarus went to paradise besides the fact that he was in suffering during his life--he must have had faith in God like Abraham. The rich man however was uncaring and wealthy. Apparently he did not have faith in God. Jesus said that we will not believe even if someone came back from the dead. But we have the law and the prophets and what God has revealed to us, we need to pay attention to that. And most of all, we need to pay attention to Jesus who is the source of our faith and relationship with God.
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